Swanage Railway General Discussion

Desparately needed on the down loop at Corfe

 

Checking the very useful Swanage station webcam this morning I saw a diesel on the front of a not in steam 31806. And later both were gone. Presumably having taken the U class to wherever it will be loaded onto a transporter to bring it up to the Spa Valley Railway. Is the transfer point at Norden?

 

Yes, Norden is where locos get loaded and unloaded for road movements

 

Yes went down (really up of course) before the first service train.

 

Noticed Bloomberg has reported that Oneweb, that provides the Government backed WiFi and satellite testbed for Swanage railway in the hope of selling to others, is struggling to survive.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...-starlink-rival-afloat?embedded-checkout=true

 

Firewalled to me.

 

Latest news from SLL Southern Locomotives Ltd. <BJ>

''Owing to circumstances beyond our control, Eddystone will almost certainly not be taking its first scheduled train from Victoria to Weymouth on 23 July. Further information will follow in due course''.

 

A snippet: https://www.advanced-television.com/2025/06/11/eutelsat-racing-to-find-extra-cash/

 

Thanks for the link.

 

Be very wrong to like that, but thanks for the info which I see is on their Facebook page.

 

A shame, but not surprising bearing in mind Eddy hasn't actually left Swanage metals for any mainline test runs yet.

 

Rather late in the day due to a manic week an image of the NR MPV that visited to deal with the weeds.
I am sure NR use very strong stuff, but as most garden weedkillers understandably say apply on a dry day, not sure how effective it will be in the downpour we had on Thursday.
After the MPV headed off to the sidings Manston arrived with the 10:40 from Norden which shows the quality of the weather and the light.