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Southampton And Dorchester Railway
All photographs of this railway in date order.
![A sunny sfternoon at Brockenhurst on 26 July 2002, with a service to Lymington Pier boarding at platform 4.<br><br>[Ian Dinmore //]](/images/61000/61874.jpg "Brockenhurst")
![The trackbed of 'Castleman's Corkscrew' looking south east as it crosses Holmsley Passage (a minor road in the New Forest) in July 1971. The crossing keepers house is still intact as are the level crossing gates. <br>
<br><br>[John McIntyre /07/1971]](/images/29000/29549.jpg "Holmsley Crossing")
![Electro-diesel E6015 heads west approaching Brockenhurst with a parcels train on a late July evening in 1971.<br><br>[John McIntyre /07/1971]](/images/40000/40398.jpg "Brockenhurst")
![Holmsley station on the edge of the New Forest looking south east in late July 1971. The station building is on the right and the bridge in the background carried the A35 over the trackbed which by the time of the photo had been converted into a road for a few miles towards Brockenhurst.<br><br>[John McIntyre /07/1971]](/images/60000/60086.jpg "Holmsley")
![An eastbound service arrives at Brockenhurst on a July evening in 1971 as the last of the sun illuminates the EMU. On the left, the sidings are full of wagons and brake vans and bottom right a two car EMU waits with a service from the Lymington branch.<br><br>[John McIntyre /07/1971]](/images/61000/61771.jpg "Brockenhurst")
![A westbound train headed by one of the Southern Region Class 74 electro-diesel locomotives approaching Brockenhurst station over the level crossing in July 1971.<br>
<br><br>[John McIntyre 19/07/1971]](/images/20000/20699.jpg "Brockenhurst")
![4TC set leads a service from Waterloo to Bournemouth into Brockenhurst on 22 July 1971. The 4TC will be going forward to Weymouth with a Class 33 loco on the front.<br><br>[John McIntyre 22/07/1971]](/images/62000/62985.jpg "Brockenhurst")
![A Weymouth to Bournemouth push-pull service, comprised of a class 33 locomotive attached at the rear of a pair of 4TC sets, photographed at speed near Wareham in May 1977.<br><br>[John McIntyre 20/05/1977]](/images/20000/20595.jpg "Wareham")
![A westbound mixed freight approaching Southampton Central in July 1981 behind a class 33 locomotive, with passenger trains occupying both up platforms.<br><br>[John Furnevel 06/07/1981]](/images/4000/4638.jpg "Southampton")
![Second man's window view at Dorchester South in May 1985 as a Weymouth bound train approaches the station. Note the ex-SR signal box on the right.<br><br>[John McIntyre /05/1985]](/images/24000/24350.jpg "Dorchester South")
![View south from the footbridge at Poole station on 3 May 2002 as a Weymouth - Waterloo train leaves plattform 1.<br><br>[Ian Dinmore 03/05/2002]](/images/61000/61963.jpg "Poole")
![Looking north over Poole station during a quiet period on 31 May 2002. Poole stadium stands in the background.<br><br>[Ian Dinmore 03/05/2002]](/images/63000/63530.jpg "Poole")
![A Southampton bound train arriving at Brockenhurst platform 2 in July 2002.<br><br>[Ian Dinmore 26/07/2002]](/images/53000/53410.jpg "Brockenhurst")
![The arrangement at the double-island platform station at Brockenhurst, Hampshire, in 2002, where a rotating turntable bridge was employed to provide step free access (on request) between the station entrance and platforms 1 & 2. (Step free access to platforms 3 & 4 was across the trackbed.) The arrangement came to an end in 2014 when the station received a new footbridge with integral lifts. [See image 47749]<br><br>[Ian Dinmore 26/07/2002]](/images/60000/60325.jpg "Brockenhurst")
![Trains passing over Lymington Road level crossing at the north end of Brockenhurst station in July 2002.<br><br>[Ian Dinmore 26/07/2002]](/images/61000/61214.jpg "Brockenhurst")
![A Bournemouth - Waterloo service arriving at Brockenhust on 26 July 2002.<br><br>[Ian Dinmore 26/07/2002]](/images/62000/62498.jpg "Brockenhurst")
![Comings and goings at the north end of Brockenhurst station in the summer of 2002, with trains about to pass over Lymington Road level crossing.<br><br>[Ian Dinmore 26/07/2002]](/images/62000/62785.jpg "Brockenhurst")
![Heritage 'slam door' class 421 EMU no 1498 prepares to depart Brockenhurst on 22 February 2010 with the 14.29 service to Lymington Pier. [See image 30470]<br><br>[Michael Gibb 22/02/2010]](/images/27000/27862.jpg "Brockenhurst")
![The last week of slam door stock on the Lymington branch - July 2010.<br><br>[Ian Dinmore 01/07/2010]](/images/30000/30470.jpg "Brockenhurst")
![The Hamworthy Goods branch to Poole Harbour has been unused for a number of years but everything remains in situ hoping for new sources of freight traffic. This is Hamworthy Park crossing, the upper view looking back towards the main line at Hamworthy station and the lower image towards Poole Harbour. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 22/05/2014]](/images/47000/47654.jpg "Hamworthy")
![SWT 444036 leaves Hamworthy heading for Wareham and Weymouth on 23 May. As the EMU bears right the Hamworthy Goods branch, presently out of use, can be seen curving left down towards Poole Harbour [See image 47654]. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 23/05/2014]](/images/47000/47497.jpg "Hamworthy")
![Passengers waiting in very heavy rain at Poole on 23rd May 2014 were glad of the large platform shelters. SWT 444037 pulls in on a stopping service for Waterloo ex-Weymouth. The arched roof sections of the modern station building can be seen to the right of the train.<br><br>[Mark Bartlett 23/05/2014]](/images/47000/47612.jpg "Poole")
![A wet day at Hamworthy, looking towards Wareham from the east end of the Weymouth platform. The signalbox is no longer in use. The Hamworthy Goods branch, presently mothballed, passes behind the box and this platform before diverging beyond the station. [See image 47497] <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 23/05/2014]](/images/48000/48316.jpg "Hamworthy")
![Weekend workings on the Lymington Branch use an EMU that is not available on weekdays. 450032 runs in to the branch platform at Brockenhurst, as seen from a temporary footbridge. A single DMU or EMU can maintain a 30 minute frequency service on the 5.5 mile Lymington branch. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 25/05/2014]](/images/47000/47586.jpg "Brockenhurst")
![The four tracks at Brockenhurst serve two island platforms, only accessible by footbridges. Major work to install lifts was underway on 25 May 2014 as Voyager 220010 called on a service from Bournemouth heading for Manchester. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 25/05/2014]](/images/47000/47749.jpg "Brockenhurst")
![SWT 444043 waits to depart from platform 1 at Wareham on 19 October 2014 with a service to Waterloo. As a result of engineering works to the west of Wareham, services from London were terminating here and returning east after making use of the crossover to the west of the station.<br><br>[John McIntyre 19/10/2014]](/images/49000/49196.jpg "Wareham")
![With the former level crossing in the foreground replaced by a new road bridge over the railway (behind the camera), work is now progressing on refurbishing the station footbridge at Wareham. On the afternoon of 19 October 2014 SWT emu no. 444043 waits to commence its journey to Waterloo. This was as far as westbound services were running this particular Sunday due to engineering works near Dorchester.<br><br>[John McIntyre 19/10/2014]](/images/49000/49401.jpg "Wareham")
![South West Trains EMU no. 444015 passes eastbound non-stop through Wool station, Dorset, during the early evening of 21 October 2014 with a Weymouth to Waterloo service. <br><br>[John McIntyre 21/10/2014]](/images/49000/49243.jpg "Wool")
![Departing a few minutes late, SWT unit 444029 leaves Moreton, Dorset, on 21 October 2014 with the 1505 London Waterloo - Weymouth.<br><br>[John McIntyre 21/10/2014]](/images/49000/49264.jpg "Moreton (Dorset)")
![Platform scene at Dorchester South on 24 October 2014 as SWT emu 444004 calls at platform 2 with a Waterloo to Weymouth service.<br><br>[John McIntyre 24/10/2014]](/images/49000/49319.jpg "Dorchester South")
![South West Trains 444034 calls at Dorchester South on 24 October 2014 with a Weymouth to Waterloo service.<br><br>[John McIntyre 24/10/2014]](/images/49000/49467.jpg "Dorchester South")
![Swanage Railway service in the main line platform at Wareham with D6515 and 37518 waiting to return to Swanage on 30th August 2017.<br>
<br><br>[Douglas McPherson 30/08/2017]](/images/61000/61303.jpg "Wareham")
![The 0915 Trafford Park Euro Terminal to Southampton Western Docks nears the end of it's journey on 16th March. 66 185 drags it's load through Southampton Central platform 4.<br><br>[Caleb Abbott 16/03/2018]](/images/63000/63473.jpg "Southampton Central")
![GBRF service from Mountfield in Kent to Southampton Western Docks pictured at Southampton Central in the hands of 66769 on 16th March 2018. <br><br>[Caleb Abbott 16/03/2018]](/images/63000/63497.jpg "Southampton Central")
