Index > About the Trust > History of the Trust > 88 Photogallery A Radstock Open Day with Kilmersdon propelling 88 (David Shepherd on the footplate); soon 88 will move away. August 1972. 88 travelling with the SR Ironclad coach and the Gresley on BR near Wyke Champflower in 1976 88 was first put on display at Minehead. Dr Peter Cattermole by the cab helping to raise funds. Adjusting the track at Washford, with the temporary canopy for 88 in the background. New home at last - with burning rags in the smokebox 18 December 1977 Trust volunteers Roger Hindley and Mike Taylor at work on the pony truck 9 June 1979 The frame & wheels are reunited at Washford Rewheeled 88 being prepared to move from Washford to Minehead in spring 1985 With the boiler removed, restaying takes place at Minehead in primitive conditions March 1987 More work in the firebox at Minehead, but all is going well. The boiler is ready to be reunited with the frames in June 1987 And is lifted in July 1987 Lower away! Meanwhile Trust volunteers work on the tender at Washford. Edward Lobjoit in 1987. The tender is under the green canopy, with the frame blocked up on the treacks. No comfortable shed at Washford in which to work! Nigel Smart (SDRT) discusses with Malcom Kershaw and Don Haines (of WSR) how best to rewheel the refurbished tender May 1987 Just use the steam crane and drop the frames over the wheels! Nigel Smart at the control, Neil Pankhurst and Don Haines look on. The tender is run-in at Washford, before receiving its final livery May 1987. Steaming at last at Minehead shed for the inaugural Pines Expess 29 August 1987 Near Watchet Little-and-large: 88 and the peat works engine Autumn 1989 at Minehead Autumn 1994 near Williton 88 makes easy work of a short freight 88 working hard in 1993 In Washford cutting, December 1987 At home and on display at Washford 88 was taken out of service in May 1996 for a planned two-year overhaul. The locomotive was due to be returned to the Trust in full steaming condition by 30 April 1998. Back at Washford, Lew Tucker carries on the good work in the gardens in April 1993 88's motion keeps turning until taken out of service May 1996. The repair contract between the Trust and the WSR plc has still not been completed in 2003, and no new date for completion of the work has been provided. © SDRT 2006 All material contained herein is subject to copyright and may not be reproduced, copied, held in an electronic repository system (particularly on another web site) without seeking permission. Every effort has been made to identify the holders of copyright material included within this website. If any material has been used inadvertently without permission or attribution the Trustees of the Somerset & Dorset Railway Trust will be pleased to receive information with a view to correcting this in further updates.