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GWR PANNIER TANK 0-6-0 LOCOMOTIVE No. 7714 HAULS ITS FIRST SERVICE TRAINS ON THE SWANAGE RAILWAY
ON 5TH SEPTEMBER - CARRYING A WREATH FOR NONA NOBLE
News Item and Press Release from Andrew P.M. Wright - dated 5th Sept 2007
Official photographer & press officer, Swanage Railway.
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Visiting GWR Pannier Tank
class 0-6-0 No. 7714, seen leaving picturesque Corfe Castle with a train for Norden form Swanage and Harman's Cross on 5th September 2007
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, hauled its first service trains on 5th September 2007 - a wreath being carried on the front of the locomotive in memory of
Swanage Railway stalwart Nona Noble, whose funeral was held on that day.
Andrew P.M. Wright has supplied over 50 photos of No. 7714 in service on the Swanage Railway on
5th September. To see the full set of Andrew's photos, please scroll down the page.
The wreath being carried on the front of visiting GWR Pannier Tank
class 0-6-0 No. 7714 in memory of
Swanage Railway stalwart Nona Noble, whose funeral was held on 5th September 2007.
Seen carrying the typical ‘God’s Wonderful Railway’ livery of the 1930s, and carrying a wreath in tribute to Nona Noble,
Great Western Railway Pannier Tank
class 0-6-0 wheel arrangement steam locomotive No. 7714 was built in 1930 by Kerr Stuart & Co in Stoke-on-Trent
and is on loan from the Severn Valley Railway in the midlands.
That long established heritage railway was devastated during the floods of June, 2007 – its 16-mile line
being completely cut off in at least ten places after stretches of railway embankment were washed away by
the floodwaters.
Swanage Railway General Manager, Nick Brown, explained: “The Pannier Tanks were a frequent sight at
Weymouth as well as on other lines in west Dorset. While they didn’t regularly operate in southern
England, they did run on the Folkestone Harbour line in Kent and undertook shunting duties and empty
carriage stock workings at London’s Waterloo station.”
Great Western Railway Pannier Tank
class 0-6-0 steam locomotive No. 7714, on loan from the Severn Valley Railway,
at Harman's Cross on the Swanage Railway on 4th September 2007
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.
Andrew P.M. Wright has supplied over 20 photos of No. 7714's arrival
on 4th September which we have displayed on a separate page. To see these photos,
please click here.
Visiting GWR Pannier Tank
class 0-6-0 No. 7714, at Harman's Cross station on 5th September 2007
It is the first time that a Great Western Railway Pannier Tank has run on the Swanage Railway’s
relaid Purbeck Line since 1989 – the first year that trains ran the three miles from Swanage to Harman’s Cross.
Andrew P.M. Wright has supplied over 50 photos of No. 7714 in service on the Swanage Railway on
5th September. To see the full set of Andrew's photos, please scroll down the page.
All photographs are copyright Andrew P.M. Wright unless otherwise acknowledged.
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Last updated 6th Sept 2007 by Keith Morgan.
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