The Swanage Railway is an 9.5 mile stretch of preserved Railway line located in Dorset between Wareham and Swanage.
During this weekend, the Railway held a special celebration dubbed as the “The Victorian Weekend”. This included an intensive service across the weekend. The main draw for this event would be the visiting SE&CR 01 Class No 65 which rubbed shoulders with the Swanage’s very own resident LSWR T3 Class No 563.
No 65 is usually based at the Bluebell Railway in East Sussex and is rarely seen off Bluebell metals bar two exceptions. The most recent example was last year at the Spa Valley Railway for their Southern Steam Up.The T3 and the 01 made for an interesting double header pairing as both are sole survivors of their class in preservation. 
Joining the Victorian pairing, Rebuilt 'West Country' Class no 34028 ‘Eddystone’ and U Class 31806 would also be hauling services during the weekend and even had to haul an unexpected double header on Friday due to a set being withdrawn due to a hot box problem. This problem allowed for a unique opportunity on the Saturday & Sunday with no spare brake coach available, a Class 117 DMU would be utilised to fill the gap.
Please donate to The Swanage Railway survival appeal if you can also: swanagerailwaytrust.enthuse.com/saveyourrailway
Timestamps below!
Locomotives Featured:
SE&CR 01 Class no 65
LSWR T3 Class no 563
Rebuilt 'West Country' Class no 34028 ‘Eddystone’
SR U Class no 31806
Timestamps:
0:00 - No 65 Dickers Crossing
1:02 - No 563 Dickers Crossing
2:09 - Eddystone Dickers Crossing
3:17 - No 65 & No 563 Wilderness Crossing
4:13 - No 31806 Wilderness Crossing
5:21 - Eddystone Corfe Common
6:36 - No 65 & No 563 Corfe Common
8:21 - Eddystone Corfe Castle
9:48 - No 65 & 31806 North Barn
11:18 - Eddystone Wilderness Crossing
12:02 - No 563 Wilderness Crossing
12:52 - No 65 Harmans Cross
13:51 - No 31806 Harmans Cross
14:59 - No 65 & 563 Corfe Castle
16:11 - No 31806 & Eddystone North Barn
17:27 - No 563 Corfe Common
18:38 - No 65 & 31806 Corfe Common
19:29 - No 65 & 31806 Townsend Bridge
All footage was captured between the 22- 24/3/24 and are in no particular order.