Swanage heritage Railway is lovely! - diesel gala 2023 /vlog 

It will be lovely to see the dear old Swanage Railway!! Even though I’m not a diesel lover, I can appreciate watching ANY train.

thanks Eric some great footage here... been to swanage railway lots, a great little railway...

Loving the drone footage mate. Excellent video. You can always guarantee that the Swanage Diesel Gala is a great one and no exception this year. 50021 looked amazing and a credit to all those who work on her.

Glad that car didn't get you on the bridge. Excellent video with superb drone work too. Drone footage like that is useful for railway modellers, as it's the viewpoint of our layouts most of the time!

My first encounter with Swanage station was in '77. The track has been pulled up (Dr Beeching), and volunteers and enthusiasts had just restored the station building at Swanage; I remember the strong smell of paint. There was bunting on the station building because '77 was Her Majesty's Silver Jubilee that year. I remember walking, daily, to my campsite at Harmens Cross, along the old track bed. The ballast was still there, but the track had been lifted. It is lovely to see that the Heritage Railway has managed to reconnect the track to the mainline at Wareham. Eric, excellent air footage; it brings back so many happy memories. I was thirteen then and still remember the warm summer evenings walking along the trackbed at 20:30 hrs. I'm fifty-nine now.

Great drone footage. Lovely to see the 33/1 and TC working how they should.

see all our hydraulics and 50s in action.

Great video. I enjoyed working at Swanage Railway, 2009-2012, and was lucky to live in Corfe Castle.

This will be a great video

Nice enjoyed it Eric looks like you did as well thanks for sharing cheers Al

Some great scenery there and the trains aren't bad either. Bonus narrow gauge too.

Great little video. The drone shots made it look like a model railway. 👍

That was an excellent video. Really enjoyed the drone footage. Well done !

Very enjoyable video Eric..with some lovely aerial footage. I like what they've done at Norden too. All the best.

great video Eric

Brilliant video Eric, looks like you've had a fun day out at the Swanage, I'd love to visit that line someday. :)

Great video Eric, Diesels are not my thing but anything being preserved on railways is great. The drone footage was excellent. Choo, choo Tel.

Great video Eric, sorry I’m a bit late on commenting. Fantastic drone footage! That’s 50 sounded fantastic considering it hadn’t run since 2000! 🙂

My love of 1930s to 80s Tube rolling stock led me to this channel, and here we have a video about an event on a railway that's a couple of hundred metres away from my flat; within tooting distance. I'm also getting quite fond of 47s, 50s, and of course, 45s, as well as a few first generation DMU and EMUs. Diesel's not got the same buzz for me as A, C, O/P and R Stock, but definitely a tingle. Awesome footage. Thanks. I'm wondering what D345 is.

Cracking filming there...loved it BUT half way through adverts are popping up, were you aware of this, if so thats OK if not....well

Great video as usual Eric and some great drone shots, how is your layout coming on😎

Eric if you are interested come up to the Severn Valley autumn diesel gala and as an svr shareholder i will but you and your partner on my pass.

Takes me back to the good old days when you could have a beer, light up your fag and relax, not like these repressive and overpriced times we have now.

Do they still only run from Swanage to Norden? Or do they now run through to Dorchester?

Are the London Transport coaches from the LTM? Or are they from another heritage railway company?

OK so it was intentional so that' OK .