6 decades on.
Steam week continues.....
Today was a red-letter day for Eddystone (the locomotive, not the lighthouse!). Although seen in recent years on the heritage line of Swanage Railway, this was the first time in 6 decades that she hauled passengers on the mainline, in this instance on a special down from London.
In grim conditions of steady drizzle, she coasts into Wareham for a two-minute stop before departing for Worgret Jct. and the spur down to Swanage Railway metals and her final destination of the seaside resort of Swanage.
6 decades on.
Steam week continues.....
Today was a red-letter day for Eddystone (the locomotive, not the lighthouse!). Although seen in recent years on the heritage line of Swanage Railway, this was the first time in 6 decades that she hauled passengers on the mainline, in this instance on a special down from London.
In grim conditions of steady drizzle, she coasts into Wareham for a two-minute stop before departing for Worgret Jct. and the spur down to Swanage Railway metals and her final destination of the seaside resort of Swanage.