A unique Victorian steam locomotive is to haul its first passenger train since 1945 - following a challenging six-year £650,000...

A unique Victorian steam locomotive that has taken six years and £650,000 to restore to full working order – after escaping being cut up...

The Minister of State for Rail and HS2, Huw Merriman MP, has made an informal visit to the Swanage Railway in the Isle of Purbeck –...

A unique Victorian steam locomotive that has taken six years and £500,000 to restore to full working order has steamed – and moved under...

A £40,000 appeal has been launched to help a unique and historic Victorian steam locomotive – saved from the scrapyard so it could...

Dedicated Swanage Railway volunteers are to stage a nostalgic fund-raising steam rally in a field next to Norden station near the village...

Nine heritage diesel locomotives – that help to tell the fascinating story of Britain’s railways during the transition from steam to...

The first diesel multiple unit train service to the main line at Wareham since 1972 has been started by the Swanage Railway – with a...

A dedicated volunteer who was one of the first to start rebuilding the Swanage Railway – and who travelled on the last British Rail train...

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...

Leave your car at home and travel by rail is the message from the Swanage Railway which is to operate a trial heritage diesel train...

She is an impressive and historic leviathan of steam – an iconic and powerful 95-ton express locomotive that had the honour of hauling...

An £85,000 appeal has been launched to complete the ambitious and meticulous restoration of a unique and iconic Victorian locomotive to...

The Swanage Railway has been rebuilt from nothing by dedicated volunteers since 1976 after the ten-mile branch line from Wareham to...

A volunteer who set up the Swanage Railway’s first signalling school – and helped ensure the safe operation of its trains as a signaller...

An evocative weekend ‘Winter Warm Up’ event is to bring a mixture of steam and diesel passenger trains – as well as a nostalgic...

A restored 1950s heritage diesel train – of the same type that ran on Dorset’s last branch line between Maiden Newton and Bridport for a...

Ten days of evocative Christmas Steam and Lights trains – featuring refreshed lineside and station lighting displays – will be bringing...

Making the emotional pilgrimage to Dorset’s Isle of Purbeck from her home in Portugal for the special occasion on the morning of...

The world’s most famous steam locomotive ‘Flying Scotsman’ has arrived on the Swanage Railway for an historic visit with the...