Swanage Railway - 'Victorian Weekend' 23/03/2024
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- Four steam locomotives would grace the rails of the Swanage Railway, as they held a 'Victorian Weekend' over the weekend of March 22nd-24th.
Two veterans of steam would draw the main focus during the event, with SE&CR O1 Class - 65 joining resident LSWR T3 Class - 563. 65, based at the Bluebell Railway in Sussex, was built in 1896 at Ashford works as a South Eastern Railway O Class, later being rebuilt in 1908 into its current O1 form by the newly formed South Eastern & Chatham Railway. The locomotive would give a combined 65 years of service, before withdrawal in 1961 under British Railways ownership. On the other hand, 563 never entered service with British Railways, as the T3 was withdrawn in 1945 by the Southern Railway upon the conclusion of World War II. 563 only predates 65 by three years, having been built in 1893 at LSWR’s Nine Elms works. Not only are 65 and 563 the sole survivors of the O1 and T3 Classes respectively, but 65 is also the only surviving Ex-SER locomotive in preservation. Between the pair, they share a combined 259 years of history, with 65 at 128 years old in various guises and 563 celebrating its 131st birthday during March.
Bolstering the Victorian pair, Rebuilt ‘West Country’ Class - 34028 “Eddystone” and U Class 31806 would be rubbing shoulders over the weekend. This pair offering good comparisons with their Victorian counterparts, especially in the case of 563 and 34028; both being designed as express passenger locomotives, altered from a preexisting class.
The event saw an intensive timetable in use, with three coach sets in action on the Purbeck branch line. On the Friday of the event, one of the coach sets was withdrawn due to its brake coach suffering with a hot box. With no suitable brake vehicle available, the resident Class 117 DMU would be substituted in for the remainder of the event operating as a fixed three coach set.
Locomotives:
SE&CR O1 Class - 65
LSWR T3 Class - 563
Ex-SR Rebuilt 'West Country' Class - 34028 "Eddystone"
Ex-SR U Class - 31806
00:00 - 65 & 563 on shed at Swanage
02:38 - 65 & 563 Dickers Crossing
03:42 - 34028 Corfe Common
04:26 - 65 & 563 Corfe Common
05:44 - 563 New Barn
06:59 - 65 New Barn
08:14 - 65 Wurzel Crossing
09:41 - 65 Quarr Farm
10:29 - 563 Quarr Farm
11:27 - 65 Townsend Bridge
12:33 - 563 Townsend Bridge
14:19 - 65 King George Playing Field
15:44 - 31806 King George Playing Field
17:00 - 65 Dickers Crossing
17:40 - 563 Dickers Crossing
19:16 - 65 & 31806 Dickers Crossing
20:45 - 65 & 563 on shed at Swanage
All footage filmed on Saturday the 23rd of March 2024. - Auta a dopravní prostředky
Lovely to see the two Victorian locomotives 65 and 563 working in tandem and making a superb sound. Couldn't get there myself, so this is the next best thing, or maybe even better given the superb lineside locations and filming, as always! Interesting to see the dmu in use as a set of hauled coaches to give end views in the same way as the Devon Belle observation car.
Was actually due to a set failure and was the simple replacement 😊
@@adamtravers856 But maybe will have proved popular! I enjoyed the forward and backward views when they were running the Wareham service last year ... and indeed on dmus when they were running all round the country up to the 1980s.
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Superbly filmed. Must have been a pleasure to do so. Thanks for uploading it so others may view.
Thank you!
A pleasure to film... looks can be very deceiving 😅 Glad you enjoyed it
2 beautiful locos and a Devon Belle Observation car.... Now that's class!
Many thanks for posting this. Unfortunately I couldn’t make it so to see these beautiful ladies in their full panoply is a balm to the soul
Magnificent. Thank you. I'm a long way from Swanage now so your video is such a treat.
Glad you enjoyed the video
@@TheSouthernerYTChannel I've subscribed so I can look forward to more of your Southern Steam now 👍
Thank you, I appreciate it
I was there Friday before LSWR weekend engineering works I prefer the livery of 65 but the shape of the T3 they need to apply these wonderful Edwardian liveries to most locos E.G. black fives A4 class 9F pannier Victorian jewellerfication of infrastructure is my favourite vantage point on the line is the top of Corfe Castle viewpoint I always love a Dramatic backdrop with the Steam train chugging through I would love T3 to visit my local SVR & Llangollen❤
Stunning ! Locomotive excellence
Super video! 563 and 65 looked and sounded magnificent. Nice to see Eddystone in the mix too.
Thanks very much! It really was great to see the pair together.
Wish I were there, what extraordinarily well restored high Victorian steam locomotives, absolutely magnificant, nothing less, just beautiful engineering, well done everyone concerned
Great video of superb locos 🚂👍
Thank you
Lovely, shame I couldn’t be there.
Cheers mate
Always the next one
Thanks for sharing. All looking great in green!
Cheers
Appreciating all steam spectacle.S.African viewer in Plettenberg bay.😊
Awsome Video Mate i go For The Diesel Gala Next Month to be back in u.k again
Absolutely inspiring .
Nice to see Eddystone at the Victorian weekend 🙃, that aside great video!
Provides a good comparison in the development of locomotive engineering.
Cheers!
Lovely , lovely . Does Bob Richards still work on Swanage railway ? , give him my regards , Jim Simpson
This channel is not affiliated with the railway. I'd recommend contacting the railway directly
It's definitely nice, from what I've read, this is one of the few steam railroads of the UK that shares passengers with that of the national rail network as well. A true piece of history in the making.
In phyisical terms, the Swanage Railway is linked to the mainline at Worgret Junction near Wareham, and rightly deserves significant praise for all the dedication and hard work that went in to reinstating the link. From clearing embankments, replacing and reinstating track, upgrading signalling equipment to meet modern standards etc.
However, after a year of operating their own trains from the branch line into Wareham, the Swanage Railway have decided not to continue with that venture for the time being, due to the nature of the costs involved during very challenging times financially. So while the link is physically there, it is not in regular use.
Interesting contrast in profiles between the two South Eastern(ish) locomotives at 20:25, 65 suddenly looks so small compared with the U! Whereas 65 and 563 side by side at 22:05 look much from the same mould.
Once again Great filming
Thank you
@@TheSouthernerYTChannel I always enjoy your films as I never seem to find out about the trains until I see you films 😳
Nice video. LIKE
Cheers
Very incredible and beautiful trains
DMU in use as the second set had a defective brake coach. They got two observation ends though 😎
Very nice. If only they could've gotten an ex-LBSCR loco, then we would've had a full pre-grouping Southern ensemble.
True ... although at least Eddystone was built at Brighton Works!
It's understood that attempts were made to secure other visiting locos for the event, but nothing came to fruition.
Great Video Matt 😀
Thank you
Another superb video, Matt. Congratulations on the smooth footage - that wind was brutal at times on Saturday. Loving the late afternoon light back at Swanage. Can I ask - do you use the Velbon fluid video head on your 7000N, or a different one ? I've been using the Benro S2 but found it was sticking a bit in the colder weather this weekend. Many thanks.
Thanks very much, Nigel! It certainly was a battle to begin with.
I do use the 7000N's standard fluid head, model PH-368. It's not a perfect match for the camcorder (Panasonic HC-X1500E), with the screw mount on the camera being too far forward resulting in difficulties in tilting down smoothly due to the set up being unbalanced. That said, it's very smooth in colder weather, but suffers awfully when it gets warm; sticking while panning.
@@TheSouthernerYTChannelMany thanks for your helpful reply, Matt - much appreciated.
@@nigelstride6158 No worries 😊
How long are the 2 loco s there for. Are they on next few weekends? Thanks
563 is a Swanage resident.
65... keep an eye on Swanage Railway's media pages for news.
Why was a 3 car dmu being used as coaching stock?
The brake coach for the other set had a defect so they needed a brake coach, the dmu also gave two observation ends as a bonus 😉
@@PaulRhB ah right, thanks 👍🏻
There should be a pug somewhere
A great video! Many greetings from Germany. I show monument locomotives on my CZcams account.
Thanks very much!
A weird train, 3 car DMU pulled by a Victorian loco
Brake coach on the third set ran a hot box. No suitable brake vehicles to replace it, so the DMU had to be pressed into use. Served its purpose, allowed the timetable to stay on track unaltered, and allowed passengers excellent views of the Isle of Purbeck. Much worse decisions could have been made.
And most of the normal coaching stock on Swanage and most other heritage railways is 50s/60s BR Mk1s anyway! If you want to travel in coaches 100+ years old, the best place is the Isle of Wight Steam Railway. (And till recently you could get there in 80 year old tube trains on the Island Line!)
Oh to savour the very sounds that « Our Grates » used to hear and savour…. Almost but not quite a Wordsworthian sentiment, what! Next observation: see and admire that South Eastern loco push out its exhaust fumes! No need for ugly smoke deflectors, the bane of future loco development with noteworthy exceptions The Great Western of course and with flying colours!
Victorian Weekend.
Uses a 1950s DMU instead of coaches.
Brake coach on the third set ran a hot box. No suitable brake vehicles to replace it, so the DMU had to be pressed into use. Served its purpose, allowed the timetable to stay on track unaltered, and allowed passengers excellent views of the Isle of Purbeck. Much worse decisions could have been made.
And most of the normal coaching stock on Swanage and most other heritage railways is 50s/60s BR Mk1s anyway! If you want to travel in coaches 100+ years old, the best place is the Isle of Wight Steam Railway. (And till recently you could get there in 80 year old tube trains on the Island Line!)
I welcome the "green" technologies of the Europeans.🤣The future is coming-the Victorian era.🤣
Shame there wasn’t a “Barry Scrapyard” scenario 50 years earlier, so we could have had a couple hundred more Victorian locos.
A shame indeed, but then we musn't forget how lucky we are, to still have what we have.