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FREIGHT RETURNS TO SWANAGE IN WINTER SPECIAL

Summer holidays have long been a trademark of Swanage and its glorious coastline, yet a special new year event on the Isle of Purbeck’s heritage line proved yet again that the crowds will turn up in winter too, if the right product is on offer. The Winter Warm Up event of January 7/8 had an even split ofClass 50 diesel-electric No. 50026 and Class 33 dieselelectric No. D6515

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