With 53808 now having spent 30 years in Trust service, the Autumn edition of our magazine has a distinctive 53808 bias! There's a good read to be had, as follows: First up, Ted Goater contrasts…
18 August 1987… the boiler test was successfully completed, and that evening, 53808 ran out from Minehead to Blue Anchor with two carriages to check the clearances. It had taken 17 years…
The Midford information panel event on Saturday 29th July was attended by both the Chair of Bath & North East Somerset Council, Cllr Cherry Beath, and the Right Worshipful the Mayor of Bath, Cllr Ian…
The next meeting of the Dorchester Area Group takes place on Friday 6th October at 19.30 in the Colliton Club, Dorchester, opposite the County Hall. The speaker will be the well known Paul Atterbury.
We aim to open the Museum & Shop on as many days as possible the WSR is running timetabled services. If travelling by train please check that the Washford board has been put out at…
On Saturday 29th July at 12.30pm, an information panel will be unveiled at Midford station by Keith Cooper, the former stationmaster. All are welcome! The Landslide Ukulele Band will be playing a variety of railway…
Nowadays, the ex-S&D 7Fs 53808 (owned & restored by the S&DRT) and 53809 are often pictured working together… but it's less usual to see them on the opposite faces of an island platform – and…
Join us on Saturday 8th July for the Trust's annual Special Train running from Bishop's Lydeard to Minehead and back. There are plenty of unreserved seats available, no booking is required and the adult fare…
Information panels about the S&D line have been springing up in various locations recently… with a little help from the S&DRT. In March, two panels were installed in Blandford as part of the Trust's S&D50…
The next meeting of the Dorchester Area Group takes place on Friday 28th July at 19.30 in the Colliton Club, Dorchester, opposite the County Hall. The speaker will be Colin Stone.