Harmans Cross
Swanage Railway's post-Christmas 'Winter Warm Up' gala included visiting Class 33/2 No.33202 Dennis G. Robinson, seen here approaching Harmans Cross hauling 2N04 10:40 Swanage - Norden.
28 December 2013
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28 December 2013
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Harmans Cross
L&SWR M7 No. 30053 between Harmans Cross and Corfe Castle.
28 December 2013
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28 December 2013
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Poole
My local location - about a mile from home as the crow flies - and with weather like this, it was worth a short trek. Passing over Holes Bay, on the approach to Poole, is this SouthWest Trains Class 444 working a Weymouth to Waterloo service.
23 November 2013
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23 November 2013
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Poole
A SouthWest Trains 444 unit crosses Holes Bay, between Poole and Hamworthy bound for Weymouth The small boat to the left says Fisheries Patrol on the side of the hull, presumably 'on patrol'. The moon is just visible to the top left.
23 November 2013
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23 November 2013
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Winfrith
Not my first choice of location for the returning Western tour but, with my six year old son in tow, I had to settle where I was due to a lack of time to move from one place to another. It was an afternoon of Russian Roulette - dodging the clouds and, more than once, pacing up and down like an expectant father - which, thankfully, ended with a hat-trick of rewarding shots. Between the clouds, the returning 'Western Wessexman' tour, running as 1Z53 15:36 Weymouth - Leicester, storms past Winfrith Siding between Moreton and Wool.
7 September 2013
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7 September 2013
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Winfrith
All is not as sunny as it seems, with huge clouds just to the south and a tense moment from my tree-top spot. The uniquely-liveried Bardon blue 66623 Bill Bolsover hurries past Winfrith Siding with 6O49 10:23 Theale Lafarge sidings - Wool (via Berks & Hants, Wylye Valley and Dorchester) sand empties. Just as the final wagon passed, it was lights out. Phew!
7 September 2013
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7 September 2013
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Stratton
Looking and sounding absolutely superb, D1015 Western Champion rounds the curve towards Stratton, between Maiden Newton and Dorchester West, hauling 'The Western Wessexman' 1Z52 05:53 Leicester - Weymouth.
7 September 2013
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7 September 2013
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Wareham
Ooops...I didn't take into consideration that colour of the backdrop and the livery of the locomotive until it was too late, better suited for a Network Rail yellow test train next time. Approaching Wareham is 70013 Oliver Cromwell hauling the Dorset Coast Express running as 1Z67 08:44 Victoria - Weymouth. West Coast Railways Class 47 No. 47245 was the tail gunner for the return working as far as Southampton Central where Oliver Cromwell would then continue to Waterloo via Romsey and Andover.
4 September 2013
4 September 2013
Poole
There were plenty of people out walking their dogs today so thought it might be nice to get some human, and canine, interest in the shot. Would you believe that no-one passed at the crucial moment? You can bet that if I didn't want anybody in the shot, there would be someone in the way.
DRS Class 37/4 No. 37402 propels inspection saloon
975025 Caroline past Baiter, towards Poole, running as
2Z02 08:47 Clapham Junction - Weymouth.
Back in its ScotRail days, 37402 was probably better remembered for the name Oor Wullie after a Scottish comic strip.Former model railway manufacturer Lima also based one of its models on 37402 Oor Wullie in large-logo livery.
21 August 2013
DRS Class 37/4 No. 37402 propels inspection saloon
975025 Caroline past Baiter, towards Poole, running as
2Z02 08:47 Clapham Junction - Weymouth.
Back in its ScotRail days, 37402 was probably better remembered for the name Oor Wullie after a Scottish comic strip.Former model railway manufacturer Lima also based one of its models on 37402 Oor Wullie in large-logo livery.
21 August 2013
Branksome
450029 leads 450079 away from Branksome and over the nearby viaduct working 2B30 09:13 Poole - Waterloo.
6 August 2013
6 August 2013
Branksome
The third service on the trot worked by a Class 450 Desiro unit, the blue livery working really well at this location.
Here, 450121 works 1W52 08:20 Weymouth - Waterloo over Branksome Viaduct heading for its next stop, Bournemouth.
6 August 2013
Here, 450121 works 1W52 08:20 Weymouth - Waterloo over Branksome Viaduct heading for its next stop, Bournemouth.
6 August 2013
Branksome
High capacity Desiro unit 450570 crosses the seven-arch Branksome Viaduct working 2B32 08:50 Poole - Waterloo stopping service.
It is perhaps worth comparing the viaduct with this model railway (under construction) which features the Bournemouth to Branksome line, link here
6 August 2013
It is perhaps worth comparing the viaduct with this model railway (under construction) which features the Bournemouth to Branksome line, link here
6 August 2013
Branksome
1W96 07:55 Weymouth - Waterloo worked by 444022 passes over the
364 foot long viaduct at Branksome.
6 August 2013
364 foot long viaduct at Branksome.
6 August 2013
Chetnole
Summer Saturdays just are not the same anymore.
Going back a couple of years and this service was a Class 67 and four coaches. Go back a bit further and it would have been something like a Class 33 or 47 and about six coaches. Go back even further and it was probably a GWR or SR steam locomotive hauling say eight or nine coaches.
How times have changed for the traction on this classic line. What has
not changed, though, is the demand by the travelling public to travel to
the popular destination of Weymouth.
Three-car 150927 approaches Chetnole working the summer Saturday additional 1V67 16:54 Weymouth - Bristol Temple Meads.
20 July 2013
Going back a couple of years and this service was a Class 67 and four coaches. Go back a bit further and it would have been something like a Class 33 or 47 and about six coaches. Go back even further and it was probably a GWR or SR steam locomotive hauling say eight or nine coaches.
How times have changed for the traction on this classic line. What has
not changed, though, is the demand by the travelling public to travel to
the popular destination of Weymouth.
Three-car 150927 approaches Chetnole working the summer Saturday additional 1V67 16:54 Weymouth - Bristol Temple Meads.
20 July 2013
Winfrith
My kids thought it was most entertaining watching me perched up a tree, the wife less so, still i used to love climbing trees as a kid so not much has changed.
From my new vantage point Freightliner's 66518 passes Winfrith - between Wool and Moreton - hauling 6O49 10:51 Neasden - Wool sand empties via Dorchester.
With the commissioning of new signalling from Parkstone to Moreton at the start of December, 2013, this train will no long operate west of Wool under normal circumstances.
13 July 2013
From my new vantage point Freightliner's 66518 passes Winfrith - between Wool and Moreton - hauling 6O49 10:51 Neasden - Wool sand empties via Dorchester.
With the commissioning of new signalling from Parkstone to Moreton at the start of December, 2013, this train will no long operate west of Wool under normal circumstances.
13 July 2013
Chetnole
Slightly off the beaten track for 159016 as it passes Chetnole working 5Z93 08:12 Basingstoke - Weymouth (via Warminster and Maiden Newton).
This was for Fratton driver's route learning who will then work the MPV RHTT circuit during the autumn leaf fall season.
10 July 2013
This was for Fratton driver's route learning who will then work the MPV RHTT circuit during the autumn leaf fall season.
10 July 2013
Christchurch
It has been a couple of years since the Wool sand empties have run on a Saturday but here DRS machine 66415 heads 6O49 10:51 Neasden - Wool (via Dorchester) along Christchurch Bank.
The field and other areas of land here are earmarked for development at some point in the future.
8 June 2013
The field and other areas of land here are earmarked for development at some point in the future.
8 June 2013
Christchurch
You can but wonder what the views along Christchurch Bank must have been like in BR steam days, both from the train and from passing trains, before it became a near tunnel of trees.
Another SouthWest Trains 444 'Desiro' unit heads towards Christchurch past Stoney Cross.
8 June 2013
Another SouthWest Trains 444 'Desiro' unit heads towards Christchurch past Stoney Cross.
8 June 2013
Christchurch
A perfect summer's day as a SouthWest Trains Class 444 'Desiro' unit heads along Christchurch Bank with a Waterloo to Weymouth service.
8 June 2013
8 June 2013
Christchurch
A 444 unit heads along Christchurch Bank on a fine summer's day at Stoney Cross.
8 June 2013
8 June 2013
Winfrith
Page 11 of Dorset Steam, by Michael Welch, features an excellent shot taken here on Friday 6 July 1967 - right at the end of southern steam.
Fast forward almost 46 years and the scene is almost unrecognisable as Dorset heathland has been transformed into Dorset woodland.
Passing the same spot as David Wigley's shot of 34036 Westward Ho in the book is Shanks-liveried 66522 running light engine from Wool to Dorchester to work 6W49.
With the advent of re-signalling, this working will become a thing of the past as the sand train will run round at Wool - under normal circumstances - making trips west of Wool to Dorchester a rarity.
3 June 2013
Fast forward almost 46 years and the scene is almost unrecognisable as Dorset heathland has been transformed into Dorset woodland.
Passing the same spot as David Wigley's shot of 34036 Westward Ho in the book is Shanks-liveried 66522 running light engine from Wool to Dorchester to work 6W49.
With the advent of re-signalling, this working will become a thing of the past as the sand train will run round at Wool - under normal circumstances - making trips west of Wool to Dorchester a rarity.
3 June 2013
Winfrith
Having left a portion of the train in the sidings at Dorchester, 66522 continues back to Wool and is seen here , near Winfrith, with 6O49 10:51 Neasden - Wool sand empties.
The only location with any chance of getting the sun 'on the nose' for this working running back from Dorchester is about quarter of a mile behind the train but it is so overgrown these days that this is the best you can hope for at 17:48 on a summer's evening.
3 June 2013
The only location with any chance of getting the sun 'on the nose' for this working running back from Dorchester is about quarter of a mile behind the train but it is so overgrown these days that this is the best you can hope for at 17:48 on a summer's evening.
3 June 2013
Keysworth
The uniquely liveried 66522 passing Keysworth, on the approach to Wareham, hauling 6O49 10:51 Neasden - Wool (via Dorchester) sand empties.
3 June 2013
3 June 2013
Keysworth
Don't you just love it when a plan comes together? Sadly, today was not that day.
What was supposed to be the blue 4VEP No. 3417 Gordon Pettitt hauled by underground-liveried 20189 and 20227 quickly turned turned into 20189 and 20227 hauled by 20142. Running as 0Z20 14:20 Clapham Junction Yard - Swanage, the convoy was minus the 4VEP, which had encountered a problem at Clapham Yard, and the trio is seen approaching Wareham.
20142 is also a late substitute for Peak D4 Great Gable which is unable to make the forthcoming Swanage Railway diesel gala.
This was not the shot I had quite planned to do, so more of a record shot. Not everything goes to plan.
7 May 2013
What was supposed to be the blue 4VEP No. 3417 Gordon Pettitt hauled by underground-liveried 20189 and 20227 quickly turned turned into 20189 and 20227 hauled by 20142. Running as 0Z20 14:20 Clapham Junction Yard - Swanage, the convoy was minus the 4VEP, which had encountered a problem at Clapham Yard, and the trio is seen approaching Wareham.
20142 is also a late substitute for Peak D4 Great Gable which is unable to make the forthcoming Swanage Railway diesel gala.
This was not the shot I had quite planned to do, so more of a record shot. Not everything goes to plan.
7 May 2013
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