Swanage Railway diesel gala 10/05/2024

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Published 2024-05-13

Locomotives running at this event were
Class 20 - 20302 and 20311
Class 24 - D5054
Class 33 - D6515 and 33111
Class 37 - 37219
Class 50 - 50021 and 50026
Class 52 - D1015
Class 69 - 69002

Unfortunately, not everything went to plan. Firstly on Friday (the day I was there), 50021 failed between Harmans Cross and Corfe Castle with a brake fault, which stopped the job for almost two hours.
Then on Saturday, there was a more serious mishap when one axle of 50026 derailed just north of Corfe Castle station, resulting in train services being suspended for the rest of the day. Despite this obvious set back, volunteers from the railway and other bodies such as the Class 50 Alliance worked throughout the night re-rail the class 50 (re-railing equipment was brought in from Eastleigh and Kidderminster), enabling trains to run on the Sunday, albeit with an amended timetable

All Comments (2)

@RailroudHobby 2 months ago

Hi I Was There Also oh So The 50021 Cuased My 1 Day Time Table Trouble To Fotograph And Filming The EVent Was Ad Swanage Station I Subscribed U Chanal Cheers From Netherlands