Looks great, I really like the long curved platform 👍
@Cheekylittlemonkey81 Жыл бұрын
Thank You.
@kcphillips1000 Жыл бұрын
Used to have family holiday in Swanage during the 50s and 60s before the closure of the line .In the late 80s I lived there for a few years and often was invited to the workshop to see the Engines being worked on including one that was being built from scratch . I wonder if they ever finished it ?
@Cheekylittlemonkey81 Жыл бұрын
Steam trains run along 6 miles of the line from Swanage to Norden just beyond Corfe Castle. Diesel trains have started running 4 days a week, all the way to Wareham this year, hopefully as part of future developments to a regular service.
@johnlunnun9769 Жыл бұрын
Lovely! What was the music used for this video? Is it something by Elgar?
@Cheekylittlemonkey81 Жыл бұрын
I can't remember the track sorry.
@oldandgrey4954 ай бұрын
kzread.info/dash/bejne/mmmY29qjj9O5grw.html Hubert Parry - Symphony No.3 in C-major "The English" (1889)
@neilbolger26792 жыл бұрын
Great footage . I've sat many of times overlooking Swanage station at Gala's admiring the old school trundling around and I enjoyed it . This video was great . Totally enjoyable
@philipkersey48922 ай бұрын
So glad it’s connected to main line again
@petercurtis73752 жыл бұрын
My girlfriend and I walked the line between Corfe Castle and Swanage in the summer of 1975 which was derelict at that time, hats off to the Swanage Railway for rebuilding the line and now with a direct link to Wareham. Do you think that Network Rail will ever consider the possibility of reinstating the Swanage platform at Wareham?
@Cheekylittlemonkey812 жыл бұрын
They refreshed all the signalling to include running trains from Swanage a few years ago. It would have added over £1m extra funding to include a dedicated platform and all the additional trackwork needed. It is unlikely to happen next time the signalling is replaced but would be nice.
@stuartb36632 жыл бұрын
Wow i love swanage great holiday place
@haroldwilkes66082 жыл бұрын
Interesting looking locomotive. Good vid.
@seansean96752 жыл бұрын
seems your speed was a little fast as well
@derisleybrittain3 жыл бұрын
Superb 👍👍👍😀😀😀😀
@derisleybrittain3 жыл бұрын
Excellent video 👍👍👍😁😁😁😁😁
@robertmiller91843 жыл бұрын
We were on the train, towards the front. A very enjoyable day. I remember that as the hungry passengers left Swanage Station and surged into the town how the shopkeepers came out to meet us. Swanage is a brilliant town now it has its railway back. Superb place for a "staycation".
@malcolmtaylor5183 жыл бұрын
Love the broadguage.
@bruceg83754 жыл бұрын
WHY
@OnTheMoveTransport4 жыл бұрын
Im sad that was the only day out of thomas event for Swanage, but they didnt do it again because they did the event incorrect.
@Gothenburg3210 ай бұрын
Swanage started doing DOWT events in the 80s/90s, they last did them in 2007.
@raysmith1145 жыл бұрын
Nice, but I would have preferred in real time not accelerated and with the sound of the train rather than the music. The music was very good though.
@davidpoulton28605 жыл бұрын
I saw the line derelict in mid 1970s what a achievement re-built from Wareham to Swanage
@marc210915 жыл бұрын
The film shows that the Swanage line was built with double-track-width bridges throughout, presumably because of the Act authorising it. It was never likely to become double track. The Swanage Railway seems to have a number of sidings and works yards along its route. Why so many? The old LSWR-SR-BR(S) did not need them all. They seem to be used to park an excessive number of old railway vehicles of dubious value.
@Cheekylittlemonkey815 жыл бұрын
The railway is self contained as far as storage and daily maintenance goes. In BR days it was supplied steam engines from Bournemouth (Swanage shed was an outstation with facilities for only a short/ overnight stay). In later years the diesel units were based and maintained at Eastleigh so there were never major depot facilities on the branch. The only storage was at Swanage and this was quickly turned into a car park, health centre, fire station and latterly the addition of a supermarket. The railway has subsequently cleared out a lot of stock that was never going to be restored or could find a better use elsewhere.
@marc210915 жыл бұрын
@@Cheekylittlemonkey81 Many thanks for explaining - yes, of course, the steam locomotives and then the demus were maintained away from the Swanage branch. It is good to hear that some of the surplus stock has been cleared out - independent railways tend to have a lot of vehicles standing in sidings looking tatty and never get used. (Like the typical house where stuff is stored, takes up space, is never used, decays and is finally thrown out.) Removing one of the sidings or 'yards' that the film reveals would surely simplify the line too.... At Corfe Castle, a world heritage location where the railway is part of the attraction to tourists, and one looks down on it from the hills, keeping unused stuff and material to a minimum would be desirable.
@corrinecummings35385 жыл бұрын
How wonderful. What a stretch of line!
@phillwainewright42216 жыл бұрын
It might have been nice to include the names of the stations you passed through.
@paulgreenwood78736 жыл бұрын
hello
@scopex27497 жыл бұрын
How wonderful i dreamt of this day in my younger years. I only saw desolation and a few miles of track opened when i was going there every year for holidays. Thanks to flippin Beeching killing our rail industry. Luckily by closing this line he allowed a superb Heritage railway to be built up!!
@pooletrainboy6 жыл бұрын
it was not Beeching that closed this line
@michaelhearn30523 жыл бұрын
@@pooletrainboy Correct. Beeching left office in May 1965. This line closed in Jan 1972 IIRC. It certainly was not mentioned at all in his 1963 report.
@johnhealy85137 жыл бұрын
Lovely interesting video but could someone not have cleaned the squashed insect off the window or had it paid to travel!
@jbbumpkin7 жыл бұрын
How much the first part of this journey from Wareham to Norden has changed since this video was taken! Signalling directly off the main line, all the embankments done, track layout changes at Furzebrook, no more double catch point at Motala and the proper level crossing at Norden Gates! And ....... the passenger service is starting from Wareham next month!!!
@duckman56427 жыл бұрын
fantastic video thankyou cheers
@philhomes2337 жыл бұрын
Bloody hell, the music is Parry 3 !!!, worth watching just for that.
@michaelgamble2963 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I skipped to the comments just to find out! Beautiful Railway and wonderful scenery - especially in the sunshine! Well Done!!
@phillwainewright42218 жыл бұрын
Nice vid ... shame you didn't give the names of the stations it stopped at/passed through.
@jbbumpkin7 жыл бұрын
On the SR - Norden P & R, Corfe Castle, Harman`s Cross, Herston Halt and Swanage
@dodgydruid8 жыл бұрын
Lovely vid, bit saddened not seeing me dad as I always had at Harman's Cross but I think he had retired for the second time by the time this vid was made.
@Cheekylittlemonkey818 жыл бұрын
Keith? I think he was still about with a roll up and a cuppa :)
@alistairkewish6518 жыл бұрын
I took a brief look at some of the costs of getting reconnected to NR at Worgret Jun. and nearly had a fit.Does a level- crossing really cost half a million?Or is this project pricing itself out of normal existence? Railway preservation enters the lists.Made that much more serious by running diesel units up to Wareham and back. I wonder if the financial returns can justify this financial commitment, even over a ten year 'recovery period'?It makes me wonder how much it costs to travel by bus from Swanage to Wareham ( and beyond)?The mind boggles!Alistair
@billcobbett92598 жыл бұрын
Its all made possible by donations from various bodies. Anything that reduces road congestion is worth doing.
@arch9enius8 жыл бұрын
Parry now is it? For some reason this song was in my head kzread.info/dash/bejne/qZiKwZeiY8KXo7g.html
@localdriver8 жыл бұрын
I remember travelling on this line, being hauled by a steam locomotive, going on our summer holidays, in the1950s.
@billcobbett92598 жыл бұрын
Me too, and I remember sitting with my folks outside Corfe Castle on the hill, watching the M7 go past below.
@michaelhampton94939 жыл бұрын
Great vid . Thanks for sharing. Went on the Swanage railway last Sun 30 Aug . Had a great time.
@justRayEvansopinion10 жыл бұрын
You can keep the Japanese Bullet Train, I prefer our English version...
@georgobrowno585710 жыл бұрын
Awesome vid
@RoseSupreme10 жыл бұрын
Got any shots of Cyril?
@Rorrytherouter10 жыл бұрын
I remember going to Swange by train as a youngster. We would get the train from Bailey Gate to Poole and then travel to Swanage. This has brought back some great memories thanks very much.
@BeauNewman111 жыл бұрын
That's fast forward
@mikeoiluk111 жыл бұрын
nice short film very enjoyable
@MrRhys211211 жыл бұрын
Just as nice as 5 yrs ago.
@philclennell11 жыл бұрын
Lovely video and like others I was wondering what the music was - whiffs of Elgar, Brahms and yes Mendelssohn too. Parry's 3rd symphony is well worth a listen, lay back and think of old England and a requiem to those glorious branch lines of old! And dream of singing the Blest Pair of Sirens again before too long!
@utopiah711 жыл бұрын
your late!!!!!!!!!! i'm freezing!!!!!!!
@gothbabe049111 жыл бұрын
Hi, PHil. When will the Swanage Railway be estimated to see regular services to and from Wareham? I've ridden the line several times as a child and I was always thinking to myself "Will the connection to the mainline be re-opened again?" It's one thing I have been hoping for since I was very young. Is it likely to be connected within the next few years? Also, does South West Trains still operate that Class 121 Bubblecar unit? Thank you! Abigail :) x
@rodbowler217011 жыл бұрын
Truly amazing video, thankyou! I just hope the railway get the future funding to progress with thier plans with the connection to Wareham soon. When it happens, (not if) it'll be a fantastic croud puller and make some awesome headlines for the preserved/heritage railway fraternity.
@wentonmastermind12 жыл бұрын
Bless you, saquabote. It was so English - and so well coordinated with the film.
@saquabote12 жыл бұрын
The music is Parry's Third Symphony "The English"
@Cheekylittlemonkey8112 жыл бұрын
Hi Bruce, will run a trackID and let you know, I have forgotten the name but I think the composer is Mendelson
@brucechanter619412 жыл бұрын
Like 674168 I have been waiting for a year to learn what the music is. My Wife thinks it sounds like Elgar. It is so frustrating. Please someone HELP.
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Music done my head in
A bit of a time-warp!! Broad gauge, wow!!
Nice railway
great track ride PHil !!
Thank You.
Looks great, I really like the long curved platform 👍
Thank You.
Used to have family holiday in Swanage during the 50s and 60s before the closure of the line .In the late 80s I lived there for a few years and often was invited to the workshop to see the Engines being worked on including one that was being built from scratch . I wonder if they ever finished it ?
Steam trains run along 6 miles of the line from Swanage to Norden just beyond Corfe Castle. Diesel trains have started running 4 days a week, all the way to Wareham this year, hopefully as part of future developments to a regular service.
Lovely! What was the music used for this video? Is it something by Elgar?
I can't remember the track sorry.
kzread.info/dash/bejne/mmmY29qjj9O5grw.html Hubert Parry - Symphony No.3 in C-major "The English" (1889)
Great footage . I've sat many of times overlooking Swanage station at Gala's admiring the old school trundling around and I enjoyed it . This video was great . Totally enjoyable
So glad it’s connected to main line again
My girlfriend and I walked the line between Corfe Castle and Swanage in the summer of 1975 which was derelict at that time, hats off to the Swanage Railway for rebuilding the line and now with a direct link to Wareham. Do you think that Network Rail will ever consider the possibility of reinstating the Swanage platform at Wareham?
They refreshed all the signalling to include running trains from Swanage a few years ago. It would have added over £1m extra funding to include a dedicated platform and all the additional trackwork needed. It is unlikely to happen next time the signalling is replaced but would be nice.
Wow i love swanage great holiday place
Interesting looking locomotive. Good vid.
seems your speed was a little fast as well
Superb 👍👍👍😀😀😀😀
Excellent video 👍👍👍😁😁😁😁😁
We were on the train, towards the front. A very enjoyable day. I remember that as the hungry passengers left Swanage Station and surged into the town how the shopkeepers came out to meet us. Swanage is a brilliant town now it has its railway back. Superb place for a "staycation".
Love the broadguage.
WHY
Im sad that was the only day out of thomas event for Swanage, but they didnt do it again because they did the event incorrect.
Swanage started doing DOWT events in the 80s/90s, they last did them in 2007.
Nice, but I would have preferred in real time not accelerated and with the sound of the train rather than the music. The music was very good though.
I saw the line derelict in mid 1970s what a achievement re-built from Wareham to Swanage
The film shows that the Swanage line was built with double-track-width bridges throughout, presumably because of the Act authorising it. It was never likely to become double track. The Swanage Railway seems to have a number of sidings and works yards along its route. Why so many? The old LSWR-SR-BR(S) did not need them all. They seem to be used to park an excessive number of old railway vehicles of dubious value.
The railway is self contained as far as storage and daily maintenance goes. In BR days it was supplied steam engines from Bournemouth (Swanage shed was an outstation with facilities for only a short/ overnight stay). In later years the diesel units were based and maintained at Eastleigh so there were never major depot facilities on the branch. The only storage was at Swanage and this was quickly turned into a car park, health centre, fire station and latterly the addition of a supermarket. The railway has subsequently cleared out a lot of stock that was never going to be restored or could find a better use elsewhere.
@@Cheekylittlemonkey81 Many thanks for explaining - yes, of course, the steam locomotives and then the demus were maintained away from the Swanage branch. It is good to hear that some of the surplus stock has been cleared out - independent railways tend to have a lot of vehicles standing in sidings looking tatty and never get used. (Like the typical house where stuff is stored, takes up space, is never used, decays and is finally thrown out.) Removing one of the sidings or 'yards' that the film reveals would surely simplify the line too.... At Corfe Castle, a world heritage location where the railway is part of the attraction to tourists, and one looks down on it from the hills, keeping unused stuff and material to a minimum would be desirable.
How wonderful. What a stretch of line!
It might have been nice to include the names of the stations you passed through.
hello
How wonderful i dreamt of this day in my younger years. I only saw desolation and a few miles of track opened when i was going there every year for holidays. Thanks to flippin Beeching killing our rail industry. Luckily by closing this line he allowed a superb Heritage railway to be built up!!
it was not Beeching that closed this line
@@pooletrainboy Correct. Beeching left office in May 1965. This line closed in Jan 1972 IIRC. It certainly was not mentioned at all in his 1963 report.
Lovely interesting video but could someone not have cleaned the squashed insect off the window or had it paid to travel!
How much the first part of this journey from Wareham to Norden has changed since this video was taken! Signalling directly off the main line, all the embankments done, track layout changes at Furzebrook, no more double catch point at Motala and the proper level crossing at Norden Gates! And ....... the passenger service is starting from Wareham next month!!!
fantastic video thankyou cheers
Bloody hell, the music is Parry 3 !!!, worth watching just for that.
Thank you! I skipped to the comments just to find out! Beautiful Railway and wonderful scenery - especially in the sunshine! Well Done!!
Nice vid ... shame you didn't give the names of the stations it stopped at/passed through.
On the SR - Norden P & R, Corfe Castle, Harman`s Cross, Herston Halt and Swanage
Lovely vid, bit saddened not seeing me dad as I always had at Harman's Cross but I think he had retired for the second time by the time this vid was made.
Keith? I think he was still about with a roll up and a cuppa :)
I took a brief look at some of the costs of getting reconnected to NR at Worgret Jun. and nearly had a fit.Does a level- crossing really cost half a million?Or is this project pricing itself out of normal existence? Railway preservation enters the lists.Made that much more serious by running diesel units up to Wareham and back. I wonder if the financial returns can justify this financial commitment, even over a ten year 'recovery period'?It makes me wonder how much it costs to travel by bus from Swanage to Wareham ( and beyond)?The mind boggles!Alistair
Its all made possible by donations from various bodies. Anything that reduces road congestion is worth doing.
Parry now is it? For some reason this song was in my head kzread.info/dash/bejne/qZiKwZeiY8KXo7g.html
I remember travelling on this line, being hauled by a steam locomotive, going on our summer holidays, in the1950s.
Me too, and I remember sitting with my folks outside Corfe Castle on the hill, watching the M7 go past below.
Great vid . Thanks for sharing. Went on the Swanage railway last Sun 30 Aug . Had a great time.
You can keep the Japanese Bullet Train, I prefer our English version...
Awesome vid
Got any shots of Cyril?
I remember going to Swange by train as a youngster. We would get the train from Bailey Gate to Poole and then travel to Swanage. This has brought back some great memories thanks very much.
That's fast forward
nice short film very enjoyable
Just as nice as 5 yrs ago.
Lovely video and like others I was wondering what the music was - whiffs of Elgar, Brahms and yes Mendelssohn too. Parry's 3rd symphony is well worth a listen, lay back and think of old England and a requiem to those glorious branch lines of old! And dream of singing the Blest Pair of Sirens again before too long!
your late!!!!!!!!!! i'm freezing!!!!!!!
Hi, PHil. When will the Swanage Railway be estimated to see regular services to and from Wareham? I've ridden the line several times as a child and I was always thinking to myself "Will the connection to the mainline be re-opened again?" It's one thing I have been hoping for since I was very young. Is it likely to be connected within the next few years? Also, does South West Trains still operate that Class 121 Bubblecar unit? Thank you! Abigail :) x
Truly amazing video, thankyou! I just hope the railway get the future funding to progress with thier plans with the connection to Wareham soon. When it happens, (not if) it'll be a fantastic croud puller and make some awesome headlines for the preserved/heritage railway fraternity.
Bless you, saquabote. It was so English - and so well coordinated with the film.
The music is Parry's Third Symphony "The English"
Hi Bruce, will run a trackID and let you know, I have forgotten the name but I think the composer is Mendelson
Like 674168 I have been waiting for a year to learn what the music is. My Wife thinks it sounds like Elgar. It is so frustrating. Please someone HELP.