GWR PANNIER TANK 0-6-0 LOCOMOTIVE No. 7714 ARRIVES AT THE SWANAGE RAILWAY TO VISIT FOR SEVERAL WEEKS - 7th to 9th September 2007

News Item and Photo Report from Andrew P.M. Wright - dated 5th Sept 2007
Official photographer & press officer, Swanage Railway.
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A nostalgic taste of the Great Western Railway on loan from the Severn Valley Railway, Pannier Tank class 0-6-0 steam locomotive No. 7714, arrived on 4th September 2007 to visit the Swanage Railway for several weeks.

Andrew P.M. Wright has supplied 40 photos of No. 7714's arrival on 4th September, including numerous photos of other locomotives in service on that day. The photos include the Swanage Railway's Class 108 DMU built at Derby in 1960 and resident LSWR Drummond M7 0-4-4 tank No. 30053. To see these photos, please scroll down the page.

For a full news item on No. 7714's first day in service on the day of the funeral of Swanage Railway stalwart Nona Noble on 5th September 2007, please click here.

Arriving at the Swanage Railway’s road/rail interchange at Norden on a road transporter, the Pannier Tank was towed down to Swanage by mighty and powerful Class 47 diesel locomotive No. 47 635 built in 1964.

All photographs are copyright Andrew P.M. Wright unless otherwise acknowledged.
Photos on these pages are low resolution versions.
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Last updated 6th Sept 2007 by Keith Morgan.
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