TWO pioneering Swanage Railway founders who started the battle to rebuild the Purbeck heritage line as university students in 1972 – just weeks before work started on lifting the branch track toWareham – have returned 50 years later to lay flowers at a memorial to generations of dedicated volunteers.
The sons of Polish immigrants, Andrew Goltz and John Sloboda were keen 22-year-old railway enthusiasts when they travelled from London to