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PHOTO REPORT ON THE FIRST LONDON TO SWANAGE EXCURSION THE PURBECK PIONEER - Wednesday 1st April 2009
News Item and Press Report from Andrew P.M. Wright - dated 19th April 2009
Official photographer & press officer, Swanage Railway.
Photographs are copyright Andrew P.M. Wright.
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At 8.45am on Wednesday April 1st 2009, under clear blue skies, the twelve-car special - 'The Purbeck Pioneer' hauled by a
DB Schenker Class 66 locomotive No 66152 - is ready to depart from London Victoria on schedule for its historic journey to Swanage.
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Andrew P.M. Wright has supplied over 370 photos as a report chronicling the historic occasion on 1st April 2009
when the first through service since 1972 visited Swanage.
Due to the number of Andrew's photos, we have grouped them broadly by stages of the journey as follows:
Please select from the above links to see the full set of photos.
All photographs are copyright Andrew P.M. Wright unless otherwise noted.
Photos on these pages are low resolution versions.
Full resolution photos are available for media use
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