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The PRC provides support for the Swanage Railway Trust and the Swanage Railway. Our main focus is the presentation of railway-oriented talks, slide and film shows. Our meetings include an "update" on the latest happenings on the Swanage Railway. Details of our latest programme are shown below.
If you would like to contact the Purbeck Railway Circle, please use the e-mail address at the bottom of this page. |
| PRC OUTING TO THE ISLE OF WIGHT STEAM RAILWAY |
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| Meeting Programme |
| Date | Description | Type | Speaker |
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| 13-Sep-19 | The Swanage Railway's Project Wareham | Presentation | Mike Walshaw |
| A presentation on Swanage Railway's 'Wareham Project' by Mike Walshaw, a volunteer signal engineer in Signal & Telegraph Department. Mike will be accompanied by Kelly Marshall, the Community Rail Officer of the Purbeck Community Rail Partnership. The presentation will cover: • Network Rail’s Poole to Wool Re-signalling Project of 2008 to 2014. • Signalling the Link between the Swanage Railway at Norden and Network Rail at Worgret Junction • Upgrading the track acquired from Network Rail in 2014 • Constructing a new Road-Rail Interchange Facility at Norden • Constructing a new Barrier Level Crossing at Norden Gates Also Highlighting some Trains that have used the Link. |
| 18-Oct-19 | Joint evening with Purbeck Film Festival. | ||
| 1st Half : Railways Recalled (50 minutes). Introduced by Roger Hardingham – Kingfisher Films. 2nd Half : The General (75 minutes). Buster Keaton. | |||
| 15-Nov-19 | Luxury Railway Travel: A Social and Business History | Martyn Pring | |
| A look back at the development of the first-class travel culture from the Royal trains of the 19th century to the modern leisure-based luxury trains of today. | |||
| 10-Jan-20 | TBA | Jim Boudreau | |
| Venue: Village Hall, Haycraft's Lane, Harman's Cross, Dorset BH19 3EB 7.30pm unless otherwise stated |
