New starter motor being fitted to Andrew Barclay ROF No. 578 locomotive at Washford. The ex-Royal Ordnance Factory shunter is owned by the West Somerset Railway and is on long-term hire to the Trust, the…
The West Somerset Railway's Autumn Steam Gala ran from Thursday 5th to Sunday 8th October and featured a variety of locomotives. Here's a short video of the gala as seen from our Washford base on…
Busy day at Washford fitting steam heating to our Peckett 'Kilmersdon'. This will enable the locomotive to go on hire on passenger services at other heritage lines over the winter. All work has…
The S&D Railway Trust has an archive of several thousand S&D images, which are steadily being scanned. We will shortly start offering those for which we hold all rights on our new online shop. It…
This event will be at our base at Washford railway station on the West Somerset Railway and on the A39, TA23 0PP, taking place between Thursday 5th and Sunday 8th October – during the WSR…
2018 may seem a while off, but there's no better time to get hold of our 2018 calendar, the sale of which benefits three S&D Trusts – ourselves, Midsomer Norton & Shillingstone. As per this…
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.