Swanage Railway Spring Steam Gala

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Event Tags: Swanage Railway

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Date: Fri 24th March 2023 - Sun 26th March 2023

Time: All Day

Location: Swanage Railway, Swanage

Phone: info@swanagerailway.co.uk

Email: 01929 425800

Booking Required: Yes

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Swanage Railway Spring Steam Gala

An historic locomotive that hauled the funeral train of King George VI is to star in the Swanage Railway’s Spring Steam Gala along with a steam locomotive whose classmates worked passenger and freight trains across Dorset.

Built for British Railways in the 1950s, the two visiting steam locomotives will be taking to the rails – through the heart of the Isle of Purbeck – during the three-day special event that runs from Friday, 24 March, to Sunday, 26 March, 2023, inclusive.

In a rare opportunity, the public can also purchase tickets for a single or return ride in a 1950s brake van ride, between Swanage and Corfe Castle, on a re-creation of an evocative freight train during the three days of the Spring Steam Gala.

Visiting Locomotives:

  • British Railways Standard Class 4MT – 76084 – Courtesy of the 76084 Locomotive Company.
  • British Railways Standard Class 7 – 70000 ‘Britannia’ – Courtesy of Locomotive Services.

Home Fleet:

  • 31806, U Class
  • 34070, Manston.
  • 34028, Eddystone

Gala Fares
TICKET TYPE ADULT / CHILD

  • 1 Day Rover — £30 / £22
  • 2 Day Rover — £45 / £28
  • 3 Day Rover — £49 / £39

ALL LOCOMOTIVES ARE SUBJECT TO AVAILABILITY AND SHORT NOTICE CHANGE.

Image credit: Andrew P.M. Wright




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