SWANAGE'S EX-GWR COLLETT TANK No. 6695 MAKES PRESERVATION HISTORY IN DEEPEST SOMERSET
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News Item and Photo Report from Andrew P.M. Wright - dated 6th May 2007
Official photographer & press officer, Swanage Railway.
Photographs are copyright Andrew P.M. Wright.
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Swanage-based ex-GWR Collett 5600 class 0-6-2 tank locomotive No. 6695 has taken part in a special piece of railway history - in deepest Somerset.

Andrew P.M. Wright has supplied over 160 superb photos of Swanage-based ex-GWR Collett 5600 class 0-6-2 tank locomotive No. 6695 visiting the East Somerset Railway 'Spring into Steam Gala' over the weekend of Saturday and Sunday, 28th and 29th April, 2007.

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

No. 6695 arrived at Swanage station as a rusting hulk from the Barry scrapyard in South Wales in August, 1979, and returned to service at Swanage in February 2006. For further information and links to numerous photo items on 6695 under restoration and in service, please click here to vist the dedicated 6695 Group homepage.

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To visit the other pages featuring Andrew P.M. Wright's photos of Swanage-based ex-GWR Collett 5600 class 0-6-2 tank locomotive No. 6695 at the East Somerset Railway, please follow these links.
- To visit the first page of photos please click here.
- To visit the third page of photos please click here.
- To visit the fourth page of photos please click here.
- To visit the fifth page of photos please click here.
- To visit the sixth page of photos please click here.