By Andrew PM Wright
SWANAGE Railway volunteers have marked the 50th anniversary of the last regular British Rail steam trains over the former LSWR branch to Wareham.
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On Sunday, September 4, 1966 the final timetabled steam-hauled passenger trains operated on the branch, giving way to a three-car ‘Hampshire’ DEMU the following day.
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The driver of the last timetabled British Rail steam train from Swanage was Bournemouth-based ‘Johnny’ Walker – who, in a strange twist, later had the honour of driving the last train from Swanage in January, 1972.
His locomotive for that last trip was BR Standard 4MT 2-6-0 No. 76010, while his train in 1972 was composed of two grimy ‘Hampshire’ DEMUs.
Read more in Issue 220 of Heritage Railway
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