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Your gallery: Swanage Diesel Gala, ‘Sir Nigel Gresley’, South Devon Railway & more

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Here is a collection of excellent railway photography submitted by the Heritage Railway community this week (11- 17 May).

L&Y 51456 at Didcot

by Peter Zabek

D6515 & 69002

by Michael Southall

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Thursday 9th May D6515 and 69002 haul The Jurassic Crompton with the 4TC set in tow to Swanage’s annual diesel gala. A railtour organised by the Branch Line Society.

37219 ‘Jonty Jarvis’ & D1015 ‘Western Champion’

by Laurence Duff

37219 ‘Jonty Jarvis’ Powering out of Corfe Castle – Saturday Swanage Diesel Gala.

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D1015 ‘Western Champion’ Powering toward Swanage from Corfe Castle on the Saturday of the recent Diesel Gala. D1015 Was one of the few visiting locos to the gala, and led the convoy to and from the railway.

60007 ‘Sir Nigel Gresley’

by Neil Whittaker

A4 Pacific 60007 ‘Sir Nigel Gresley’ at Althorp with 1Z72 0800 Steam Dreams excursion from London Euston – Chester, 11 May 2024.

A4 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley passes Althorp with a London Euston – Chester Steam Dreams excursion.

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South Devon Railway

by Colin Beech

South Devon Railway are offering a unique experience of booking a space on their short freight train in the guards van. On various dates around trip can be had from Buckfastleigh for £29 including a days rover ticket. Sunday 12th May the loco was 33002.

‘Clun Castle’ along Dawlish Sea Wall

by Jason Frost

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7029 ‘Clun Castle’ & 60007 ‘Sir Nigel Gresley’

by John Bowler

GWR 7029 ‘Clun Castle’ races past Claydon Crossing with the 1Z46 0830 Birmingham Snow Hill – Bristol Temple Meads. Stock: 96100 + 35470 + 349 + 335 + 311 ‘Eagle’ + 3110 + 9101 + 5198 + 5177 + Class 47 47773 (D1755) ‘The Queen Mother’.
LNER 60007 ‘Sir Nigel Gresley’ passes Cathiron with the 1Z72 0800 London Euston – Chester. Stock: 21096 17013 3045 3122 80044 3100 3148 3125 1863 3107 and Class 47 47828

Many thanks to everyone who submitted their photographs. Send in your pictures here!


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