Welcome to our new Swanage Railway Kids' Pages

The Swanage Railway is pleased to offer a selection of fun activities aimed at our younger enthusiasts and their parents.

There are links to quizzes and puzzles which can be downloaded and printed, and every month there will be new downloadable printable calendars featuring photos of scenes around the Swanage Railway. The July 2010 calendar is available here.

Please click on the links or pictures to view each puzzle in .pdf format suitable for printing or reading on your screen. You may need the free Adobe Reader to view them.

Swanage Railway Free Locospotters Guide

This is a free guide showing various locomotives which you may be lucky enough to see during your visit to the Swanage Railway. (Please note that we can't guarantee that all of the locos will be available to view).

Swanage Railway Loco Numbers Quiz

This is a crossword with a difference - all the answers in our Loco Numbers Quiz are numbers of locomotives either in operation on the Swanage Railway or under repair or restoration.

You can find lots of hints and help on our other Swanage Railway website pages, or simply keep your eyes peeled when you visit the railway. If you get really stuck then you can see the answers here - but don't look at them until you've tried the quizzes first!

Swanage Railway Train Driver's Alphabet Quiz

The Swanage Railway Train Driver's Alphabet Quiz has 26 questions from A to Z, with a Swanage Railway theme.

You'll find plenty of inspiration around our website, but if you get really stuck then you can see the answers here - but don't look at them until you've tried the quizzes first!

Swanage Railway Monthly Crossword

Returning for the summer months in 2010, we plan to have a new railway-related crossword puzzle every month or so, with a background of a different photo from Andrew P.M. Wright. Our October 2009 crossword had a military theme marking the 70th anniversary of the start of the Second World War and the Battle of Britain, and is available here or by clicking on the thumbnail picture.

Our 2009 editions (and answers) are still avaialable by following these links:
Our June 200 edition is available here,
Our July 2009 edition is available here,
Our August 2009 edition is available here,
Our September 2009 edition is available here.
The answers for June, July, August and September and October are also available here and here and here and here and here if you get stuck, but no cheating!

Swanage Railway "Spot the Difference" Picture Quiz

Take a look at our "Spot the Difference" Picture Quiz to test your powers of observation. here. The answers are available here if you get stuck, but no cheating!

Swanage Railway Shop and Model Railway items

The Swanage Railway On-line Shop has numerous books, Thomas & Friends items and a range of Model Railway items which are sure to delight railway enthusiasts - young and old!

Click on the images below to visit the Model Railway section of our website to see what we've got on offer.

If you've got ideas for things you'd like to see featured here, then please drop a line to Keith Morgan at keith.k.morgan@btinternet.com