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SWANAGE RAILWAY BRANCH LINE WEEKEND
31st March & 1st April 2007
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News Item and Photo Report from Andrew P.M. Wright - dated 8th April 2007
Official photographer & press officer, Swanage Railway.
Photographs are copyright Andrew P.M. Wright.
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Branch Line Weekend at Swanage Railway on 31st March and 1st April 2007 - Photograph copyright Andrew P.M. Wright

1920s Armstrong Whitworth Newcastle-built GWR Taffy Tank No. 6695 hauls a mixed goods train across Corfe common during the Swanage Railway Branch Line Weekend on 31st March and 1st April 2007

Andrew P.M. Wright has supplied nearly 350 great photos taken during the Swanage Railway Branch Line Weekend on 31st March and 1st April 2007.

The Branch Line Weekend featured unusual train workings every 40 minutes – with unusual locomotive permutations – that would have been seen on the Swanage Railway when it was run by British Rail before the line was controversially closed and the tracks lifted in 1972.

Class 33 diesel-electric locomotive D6515 ‘Stan Symes’ at Swanage station, and Class 20 diesel-electric locomotive No. D8188 at Swanage loco shed being passed by GWR Taffy Tank No. 6695 during the Swanage Railway Branch Line Weekend on 31st March and 1st April 2007

Locomotives working throughout the weekend were ex-British Rail Class 20 diesel-electric locomotive No. D8188, Standard 4MT classmates 80078 and 80104, Class 33 diesel-electric locomotive D6515 ‘Stan Symes’ and late 1920s Armstrong Whitworth Newcastle-built GWR Taffy Tank No. 6695.

Ex-BR Standard class 4 classmates number 80078 at Swanage and 80104 at Harman's Cross during the Swanage Railway Branch Line Weekend on 31st March and 1st April 2007

Proceeds from the Branch Line Weekend will aid the further expansion and development of the award-winning Swanage Railway which started from nothing at a disused Swanage station in 1976.

We have split the photos over several pages. Please follow the links at the foot of this page for more photos.

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To visit the other pages featuring Andrew P.M. Wright's photos taken during the Swanage Railway Branch Line Weekend 2007, please follow these links.
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All photographs are copyright Andrew P.M. Wright.
Photos on these pages are low resolution versions.
Full resolution photos are available for media use