A HISTORIC mainline steam locomotive that headed the last British Rail steam train 50 years ago is to haul passenger trains again in Purbeck. Built in 1945, the powerful 74-ton London Midland and ...

The technology is being installed at Purbeck Park car park, Norden train station and on board the railway's steam service from early 2025. Gavin Johns, chairman of the Swanage Railway Company ...

The Swanage Railway Trust has a special link with the history of Waterloo station because its Victorian T3 class steam locomotive No. 563 was saved from the scrapyard after the Second World War to ...

Plans to resume regular passenger rail services on a line which was closed for 45 years have been further delayed. Swanage Railway received £5.5m, mostly of public funds, to link its heritage ...

Steam power will take centre stage in a celebration of heritage and engineering. Swanage Railway volunteers are organising a three-day Roads to Rail steam rally, set to take place from Friday ...

The technology is being installed at Purbeck Park car park, Norden train station and on board the railway's steam service from early 2025. Gavin Johns, chairman of the Swanage Railway Company ...