Author Archives for Rod Ormston

Meet Peter Smith with our new Richardson book

28 October 2025 7:34 pm Published by Rod Ormston Leave your thoughts

Meet Peter Smith while purchasing our new G A Richardson book on Saturday 1 November from noon at Swanage. From... View Article

20 August 2025 1:52 pm Published by Rod Ormston Leave your thoughts

On the Bank Holiday Monday, 25th August 2025, our Lister ‘Railtruck’ 42319/1956 will be operating alongside our three ex-Ashcott peat... View Article

25 July 2025 9:19 pm Published by Rod Ormston Leave your thoughts

On 23 July 2025 we collected a former S&D carriage body from a back garden in Cannington, Somerset, which had... View Article

8 June 2025 6:59 pm Published by Rod Ormston Leave your thoughts

S&DRT Chairman Roger Hardingham takes a close look at the chassis of 53808’s tender and observes that while most of... View Article

21 April 2025 7:37 am Published by Rod Ormston Leave your thoughts

In part 2 of our overhaul video series, S&DRT Chairman Roger Hardingham visits 53808 after the removal of the tender... View Article

23 March 2025 8:25 pm Published by Rod Ormston Leave your thoughts

Here’s part 1 of a new video series keeping you up-to-date on the progress with the overhaul of our S&D... View Article

7 March 2025 10:00 pm Published by Rod Ormston Leave your thoughts

Photos have been supplied by Roger O’Neil showing the process of separating the tender from the engine at Ropley which... View Article

22 December 2024 8:43 am Published by Rod Ormston Leave your thoughts

Many of you may have seen news pieces in the railway press recently regarding our negotiations to secure the future... View Article

4 August 2024 8:51 pm Published by Rod Ormston Leave your thoughts

In the early spring we let a contract with the Watercress Line to de-tube the boiler and other smokebox and... View Article

24 July 2024 6:48 pm Published by Rod Ormston Leave your thoughts

Restored S&DRT Coach No. 4 has now been moved to the upper mezzanine floor at the museum being developed at... View Article

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