Swanage Railway General Discussion

I worked that train, two coach parties with 32 in each. Loadings were ok considering the weather.

 

Timetable - Swanage Railway
I notice that the Swanage has an all steam timetable this weekend, but there is no mention of which locos will be in steam. Can anyone help please?

 

563 and 34072 have been the two locos so far this week. 31806 has been being worked on but no idea of the status as it failed a couple of weeks ago.

 

31806 did a test run to Herston and back to Swanage at 1700 on Tuesday.

 

Thanks for that, I'm just hoping that when I turn up on Saturday lineside fires aren't an issue!

 

Last night for the first rain for a while, I doubt it has made much difference. I did not notice any burnt areas when I had a ride on Monday.

 

And I am also hoping that there will not be any lineside fires on Saturday as well! Both 563 and 34072 both behaved themselves on Tuesday when I was at Harmans Cross.

 

34072 and 31806 today, as I discovered when I decided to go to HX to photograph the T3 as I had to go out to collect some drugs at Boots for my dad.
You think I would look out the window to check what was running (or at least look at the webcam). To fully make the whole thing a wipe out, after 5 minutes of them trying to find his drugs we established the carers had collected it before I got there.

 

Enjoy whilst you can. these are first world problems.

 

I notice on the web cam that the Bubble Car has been released from the goods shed after a internal and external refurb.

 

The Bulleid Brake (4366) is due to go into the goods shed today, and the DTSO from Barrow Hill (76275) is due to arrive back at Norden tomorrow. Busy times!

 

Arriving at Swanage

 

Does the railway have the other cars to go with it?

 

YES! 76275 is a DTC ex 404/8004, TBSK 70824 ex 413/8013, 70855 is a TFK ex 412/8012 and 76322 is ex 427/8027.
I understand that TFK is also under restoration, Not sure if it is at Ramparts or still at Swanage.
Anyway Looking forward as an ex Eastleigh guard who worked on them, to seeing 413 up and running again. All we need now is the return of 33111.

 

The 121 looks better with the grey roof.

 

Proving I should never bother going anywhere, I tried to see the inspection saloon Caroline and its attendant 37 in and out of Weymouth at Upwey. But traffic and it running around an hour early wrecked that. Teach me to be greedy should have just gone to Wareham.
Traffic was not helped by this, which seem to cause a long queue through Corfe. (A poor image grabbed out of the car window in the queue, I did not even have time to lower the window properly and lean out.)

 

Returning from boiler/mechanical overhaul at Tyseley to complete the task at Herston Works?

 

It has been parked at Arne Road Bridge for while, I assume the opportunity was taken to us the low loader that had arrived with the 4TC coach to move it to Herston.
There were taken on March 29, April 8 and May 9

 

Ah, the convertible 4MT sub class

Tom

 

I’m getting very excited seeing the return of another TC coach! And reading their last update everything suddenly seems to be happing faster than what seemed earlier this year!

Has TBSK 70824 managed to get to Swanage yet ?