SOUTH WEST TRAINS SEASIDE SLAMMER SPECIALS
JUNE 18th

(left) The driver awaiting the up departure from Dorchester South, photograph by R.M. Brumé
and (right) 3417 at the tail end of the formation at Bournemouth, photograph by James Stearn.

Much hustle and bustle at Bournemouth, much of which - due to it being a beautiful summery hot sunny day -  was not due to the railtour!

photograph by R.M. Brumé

To the manor at Bournemouth born - almost.   This could be a scene from the 1970s or 1980s if it were not for the unit numbering, headlight, orange cantrail stripe, modern electrification flashes, aluminium arrows, lady with the mobile telephone, glass in the station's end screen and roof, SWT station signs, etc....however the retro treatment and continued running of 1497 (and 1498) are considerably appreciated.  Also the current magnificent condition of Bournemouth station proves that the "old days"  were not necessarily good.

photograph by Colin Duff

(left) The guard poses for the camera, photograph by Terry Wong Min,
(right) before a fast, almost non-stop, run back to Waterloo commencing with a pleasant transit through the New Forest, photograph by James Stearn

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