FURTHER PROGRESS ON THE NEW 'VICTORIAN' SIGNAL BOX AT CORFE CASTLE - Sunday 6th and Sunday 20th July 2008.

Photo Report from Andrew P.M. Wright - dated 24th July 2008
Official photographer & press officer, Swanage Railway.
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The Swanage Railway team hard at work at Corfe Castle

By Andrew P.M. Wright

The clock is being turned back to 1884 on the Swanage Railway with the new Victorian-style signal box on the 'down' platform at Corfe Castle station rapidly taking shape.

For full background details for this project, please see the earlier news item here

The building project is being funded by the Swanage Railway's 200 Club which is celebrating its 30th year.

Previously, during the late 1990s and the early years of the new Millennium, the Club financed the impressive new signal box at Swanage station which was officially opened in 2003 and is a national award winner.

John Drew uses a laser level whilst Pete Frost fills the foundation wall with concrete and delivers cement for Barry Goodwin

More recently, the 200 Club also funded the impressive Victorian footbridge project at Corfe Castle station which has also won a national award.

You can visit the 200 Club's website at http://www.davidfsaunders.org.uk/railway/ by clicking here. Treasurer David Saunders can also be contacted by email - railway@davidfsaunders.org.uk - by phone on 01202 882022 or by post via the Swanage station address below. David looks forward to hearing from you.

As well as joining the 200 Club - or increasing existing subscriptions to the Club - one-off donations can also be made to the Swanage Railway Trust. Marked 'Corfe Castle signal box appeal' for the attention of Pete Ashton, they should be sent to Swanage Railway, Station House, Station Approach, Swanage, Dorset BH19 1HB.

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