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RE-ENACTMENT OF THE FIRST TRAIN ON THE SWANAGE RAILWAY 125 YEARS LATER -
20th May 2010
Photo Item from the Swanage Railway - dated 20th May 2010
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Before the departure of the 125th Anniversary Train, the Mayor of Swanage Cllr Bill Trite (who moved to Swanage to help rebuild the railway
following closure by BR in 1972 and is also a past Chairman of the Swanage Railway Trust) poses with the Mayoress, Cheryl Knight, and
Purbeck school children dressed in period costume on Swanage Station platform on 20th May 2010.
Photo Brian Lienard
Swanage Railway member and supporter Brian Lienard has supplied a dozen photos of the
festivities on 20th May 2010, celebrating the first train to Swanage 125 years to the day earlier.
(captions, Brian Lienard)
Please scroll down the page to see all twelve photos.
A wider view of the Purbeck school children in period costume - all born around 120 years after the event being celebrated on 20th May 2010, and
Spring has finally sprung in the picnic area behind the Mayor as he makes his way up the platform for a brief speech.
Photo Brian Lienard
The Booking Hall at Swanage Station is transformed into a reception area for our friends from
Rudesheim-am-Rhein (Swanage's twin town in Germany), many of whom attended the celebration
on 20th May 2010.
Photo Brian Lienard
The Mayor and Mayoress of Swanage pose in front of The Birds Nest Buffet, certainly not there in Victorian times but now one of the
best places for breakfast or a quick lunch while shopping in Swanage.
Photo Brian Lienard
The driver and fireman dressed in appropriate period costume of Beattie Well Tank 2-4-0WT No 30585
pose for photographs before backing down onto the train which was to re-enact the first passenger train
departure from Swanage in 1885 with a locomotive of the same class.
Photo Brian Lienard
Beattie Well Tank 2-4-0WT No 30585 prepares to join its train at Swanage station.
Photo Brian Lienard
The Mayor of Swanage, Cllr Bill Trite, spoke about how the coming of the railway
had reinvigorated Swanage. His speech included many amusing anecdotes such as the fact that
The Duke of Wellington (hero of The Battle of Waterloo) disapproved of the coming of railways as they
would 'encourage the common people to move about needlessly'.
Photo Brian Lienard
The excited school children board the 125th Anniversary Train. Note the lunch boxes of a more recent era.
Photo Brian Lienard
The historic 125th Anniversary Train leaves the main platform at Swanage for Corfe Castle and Norden.
Photo Brian Lienard
The signalman holds out the single line token for collection by the driver which ensures safe passage of the train to Corfe Castle.
Photo Brian Lienard
The train pulls away under the Northbrook Road Bridge past the photographers waiting in the locomotive shed viewing area.
Photo Brian Lienard
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