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Coach 4 arrives at new museum location

The S&DRT is pleased to report that our fully restored S&D First Class Coach from 1886 has been delivered to Margate to become part of the new Hornby One Museum being developed there. The coach…

Agreement on Washford between WSRHT & S&DRT

The West Somerset Railway Heritage Trust (WSRHT) and Somerset & Dorset Railway Trust (S&DRT) are delighted to confirm that they have finalised the agreement to purchase the S&DRT shed and track at Washford. In addition,…

Nigel Smart

Nigel Smart, whose involvement with the Trust’s locomotives and site goes back decades, died on 4 December 2023. The video shows a band playing Happy Birthday to him at Washford for his 78th in 2016.…