Index > About the Trust > History of the Trust > Washford > Washford Pictures Pictures © SDRT (Mike Palmer Collection) - click to enlarge! Sylvia Kohring and Brian Kohring of Wimborne hard at work painting the Trust's new premises in the early summer of 1976. No trains, but Sylvia's trousers would stop them! Richard Lock attends to the signal box. Note the primitive water supply pipe! Across at the sidings, Nigel Smart has levelled the scrub, and sets to work with Gordon Dyte and others to lay track panels with the steam crane. Looking towards Watchet in the summer of 1976 Laying track opposite the station in summer 1976 An excited crowd waits for the first steam passenger train to Williton 28 August 1976 All aboard with Victor in charge Next stop Watchet 28 August 1976 A dmu receiving attention at Washford in 1977. Electricity is by now installed in the station. More tracklaying opposite the station circa 1977. The red Priestman crane is in action. L to R: (?), Chris Longley, Gordon Dyte, (?), David Martin, Mike Palmer relaying the three-way point recovered from outside Radstock shed in the summer of 1977 WSR & SDRT men laying in the connexion to the WSR in April 1985 GWR Toplights Camping Coach in use as a messing vehicle in May 1983 Terry England, John Smith, John Edmonds, Peter Cattermole preparing the LSWR lattice post from Dean 1984 The replica backing signal erected July 1984 Wickham railmotor restored and ready for use on the WSR, December 1987 The shed nearing completion, July 1988 The shed opens August 1988 Peter Smith and Donald Beale S&D Reunion 12 September 1987 Peter Smith, Donald Beale, Johnny Walker 12 September 1987 ex-S&D Staff Reunion August 1996 L to R: Jonathan Edwards, Mike Beale, Peter Day, Neil Pankhurst, (?), Peter Cattermole constructing the platform in April 1989 Shed doors recovered from Wells and fitted August 1989 Shed extension track being laid April 1992 The extension headshunt being constructed August 1992 The Wells Hut arrives and is moved to its position by the shed October 1988 The steam crane undergoes repair to the cladding. L to R: Nigel Smart, Edward Lobjoit, Jonathan Edwards, Alan Cottrell, David Hallett. Neil Pankhurst (L), Mike Palmer (knelling), Mike Beale (R) and Area Group members unearth the S&D dray at Westhay in March 1981 The restored dray on exhibition at the Bath and West show in March 1983 S&D Weekend August 1993 3 May 1998 - the new frame of LSWR Roadvan is united with its wheels: Peter Davis looks pleased. © 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.