Norden Railway Train Graveyard, nr Corfe Castle, Dorset :: April 2011

It had always been a dream of mine to photograph a train graveyard, and while this one wasn’t quite epic, it didn’t disappoint at all.

We were actually looking for Norden’s disused Clay Mine when we stumbled across the trains parked up beside the Norden Steam Railway Station which is a huge hit with holiday-makers in the Summer months taking the steam train to Swanage via Corfe Castle.

So, after conceding that we weren’t going to find anything of interest regarding the Clay Mine, we walked along the tracks towards the abandoned carriages. Unfortunately 90% of them were fire damaged, completely rotten or vandalised.

Towards the end of approximately 25 carriages there stood an old engine, one I remember from my childhood. I have no train knowledge at all, but it’s the Yellow/Blue one! Perhaps someone can enlighten me?