PHOTO REPORT: THE FIRST SCHEDULED 6-COACH TRAINS ON THE SWANAGE RAILWAY ON SUNDAY 1st AUGUST 2010 - 4th August 2010

News Item and Press Release from Andrew P.M. Wright - dated 4th August 2010
Official photographer & press officer, Swanage Railway.
Photographs are copyright Andrew P.M. Wright.
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LSWR 0-4-4T Class M7 no. 53 (30053) arrives at Corfe Castle from Norden, en route to Swanage via Harman's Cross and Herston with one of the first scheduled six-coach trains on the Swanage Railway on Sunday 1st August 2010. Photo Andrew P.M. Wright

Swanage Railway's official photographer & press officer Andrew P.M. Wright has supplied over 100 photos of the first six-coach trains operating on the Swanage Railway on Sunday 1st August 2010 - with three locomotives in steam.

One of the three locos remained ready in the station loop at Swanage to go onto the rear of the next arriving train and then take it out as the next scheduled service, leaving the arriving locomotive sitting on the stopblocks at Swanage before going into the station loop after the train departed ready to repeat the sequence of manoeuvres..

SR 4-6-2 "Battle of Britain" Class No. 34070 Manston stands ready in the station loop at Swanage to go onto the rear of the arriving train hauled by ex-BR 2-6-4T Class 4MT No. 80104 driven by Les Frampton on Sunday 1st August 2010. Photo Andrew P.M. Wright

The three locos were LSWR 0-4-4T Class M7 no. 30053 , SR 4-6-2 "Battle of Britain" Class No. 34070 Manston, plus BR 2-6-4T Class 4MT No. 80104.

The loco crews were as follows: No 53's driver was Graham Froud with fireman Bill Patten, No 80104's driver was Les Frampton with fireman Barry Light, No 34070's driver was Oliver Furnell with fireman Bill Crutcher. The Swanage signalman was Graham Cope.

As the passengers alight, SR 4-6-2 "Battle of Britain" Class No. 34070 Manston runs past the rear of the newly-arrived train hauled by ex-BR 2-6-4T Class 4MT No. 80104 and reverses into position ready to haul the next service to Norden Park and Ride via Herston, Harman's Cross and Corfe Castle on Sunday 1st August 2010. Photo Andrew P.M. Wright

Swanage Railway Trust Chairman Steve Doughty (blue shirt, foreground) discusses the day's activities with Swanage Railway's Locomotive, Carriage and Wagon Manager James Cox as a young visitor is welcomed onto the footplate of ex-BR 2-6-4T Class 4MT No. 80104 by driver Les Frampton and fireman Barry Light on Sunday 1st August 2010. Photo Andrew P.M. Wright

The following photos from Andrew P.M. Wright were all taken during the first day of six-coach working on the Swanage Railway on 1st August 2010. Please scroll down the page to see the photos.

Crowds of visitors enjoy a close-up view of ex-BR 2-6-4T Class 4MT No. 80104 at Swanage station on Sunday 1st August 2010. Photo Andrew P.M. Wright