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The Trust's S&D 7F No. 53808
Image © Tim Edmonds, http://www.wsr.org.uk/cgi-bin/snap.cgi?h=Snapshot&p=2019/05/248Featured DVD
With the Trust's S&D 7F No. 53808 having started in active service on the Watercress Line on Friday 16 October, we are highlighting this updated DVD which tells the story of this special class of locomotive right through to 53808's departure from Minehead in August 2020.
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A joint statement from the Mid-Hants. Railway Ltd., the Mid-Hants. Railway Preservation Society Ltd. and S&DRT Ltd. is available on this link.
The S&D Railway and the Trust
The Somerset & Dorset Railway ran from Bath across the Mendips and through Dorset to Bournemouth, with branch lines across the Somerset Levels to Burnham-on-Sea, Bridgwater and Wells, explained here. The line’s early days are fondly remembered for its Prussian Blue engines and coaches, and later for the holiday expresses from the north of England to the south coast. The Somerset & Dorset Railway Trust keeps these and many other memories alive through its extensive museum collection and archives, engines and rolling stock, restoration workshop, events and quarterly magazine.
Latest news
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Online Sales still open: New 7F DVD now in stock plus the new Mendip Mountain Quarries wagon in OO gauge is now available. Click on "Sales" at the top of this page or this link.
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Starting to look autumnal as 53808 heads away from Alton on 25 October. Click here for more details.
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Could have been long ago... 53808 at the Watercress Line gala. Click here for more details.
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53808 in action at the Watercress Line's Autumn Steam Gala. Click here for more details.
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53808 steaming in preparation for the Watercress Line gala weekend. Click here for more details.
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Emergency fund makes award to Trust for lockdown period. Click here for more details.
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Donations of S&D-related artefacts are welcomed, subject to our collections policy.
MANY NEW MEMBERS JOINING
2 new members in the two weeks commencing 5 October. 149 new members so far this year.
