Swanage Railway General Discussion

Have any (restructured) heritage railways actually achieved gift aid on tickets?
Pat

 

NYMR - see that thread at great length for the pros and cons, it is not as clear-cut as it looks. I seem to recall from a previous visit (but I might be wrong) that the IoWSR also allows gift aid on admissions.

Tom

 

Quainton were trying to get me to gift aid last time I went there, although of course they do not really have "a journey" just a ride, so probably different rules apply

 

Scotsman has been annouced to be visiting in end of October/early November.

Guess that's why the Observation Car left to have work done on it.

 

The post on Facebook also seems to be hinting at an appearance by Tornado at some point in the year too.

 

Which post was that? When I looked again I can't see anything relating to Tornado.

 

It doesn't refer to Tornado itself, but, to me at least, hints that it will be appearing at Swanage at some point. The last paragraph above the link refers to big news coming soon and that it'll 'blow you away'.

 

Apart from Scotsman, what loco drags the non railway enthusiast in? Winston Churchill I would gamble on......

 

My money would be on Mallard? [BJ]

 

Oh I see it now. Thanks.

 

“Blown away” - maybe it isn’t Tornado, but a guest appearance by the RHDR Typhoon?

Tom

 

Or a metre gauge visitor from Switzerland/Italy?



Yes, that does say Fart on the front! Ferrovie Autolinee Regionali Ticinesi

 

Edit - Double post.

 

Members were told recently that Car 14 needed some refurbishment both externally and internally in any event. Interior seating being re-covered in a more 'period' moquette apparently. Other works not specified to my knowledge. Possibly it's renovation, before 60103's arrival, might be a coincidence as booking space at Rampart Engineering in Barrow Hill has to be done many months in advance I would have thought.

 

With the U in service at the weekend and today on driver experience the "excellent Purbeck Spring weather? can be seen from the following images.
The first being Saturday with the U's first train since the winter warm up and today on a very attractive set consisting of a Bulleid and a Mk1 half brake.

 

Good shots despite the weather!

Driver experiences continue through the week. Tomorrow, Wednesday and Thursday Southern Locomotives Limited are running their driving and firing experiences for shareholders. I'm fortunate enough to have got a spot on the 10:30 Departure from Swanage tomorrow! Presumably we will have Manston. To say I am excited is a little bit of an understatement!

 

Wonder if one of the Bulleid locos might be swapping identity to 34065 for a bit.....

 

Hope you enjoy it. I'm on the following slot so will say hello when I relieve you at Swanage. Like you, I'm immensely looking forward to it especially as Manston was one of only three light pacifics ever to be shedded at Ashford, where my grandfather was a driver, so it will be quite special to be taking the regulator of a loco he almost certainly drove some 65-70 years ago.

Weather also looks a bit more hopeful for tomorrow compared with Gladiator's shots of 31806!

 

Feeling very lousy today and certainly with no energy to walk anywhere, so here is your 10:30 run coming back through HX in not the greatest light.
For anyone on it, the second image (taken on my way back from the dentist which I had to drive to despite living only about 400 metres away, what a state of affairs!) is the 14:50 coming back into Swanage, I had not noticed the L plate on the route disc in the morning when I was taking the image at HX.

 

But a Hurricane is a thousand times bigger than a Tornado