Latest News

Here are our illustrated news pages each devoted to a particular aspect of recent activity on the Swanage Railway.

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  RECORD-BREAKING ‘FLYING SCOTSMAN’ TO VISIT SWANAGE AND RUN WITH RARE PULLMAN CARRIAGE FOR FIRST TIME IN ALMOST 50 YEARS

  Published: January 18, 2019

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  SPECIAL WEEKEND TO BRING EVOCATIVE TASTE OF LONG CLOSED SOMERSET & DORSET MAIN LINE RAILWAY TO PURBECK

  Published: October 31, 2018

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  HISTORIC LOCOMOTIVE THAT HEADED LAST BRITISH RAIL STEAM TRAIN TO HAUL TRAINS DURING HALF TERM WEEK

  Published: October 19, 2018

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  SWANAGE RAILWAY’S FIRST MAIN LINE EXPRESS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE FROM 1990 TO ‘FLY’AGAIN DURING AUTUMN STEAM GALA

  Published: October 10, 2018

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  CLASSIC 1930s LONDON TO GLASGOW MAIN LINE STEAM LOCOMOTIVE TO MAKE ITS FIRST VISIT TO PURBECK – TO STAR IN AUTUMN GALA

  Published: September 22, 2018

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  PHOTO REPORT – ROYAL RECOGNITION FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS OF VOLUNTEER ENDEAVOUR THAT RETURNED TRAINS TO WAREHAM

  Published: June 11, 2018

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  PHOTO REPORT – NEW SUMMER SATURDAYS TRAIN SERVICE LINKS CORFE CASTLE WITH WEST & NORTH DORSET, WILTSHIRE & SOMERSET

  Published: May 29, 2018

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  NEW TRAINS TO CORFE CASTLE FROM ACROSS DORSET, SOMERSET AND WILTSHIRE THIS SUMMER

  Published: May 24, 2018

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