- First Class 707 unit delivered
- Class 450 Advertising Vinyls
- Class 456 in Quantity Off Peak
- Class 458/5 Stately Progress
- New Power Car for 5913
- Refurbished Class 456 units in service
- Class 458/5 Out and About
- Class 456 at Waterloo
- Class 456 Enters Service
- Class 458/5 Interiors
- Class 458/5 Enters Service
- Class 458/5 Press Launch
- SWT Class 456 Driver Training
- Class 458/5 Early Days
- Juniper Movember
- Class 159 to Swanage
- Junipers in New Platforms at Reading
- 159/1 Livery Variation
- Diversions via Wimbledon Park
- Cigs To Leave Lymington
- Desiro Day!
- First Refurbished 455/8s
- Regenerative Brake Testing
- Desiro Derailment Waterloo
- Lymington 150
- 1498 Carries Passengers on Mainline
- Swanage Beer & Diesel Gala
- 458 Refresh at Bournemouth
- 455 to Chart Leacon
- Early Refurbished 455s Get More Attention
- Maroon Isle of Wight Units
- High Capacity Desiros
- SWT Livery in Far North
- Thunderbird is Go!
- Two Slammers at Wimbledon
- SWT Ends 170 Operations
- Lymington Cigs Turned
- Gordon Returns to Bournemouth
- Gordon Moves to Wimbledon
- First Refurbished 158 Arrives
- Gordon Outing to Swanage
- 444 Most Reliable Train
- Juniper Diversions
- First 159/1 Enters Service
- SWT Gain Another 17 350s
- Desiro on Lymington Branch
- Mixed 455 Formations
- 450101 Finally Enters Service
- 34th Refurbished 455
- SWT 159/1 Preview
- Engineering Work at Woking
- Arrivals and Departures
150 Years of the Lymington Branch
On Saturday 12th July and local communities held a special event not only to celebrate 150 years of the Lymington Branch but also the formal launch of the Lymington-Brockenhurst Community Rail Partnership. Between 2pm and 5pm there were entertainments, charitable fund raising activities, a raffle for "Golden Tickets" and refreshments in the vicinity of Lymington Town station. Between 2pm and 5pm there was a special fare of 20p between Lymington and Brockenhurst stations (reflecting but not matching the 1s 6d first class fare when the line opened). At 3pm Stewart Palmer, Managing Director of unveiled a plaque to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the line. For the day for traction fans, 1498, the green 3 Cig, ran with "thunderbird" EDL 73109 on the London end.
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| Above: 73109 and 1498 traversing pleasant countryside on the outskirts of Brockenhurst. photograph by "B.R. Brock" |
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Stalls outside of Lymington Town station photograph by Colin Scott-Morton |
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Crowds on the platform at Lymington Town photograph by Colin Scott-Morton |
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The 15:14 departure from Lymington Pier across the harbour. photograph by Robert Armstrong |
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Carrying the ubiquitous Lymington Flyer headboard - what a good investment that was! -73109 leads 1498 into Brockenhurst station with the 10:44 off Lymington Pier. photograph by Robert Armstrong |
