51356, 59486 & 55028 Wareham 8 July 2023

The 2C19 11:19 Wareham to Swanage service prepares to leave Wareham station on 8 July 2023. Class 117 51356 & 59486 are working with Class 121 'Bubbler Car' 55028. The most striking (literally!) difference between this train's journey over Network Rail metals, and the Swanage Railway, is the state of the lineside vegetation. Everything is neatly trimmed on the Swanage Railway, but on the Network Rail section nothing has been done for years, and in several places the DMU was hitting the overgrown bushes. This was not just on the former freight only Worgret Junction to Norden section, but on the main line as well!