The T3 class locomotive is thrilling passengers once more after being saved from the scrapyard.
By Tom Hepworth & Stephen StaffordA Victorian steam locomotive that has escaped being scrapped twice is back in action and pulling trains for the first time in 75 years.
Designed to haul express trains between London Waterloo and the south coast of England, it was destined for scrap in 1939 but the outbreak of World War Two saw it saved and pressed into wartime service.The engine was designed to haul express trains from London Waterloo to the south coast Following its donation to the Swanage Railway Trust by the National Railway Museum, the 81-tonne engine has undergone restoration by specialist contractors at the Flour Mill workshops in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire.
"We are thrilled to see the T3 returning to steam for the first time in 75 years and now being able to offer passengers the unique experience of riding behind the Victorian locomotive through the Purbeck countryside," he said.Nathan Au, a volunteer driver and chairman of the 563 Locomotive Group, said: "No. 563 is a real time machine - a living and breathing example of the world when glamorous railways with their brightly painted and highly polished steam engines ruled supreme.
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