2. Railways

2014 Swanage Railway Diesel Gala

Once more Ross and I venture south to sunny Dorset and a weekend of pure indulgence of wall to wall diesel traction on the Swanage branch at their annual Diesel Gala. Oh and also to see my parents, elder brother and loads of mates.....and drink some beer. Well it would be rude not to!!
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    The first coach in the rake is a Bulleid composite brake vehicle and was the first coach to carry passengers on the fledgling Swanage Railway when in August Bank Holiday 1979 diesel shunter "May" pushed it to the end of the Swanage Council yard and back to a scaffold platform on the shed side of Northbrook Road bridge twice. John Horrocks was the guard, Geoff Pitman was the driver and I was the secondman on that historic day
    D6700 passes (we'll call it) 50031 and 41001 as it slows for its station stop.
    1S05, 1235 Norden to Swanage, departs behind 50026 which SHOULD have been parked where 50031 is and that loco should be powering away on this working. Four columns of clag rise from the exhaust ports of the English Electric 16CVST 2,700hp powerplant.