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A great evening at the Heritage Railway Association Annual Awards

We had a great evening at the Heritage Railway Association Awards on Saturday 9 February. 

Although we didn't win our category with the restoration of Coach 4, it was good to meet so many other groups with similar interests.

Along with Ian Young, S&DRT Chairman, several members of the restoration team past and present attended the event; Neil Pankhurst's involvement with the Trust goes back several decades.

Our friends at the Helston Railway were there and deservedly won a category with the re-creation of Truthall Halt... Kilmersdon should be steaming down to Truthall again from 28 March, and with a record 10,000+ visitors in 2018, the Helston is looking forward to another year of solid progress.

[Photos by Rod Ormston]

Sale on now in our online shop

Many items are currently at reduced prices in our online shop; this year's calendar, mugs, coasters, working timetables and so on. 

While you're there, why not have a look through our selection of books and DVDs - many with an S&D connection. 

Video of the Annual Model Railway Exhibition at Edington

Callum Willcox, one of the exhibitors at Edington writes:

"5th & 6th January 2019 saw the Somerset & Dorset Trust host it's annual Model Railway Exhibition, at Edington Village Hall, Somerset.
This years line-up featured no less than 12 layouts in a variety of gauges and scales, as well as a selection of Trade Stands and Demos. The event also saw Amiens 1918's first outing for 2019, with the layout preforming well over the weekend.
Hope you enjoy!"

Photos from the Winter Steam-up at the Helston Railway

Following on from the video of Kilmersdon, here are some stills, also from Saturday 5 January, at the Helston Railway in Cornwall.

Helston train services take a break now and resume on 28 March.

[Photos by Brian Kennedy]

Kilmersdon at the Helston Railway’s Winter Steam-up

A quick look around our Edington Model Railway Exhibition

Don't miss our 45th Model Railway Exhibition on 5/6 January

Don't forget the 45th S&DRT Model Railway Exhibition, Edington Village Hall, Somerset, TA7 9HA, from 10am on Saturday/Sunday 5/6 January. Click here for more info.

We have 13 layouts confirmed, including Callum Willcox’s OO9 WW1 layout 'Amiens 1918' (pictured). Callum is fresh from his exploits on Channel 5’s Great Model Railway Challenge and you may recognise some of the stock from his team’s TV Blackadder layout. 

Here's a video of Callum's Amiens layout:

Our online photo collection now stands at 424 images

Our online S&D photo collection has now reached 424 images, all available for immediate purchase and download.

The latest images added include Bath Green Park and Midsomer Norton. The example shown is 31639 and 34015 on shed after working the RCTS Railtour into Bath on 2 January 1966.