Picture by Andrew P.M. Wright SWANAGE RAILWAY STAFF WIN TOURISM AWARD FOR THE QUALITY OF THEIR PURBECK HERITAGE LINE VISITOR ATTRACTION Hard-working Swanage Railway staff are celebrating after again winning a tourism award for the quality of their popular Purbeck heritage line visitor attraction – for the fifth year running. The Quality Assured Visitor Attraction accreditation has come from the national... 

Picture by Andrew P.M. Wright LAST BRITISH RAIL STEAM TRAIN LOCOMOTIVE FROM 1968 HAULS HISTORIC FIRST TRAIN FROM EUSTON TO SWANAGE A mighty locomotive that pulled the last steam train on British Rail during the summer of 1968 has made history when it  hauled the first ever train from London’s Euston station down to Corfe Castle and Swanage. And in an ironic twist, Britannia class steam locomotive... 

Picture by Andrew P.M. Wright History is to be made this weekend when the first ever train runs from London’s Euston station down to Swanage – with a steam locomotive named after the man whose 17th century Parliamentary forces captured and destroyed Corfe Castle hauling the special charter. The ‘Swanage Belle’ is due to arrive in Swanage just after 2pm on Saturday, 15 October, 2011,...