The restored 115-ton heritage diesel locomotive, built in 1968, was on the back of a six-carriage passenger train when it partially derailed.
Evening diesel gala and beer festival train services on the Swanage Railway heritage line were suspended on Saturday after a diesel locomotive partially derailed at Corfe Castle station
The incident involving an ex-British Rail Class 50 locomotive named Indomitable occurred at around 6.30pm as a passenger train bound for Harman’s Cross and Swanage was running into Corfe Castle station from Norden.The restored 115-ton heritage diesel locomotive, built in 1968, was on the back of the six-carriage passenger train when it partially derailed.
Nine heritage diesel locomotives from the 1960s and 1970s – seven of them visiting the Swanage Railway and two resident – gathered on the heritage line to haul passenger trains during the gala and festival. The locomotive, which carries British Rail Network South East livery from the 1980s, has been taken out of service and will be examined for any damage.
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