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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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Swanage Railway 1st April 2009 - Photograph copyright Andrew P.M. Wright
The long-awaited passenger service hauled by freshly-painted DB Schenker Class 66 locomotive No 66152 awaits departure from Wareham on 1st April 2009.

Swanage Railway volunteers launch appeal for funds to help reinstate services to Wareham here.

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:

London Victoria departure
Wareham Please scroll down the page to see these photos
Motala
Corfe Castle
Swanage arrival
Swanage speeches
Swanage departure
Worgret return
London Waterloo

Please select from the above links to see the full set of photos.

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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

This page was last updated 20th Apr 2009 by Keith Morgan
All photographs are copyright Andrew P.M. Wright
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