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Special workings - main line charters and others.... |
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'Bulleid Saturday' on the Hants and Wilts line.
Battle of Britain class No. 34067 'Tangmere' and Merchant Navy 35028 'Clan Line' headed trains on the Salisbury-Southampton route - 17th February 2007 |
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'34067 on VSOE working'
Battle of Britain class No. 34067 'Tangmere' heads a VSOE special working from London Victoria to Southampton Docks - 20th January 2007 |
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'S and D Remembered'
Battle of Britain class No. 34067 'Tangmere' heads a "Somerset and Dorset Remembered" special from Wareham to Bristol - Sat. 2nd September 2006 |
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'The Strong Countryman'
Std. Class 4 locomotive No. 76079 pilots LMS Black 5 45407 towards Ashurst (New Forest) with the Strong Countryman Charter on 12th April 2006 |
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The Royal Wessex
Unrebuilt Bullied Battle of Britain Class, 34067 'Tangmere', headed the Royal Wessex service from Weymouth to London and return on 18th June 2005. |
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Last SLAM door service on SWT mainline
The last public main line slam door service passes through Sway on 18th June 2005 |
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Heritage EMU
'Heritage' EMU 1498 leaves Brockenhurst on 18th June 2005 |
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The Dorset Express
Rebuilt Bullied Merchant Navy Class, 'Canadian Pacific', heads an evening train through the New Forest on 18th May 2002. |
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Standard Class 4MT 76079
heads a Bristol to Plymouth service past Whiteley Farm, Totnes on the climb to Rattery - Sunday 5th August 2001. |
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Collett 0-6-0 No. 3205
runs around its train at Totnes Littlehempston on the South Devon Railway - August 2001 |
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Canadian Pacific
1st July 2000 - Merchant Navy class 'Canadian Pacific' running Bournemouth to Birmingham passes the down service train at Sway, Hampshire |
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73082 - 'Camelot'
Ex-BR Standard Class 73082 - Camelot - leaves Sheffield Park on the Bluebell Railway (photo: Jim Wickham) |
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Raveningham Hall
Very much a GWR scene - Raveningham Hall between Toddington and Winchcombe on a cold day at the beginning of April 2000. |
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King Edward II
An unusual visitor to Southern rails - a late running ex-GWR King Edward II runs past New Milton on Saturday 13th November 1999. |
| KEII headed a Pathfinder Tours train that had started from Crewe
at 04:30! KEII suffered problems and was helped along by a Class 33 diesel at the rear of the train.
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BR Standard Class 5
Ex BR Standard Class 5 headed the Dorset Flyer through Sway (New Forest) on Saturday 15th May 1999. |
| Running 10 minutes late, the locomotive was working hard as it passed through Sway on its way to Weymouth.
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EWS Class 60
A summer afternoon at Sway in Hampshire - EWS diesel loco hauls empty stone trucks towards Bournemouth on 1st July. The station (UK 'Most Passenger Friendly Station') was soon to echo to the sound of a Merchant Navy at speed....... |
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Images to 2001 were originated using the Sony Mavica digital camera - from 2002 onwards using the Minolta Dimage 7i.
All images are © Peter J. Milford. No reproduction without the permission of the copyright owner. |
More images at: This England and Gallery |
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