Swanage Railway Pillows

Peppercorn A1 Pacific, 60163 Tornado, resting under the canopy at Swanage station after bringing in a charter from the main line.

A goods train trundling along the Swanage Railway between Norden and Corfe Castle. This was a common sight in the 50's and 60's when many goods were moved by rail.

Adams 0-4-4T, Calbourne, and Drummond M7, 53 double heading a train from Norden to Corfe Castle on the Swanage Railway in Dorset. It is unlikely these two Victorian locos will ever be seen together again.

bullied Pacific, 34028 Eddystone, at Harmans Cross station on the Swanage Railway in Dorset.

257 Squadron hard at work on the Swanage Railway in Dorset.

Bullied Pacific 34070 Manston approaching Corfe Castle station on the Swanage Railway in Dorset with a Wessex Belle lunch train.

The only surviving working Drummond M7, 30053, and two lovely ladies on the platform at Swanage Station in Dorset.

Drummond M7 N0.53 leaving Norden heading towards Corfe Castle on the Swanage Railway in Dorset.

BR Standard 2 MT 78019 waiting for Drummond M7 No. 53 to arrive at Corfe Castle station on the Swanage railway in Dorset.

BR Standard 2MT 78019 waiting at Corfe station on the Swanage Railway in Dorset for the M7 to arrive from Norden.

BR Standard 2MT 78019 waiting at Corfe Castle station on the Swanage Railway in Dorset.

Drummond M7, No.53, heading across Corfe Common with a short passenger train on the Swanage Railway in Dorset.

Drummond M7, No. 53, taking a short passenger train across Corfe common on the Swanage Railway in Dorset. The ruins of Corfe Castle can be seen in the background.

Ex Southern Railway 2-6-0 U Class arriving at Corfe Castle en route to Norden on the Swanage Railway (Dorset, England), 17th March 2024.

A Railfreight Class 37 approaching Harmans Cross station on the Swanage Railway in Dorset with a five coach passenger train.

A Railfreight Class 37 leaving Harmans Cross station on the Swanage Railway in Dorset with a five coach passenger train.

BR Standard Class 7, Oliver Cromwell, approaching Corfe Castle station on the Swanage Railway in Dorset with a 10 coach train from London. Bullied Pacific 34028 Eddystone awaits departure for Norden. Oliver Cromwell was named after the man responsible for destroying the castle in the background.

BR Class 4 Standard tank, 80104, leaving Corfe Castle station on the Swanage Railway in Dorset.

BR Standard Class 4, Swanage Railway, March 2019 An ex-British Railways Standard Class 4, 2-6-4 tank engine on the Swanage Railway (Dorset, England) steaming up the incline from Corfe Castle, next stop Harman's Cross. This locomotive is believed to have been renumbered from 80104 to 80126, and was built in Brighton in the mid-1950s. Date: 24th March 2019.

A mixed freight train double headed by SR U Class31806 and King Arthur Class 777, Sir Lamiel approaching Quarr Farm Crossing on the Swanage Railway in Dorset.

Flying Scotsman, Swanage Railway, March 2019 The Flying Scotsman, undoubtedly one of the most iconic of British steam locomotives, hauls a rake of passenger coaches through the beautiful Isle of Purbeck countryside, near Woody Hyde camp site, between Corfe Castle and Harman's Cross, during a visit to Dorset in March 2019. Following a £4.2 million restoration project in 2016, the locomotive is now resplendent in dark green British Railways livery and is numbered 60103. Of course, in its heyday, the Scotsman would never have been seen operating on a somewhat 'out of the way' Dorset branch line. In 1934, then operated by the London and North Eastern Railway company (LNER), the Flying Scotsman became the first locomotive in the UK to officia...

BR Standard Class 4, 80104, working hard crossing Corfe Common with a heavy freight train.

Stanier 8F at Swanage The 8F class, 2-8-0, heavy freight steam locomotive, was originally designed by William Stanier for the London, Midland and Scottish (LMS) railway company. Over 800 of these engines were built between 1935 and 1946. Locomotive number 48624, seen here in black British Railways livery, visiting Swanage station in Dorset, England, was built in 1943 for the Southern Railway at the Ashford works in Kent. It is currently one of only two operational 8Fs running in the UK. Date: 16th October 2016. Click here to view my trains, trams and horse-drawn vehicles collection.

Br Standard Class 4 80104 working up the gradient out of Corfe Castle station on the Swanage Railway in Dorset.

BR Standard Class 4 80104 leaving Corfe Castle station on the Swanage Railway in Dorset.

Drummond locosT9 30120 and M7 30053 double heading an eight coach passenger train into Corfe Castle station on the Swanage Railway in Dorset.

GWR 0-6-0 Tank, 6695, working hard up the gradient out of Corfe Castle station on the Swanage Railway in Dorset.

BR Standard Class 4, 80104, crossing the viaduct at Corfe Castle on the Swanage Railway in Dorset. The Devon Belle observation coach is on the rear of the train. The waters of Poole Harbour can just be seen in the background.

Drummond M7 No. 53, leaving Norden bound for Corfe Castle on the Swanage railway in Dorset.

BR Standard 4, 80104, arriving at Corfe Castle station on the Swanage railway in Dorset on a cold March morning.

GWR 0-6-0 Tank, 6695, approaching Corfe Castle station on the Swanage Railway in Dorset.

BR Standard Class 4, 80104, Crossing Corfe Common on the way to Swanage on the Swanage Railway in Dorset.

GWR 0-6-0 tank, 6695, approaching Corfe Castle station on the Swanage Railway in Dorset.

GWR Manor Class, Bradley Manor approaching Harmans Cross station on the Swanage railway in Dorset.

GWR 0-6-0 tank engine, No. 6695, approaching Corfe Castle station on the Swanage Railway in Dorset.

BR Standard Class 4, 80104, working hard on the gradient out of Corfe Castle station on the Swanage Railway in Dorset.