18 June 2020. A joint statement has been issued by West Somerset Railway plc and Somerset & Dorset Railway Trust Ltd. Click on this link or on the image to see the statement.
Henry Cyril Casserley – born in 1903 – became one of Britain's foremost railway photographers, amassing around 60,000 photographs over his lifetime. We're delighted to be introducing the first images in what we expect…
The original 1985 edition The Trust has produced a new edition of Southbound with the ‘Pines’ 35 years after the publication of the original booklet as part of a series of Trust Blue Books. Containing…
13 April 2020. S&DRT members may like to know that the information in the Members' Area of the website has been updated. We have included the postponement letter provided by the Chairman and also the…
27 March 2020. The Trust is pleased to announce that since 1 July last year, the number of new members has now reached 100. The membership levels of the Trust had been in decline for…
23 March 2020. The Trust has a number of short videos available to view and to make them more accessible, they are now being added to YouTube – as well as being on Vimeo and…
20 March 2020. Nearly six weeks after receiving the Notice to Quit the Washford site, the Trust still has not received any response to its many questions for the WSR regarding this situation. Our Chairman,…
13 March 2020. Further to the previous news item (Headteacher adds to chorus of disquiet about the WSR's treatment of heritage and community groups), Ian Liddell-Grainger MP is asking for answers to a series of…
12 March 2020. The Executive Headteacher of two Primary Schools situated close to the West Somerset Railway – Crowcombe and Stogumber – has written an open letter to Jonathan Jones-Pratt, Chairman of the WSR plc,…
24 February 2020. We have released a press statement regarding the notice we have received to exit from the Washford site. Click here for the statement.