Our next meeting is on Friday 13th April, when Colin Stone will present a selection of archive films from his personal collection. The...

Gavin Johns, Chairman of the Swanage Railway Trust said: “It is with sadness that we learn of the death on the 4th March, of Sir William...

Our next meeting is on Friday 9th March, when Peter Jordan will deliver a presentation entitled “Indian Narrow Gauge Railways”. Peter...

On Friday 9th February local transport author and historian, Brian Jackson, will deliver his presentation entitled “160 Years of Railways...

A challenging project to restore and upgrade two former British Railways 1960s heritage diesel trains – to exacting main line standards –...

Our next meeting is on Friday 12th January when long-time Swanage Railway volunteer, official photographer and press officer Andrew P.M....

The Swanage Railway Trust wishes to return LSWR T3 No.563 to steam. Our £50,000 initial funding appeal is now LIVE! Designed by Williams...

A unique Victorian steam locomotive that escaped the scrapman's torch, thanks to the centenary of London's Waterloo station almost 50...

A pioneering two-year trial train service to Wareham operated by the Swanage Railway has won the Purbeck Community Rail Partnership an...

On Friday 10th November, Mike Walshaw will deliver a presentation entitled “Mike’s Meanderings 1959 to 1975”. For those who may not know,...

A founder Swanage Railway volunteer, who helped to rebuild the heritage line from its first day in 1976, has achieved a long-held dream –...

The meeting on October 13th will be held jointly with the Purbeck Film Festival and will feature a presentation of British Transport...

Elated volunteers are celebrating after winning a coveted civil engineering award for the restoration and upgrade of a three-mile section...

A powerful main line diesel locomotive has been officially named 'Royal Corps of Signals' to mark a valued 33 year association with the...

Two generations of volunteers, going back to the Swanage Railway's birth in the mid-1970s, have been celebrating public transport history...

Elated Swanage Railway volunteers are celebrating after receiving the ultimate official accolade – the coveted and prestigious Queen's...

History is to be made next month with the return of a public diesel train service from Swanage and Corfe Castle to the main line at...

A former High Sheriff of Dorset – whose Victorian ancestors helped to bring and build the first railway line into the county from...

A unique Victorian steam locomotive that escaped the scrapman's torch, thanks to the centenary of London's Waterloo station almost 50...