A very interesting presentation. I remember seeing trains leaving Swanage in 1968 whilst on holiday. In 2018, I arrived at Swanage on a West Coast Railway Special Top and tailed between two of their class 47s. I joined the train at Swinton in South Yorkshire! It was a very good tour which allowed a decent amount of time in Swanage. The train was two long for the station, so the Swanage Railway trains had to use the bay platform. It's good to see a heritage railway connected to the main network.
@stephendadd456811 ай бұрын
We sometimes forget the 'impossible' task that we overcame. Its Harmans by the way ;)
@simongumbrell2955 Жыл бұрын
When I was 16 back in 1984 I was a yts trainee for British rail I was a junior railman at Hove in east Sussex I worked on the platform for 3 months and am happy to say before the three bridges takeover of the signals I worked in Hove box for 3 months I loved running the mainline in a lever box from Brighton tunnel to Shoreham by sea b box it was all levers and bells and buttons 😊 I was sad when it all got modernised you brought back that memory for me thank you...ps i was working under gudance of signalman ...great memories 😊
@thomaslindstrom3673 Жыл бұрын
Building a Emett railroad in Gn15 I would like to buy copys of trainpictures of Rowland Emett. Is that possible? Please information my.🧐 Thanks a lot!
@gs425 Жыл бұрын
Shame the video was ruined by the chap in a skirt making that god awful din!!! 😖
@Arkay315 Жыл бұрын
I hope the restoration of that beutiful engine works out.
@eliotreader8220 Жыл бұрын
way did they just paint over the old paint rather than remove it and put on a new coat
@OBB1142 Жыл бұрын
very good!
@prcvideo4071 Жыл бұрын
Glad you think so!
@AlanThomsonsim Жыл бұрын
Looking good mate you are nailing though transitions
@prcvideo4071 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for those kind comments
@gs4252 жыл бұрын
"Bill and Ben" were certainly the most fascinating and fun to watch, sliding around lol. However the one I wish i hadnt missed was the Schools Class visit in 2015. What a sight that must have been !
@eathan3232 жыл бұрын
Excellent video work truly stunning scenery go down there quite often but the railway carriages for refreshments has gone thought they were where the train pulled in perhaps now line open fully they needed the space
@dougmccoy1002 жыл бұрын
I had always wanted to visit the Swanage Railway but I never got the chance until one of the ferries serving the Channel Islands was cancelled. As we were going to be delayed for a couple of days my family and I decided to make the most of the opportunity by visiting the railway. I was fortunate enough to have met Mike when he was acting as a signalman at Corfe Castle. Mike allowed my son and I to see inside the signalbox and took a great deal of time to explain to us how everything worked. Unfortunately, I never made a note of Mike's name but I did take 3 photos of him on the platform accepting a token from an arriving train. What an incredible stroke of luck it is that after all these years I'm finally able to put a name to the face of such a lovely man!
@michaelwalshaw78992 жыл бұрын
Hi Doug. Thank you so much for your kind comments on my Video on Signalling the Link. It was my priviledge to show you the inside of Corfe Castle Signal Box. Sadly the long-anticated 90-Day Trial Service between Wareham and Swanage, using the Link, will not now take place until 2023. Although I am not as physically fit as I was when we met, I still act as Signalman at Harmans Cross, Corfe Castle and Norden Gates on occasions, as well as the Museum Signal Box at Corfe Castle (where visitors can work the lever frame). Please call on us again without waiting for a ferry to the Channel Islands to be cancelled! Kind regards, Mike Walshaw
@dodgydruid2 жыл бұрын
Always nod my head to my late father Keith who worked so hard with the peeps down there to get Swanage Rly's signalling up to NR levels and he with the old man pretty much wrote Swanage Rly's current signalling order, it was a blessing for him that after forced early retirement from BR Swanage gave him a second go and a return to lever work. He left BR the most passed out SR signalman even at F grade he maintained several boxes that he would be asked to go relief for and he was the embodiment of the BR rule book.
@dodgydruid2 жыл бұрын
Seeing the 33 there reminded me of the days off spent with my father and my uncle, they had their little pastel books and a Party Seven on tap where they would spot test each other on their routes etc as my uncle was then a 33 driver at Hoo Jnc and my father working relief from Hoo. A different era and sometimes in the summer holidays I was allowed to go off with uncle who worked mainly down the Sheppey industrial lines, taking Ford trains to Olympia or glass and steel wagons to Hither Green, bit of shunting at Sheerness or the horrendous drop alongside the Queensborough docks spur... happy days :D
@richiesquest32832 жыл бұрын
Excellent presentation can appreciate the work gone into this.
@huxleyjunction21332 жыл бұрын
Thanks Mike for this presentation. Very inspiring, so yesterday I sourced a copy of Emetts Early Morning Milk Train for some inspiration creating my own version of a layout. Mine will be 009 so all scratch built. I discussed it with my father and he remembers traveling on the Emett train at the Festival of Britain in the 1950's. Thanks for putting all this together Mike.
@michaelwalshaw78992 жыл бұрын
Hi, Thank you so much for your comments. I have a copy of that book, too! By the way the layout will be on show at the Basingstoke Model Railway Exhibition at the Aldworth Science College, Western Way, Basingstoke on Sat/Sun 12/13 March
@AustNRail2 жыл бұрын
Very interesting from Sydney Australia
@prcvideo40712 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@brianwilder58782 жыл бұрын
What amazing dedication to a fantastic project, congratulations to all involved
@gs4252 жыл бұрын
Great to see the diesel gala is back. Any thoughts on steam gala?
@prcvideo40712 жыл бұрын
At the current time, we at the PRC do not know, as soon as anything is announced we will post on our channel
@gs4252 жыл бұрын
@@prcvideo4071 thanks for that.
@likklej82 жыл бұрын
Maybe the Department for Transport or whatever the current admin call it should permit heritage lines that connect to the network run a regular passenger service. Note not ‘customer’ use of English.
@prcvideo40712 жыл бұрын
Yes indeed. We have that permission and hope to start services next summer subject to the usual conditions.
@handyandy60502 жыл бұрын
Hooray for the Permanent Way!
@prcvideo40712 жыл бұрын
Indeed! Thanks for you comment.
@ianhosier40422 жыл бұрын
If I took a train to Wareham how would I get onto that heritage line? Is there some reason steam doesn't run west of nordon?
@prcvideo40712 жыл бұрын
Once the trial service is running again, you will be able to change trains at Wareham. Keep looking at the main railway website for details on when this will be operating www.swanagerailway.co.uk
@ianhosier40422 жыл бұрын
@@prcvideo4071 swanage by rail is on my bucket list and if one can throw in a day riding on Steam trains then so much the better. Looking forward to it this summer - I only live in Southampton so it's a nice ride out to Wareham.
@gagasmancave88592 жыл бұрын
How many large railway crane's do they have ??
@prcvideo40712 жыл бұрын
There are currently 3 large cranes based o the line
@medwaymodelrailway71292 жыл бұрын
Nice catch you done there. Thanks for sharing.
@prcvideo40712 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching
@medwaymodelrailway71292 жыл бұрын
@@prcvideo4071 Thanks very much for replying to my comment. It's nice to see other people's work to get idea to improve my channel. Take Care & Stay Safe
@DavidBaldinger2 жыл бұрын
Very nice and thank you for keeping Mr. Emett's marvelous, oh so English whimsy alive.
@prcvideo40712 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@njhffc12 жыл бұрын
An excellent video presentation and very informative. Good luck with the regular service to Wareham next year.
@prcvideo40712 жыл бұрын
Fingers crossed!
@47606odin2 жыл бұрын
Er, it’s 2 73’s pushing the 4TC not a 33, but very informative
@SLRNUT2 жыл бұрын
How it should be done. Superb presentation and learned so much about the work done. So good to see the efforts of all those hard working enthusiasts complete a dream
@prcvideo40712 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much!
@geoffT2 жыл бұрын
Great video Andrew. Thank you.
@TheHappyPensioners3 жыл бұрын
Good for you chaps. Couldn’t read all the text though…….
@prcvideo40712 жыл бұрын
We have posted the full text below as well
@prcvideo40712 жыл бұрын
PROJECT WAREHAM UPDATE STATEMENT FROM THE PROJECT WAREHAM DIRECTOR, SWANAGE RAILWAY The Swanage Railway continues to make preparations for the introduction of a second one-year selected-days passenger train service between Swanage and Wareham, where a connection will be made with South Western Railway main line services. It is now our intention to initially operate the new Wareham service over 90 days between April and October 2022 using our Diesel Multiple Units, which have been overhauled to main line condition thanks to a grant from the Government’s Coastal Communities Fund. This grant has also enabled essential work to be carried out on upgrading the track and infrastructure between our existing limit of passenger operation at Norden and the junction with Network Rail’s London to Weymouth line near Wareham. Full details on days of operation and ticketing arrangements will be announced nearer the time. Mark Woolley, Project Wareham Director, Swanage Railway 27 July 2021 PS: The delay until 2022 has of course been caused by the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
@TheHappyPensioners2 жыл бұрын
@@prcvideo4071 cheers! Thanks for posting!
@jimthorne3043 жыл бұрын
Good to know, but very difficult to read the scrolling print against the background.
@havoc37423 жыл бұрын
There is a pause button, just saying.
@prcvideo40713 жыл бұрын
Noted
@michaelgamble2963 жыл бұрын
A very nice, laid-back documentary on an interesting number of events on the Swanage Railway.
@michaelwalshaw78993 жыл бұрын
PROJECT WAREHAM UPDATE STATEMENT FROM THE PROJECT WAREHAM DIRECTOR, SWANAGE RAILWAY The Swanage Railway continues to make preparations for the introduction of a second one-year selected-days passenger train service between Swanage and Wareham, where a connection will be made with South Western Railway main line services. It is now our intention to initially operate the new Wareham service over 90 days between April and October 2022 using our Diesel Multiple Units, which have been overhauled to main line condition thanks to a grant from the Government’s Coastal Communities Fund. This grant has also enabled essential work to be carried out on upgrading the track and infrastructure between our existing limit of passenger operation at Norden and the junction with Network Rail’s London to Weymouth line near Wareham. Full details on days of operation and ticketing arrangements will be announced nearer the time. Mark Woolley, Project Wareham Director, Swanage Railway 27 July 2021 PS: The delay until 2022 has of course been caused by the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
@ianhosier40423 жыл бұрын
They need to get passenger trains running that line again - sad to see those old historic signal boxes go
@michaelwalshaw78993 жыл бұрын
PROJECT WAREHAM UPDATE STATEMENT FROM THE PROJECT WAREHAM DIRECTOR, SWANAGE RAILWAY The Swanage Railway continues to make preparations for the introduction of a second one-year selected-days passenger train service between Swanage and Wareham, where a connection will be made with South Western Railway main line services. It is now our intention to initially operate the new Wareham service over 90 days between April and October 2022 using our Diesel Multiple Units, which have been overhauled to main line condition thanks to a grant from the Government’s Coastal Communities Fund. This grant has also enabled essential work to be carried out on upgrading the track and infrastructure between our existing limit of passenger operation at Norden and the junction with Network Rail’s London to Weymouth line near Wareham. Full details on days of operation and ticketing arrangements will be announced nearer the time. Mark Woolley, Project Wareham Director, Swanage Railway 27 July 2021 PS: The delay until 2022 has of course been caused by the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
@ianhosier40422 жыл бұрын
Looking forward to riding the line this summer!
@peebee1433 жыл бұрын
Great little video, thanks! I was on board that visiting double-headed Cl.50 special as a member of the loco support crew. Was good to meet up with a few of my old pals at Swanage that day.
@prcvideo40712 жыл бұрын
Hopefully you will be back for the Diesel Gala in May
@likklej83 жыл бұрын
I can see the third rail obviously you have a link to the main network, great many heritage lines deserve one.Thanks great video!
@prcvideo40712 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much!
@bfcmik3 жыл бұрын
Interesting. Thanks for your insight into all the various elements needed to upgrade your branch to permit interconnection with NR.
@johndavies92703 жыл бұрын
Superb, and utterly enchanting. I was one of many, many people lucky enough to visit the Birmingham Gas Hall debut of 'Cloud Cuckoo Valley' in 2014 - I took my grandson and a friend, both of whom were captivated by the inventiveness of the contraptions. It had to be the happiest event ever held in the Gas Hall - the ticket clerk told me she had yet to see anyone leaving without a smile on the faces. Thank you Mike, and thank you, Rowland Emett, wherever you are now.
@prcvideo40713 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it and that it brought back memories.
@keithmacdonald37463 жыл бұрын
This has been a great achievement by all those involved.
@westhavengwr46133 жыл бұрын
Excellent video. Thanks Mike.
@rog19573 жыл бұрын
I love these talks
@prcvideo40713 жыл бұрын
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