The 563 Locomotive Group is delighted to announce it has raised £162,000 thanks to exceptionally generous donations and standing orders from the public.Continue Reading
Significant boiler work and progress has been made with all parts now cleaned, painted and stored ready for refitting! Continue Reading
Boiler work has begun in earnest with precise surgery on 563s outer firebox!Continue Reading
On Saturday 18th of May, the Swanage Railway Trust authorised the return to steam of its unique LSWR T3 No.563. The locomotive was transferred to the Flour Mill workshop in the Forest of Dean in November 2017 and was subject to the most extensive strip down and investigation yet undertakenContinue Reading
Kevin Williamson commissions exclusive illustrations for the 563 Locomotive Group.Continue Reading
The Flour Mill successfully extracts 563s inner firebox.Continue Reading
No.563 appears to be in a remarkable mechanical condition thanks to Eastleigh.Continue Reading
The Swanage Railway Trust wishes to return LSWR T3 No.563 to steam with an initial £50,000 crowdfunding appeal. Designed by Williams Adams in 1891 and built in 1893 London and South Western Railway T3 No.563 is the sole survivor of the twenty strong class. During their working lives the T3s workedContinue Reading
Built in February, 1893, London and South Western Railway, T3 class 4-4-0 wheel arrangement locomotive No. 563 is on display at the Swanage Railway’s Corfe Castle station after being donated to the Swanage Railway Trust, a registered charity, by the National Railway Museum in May, 2017. No. 563 will beContinue Reading
Built in February, 1893, for hauling express trains on the London and South Western Railway, T3 class 4-4-0 wheel arrangement locomotive No. 563 was withdrawn by the Southern Railway at the end of the Second World War in August, 1945, by which time it had run a total of 1.5Continue Reading
