The overhaul on the Trust’s Peckett ‘Kilmersdon’ is continuing at Ropley. The first photo – by Mark Drinkwater, Works Foreman – shows the frames with the newly-retyred wheels underneath. The other photos, by Roger Hardingham,…
The ‘Steam on the Levels‘ event on 14/15 May at the Westonzoyland Pumping Station Museum will see the railtruck in operation at its new home, on loan from the S&DRT. The 2′-gauge peat-carrying railway on…
The Trust S&D 7F No. 53808 was in action on the Friday on both passenger and demonstration freight services. [Photos by Julian Clark.]
The Watercress Line has released its latest news video ‘Keeping You In The Loop’. This edition features a look around the new and developing joint museum at Alresford and features an extensive interview with our…
Our S&D 7F No. 53808 hauled a Special Train on Sunday 6 March 2022, on the Watercress Line. 56 years earlier – on Sunday 6 March 1966 – the very last trains had run on…
The date is a poignant one in the history of the S&D as, in 1966, Sunday 6 March was the very last day that trains ran on the S&D. Here are some photos from Bob…
After a good deal of works attention, our S&D 7F No. 53808 was in action on Saturday 5 March with a charter goods service on the Watercress Line. Here’s a selection of photos by Julian…
On the evening of Thursday 20 January, solicitors acting for respectively, the West Somerset Railway plc and the Somerset & Dorset Railway Trust Ltd, concluded negotiations which had been in progress for well over a…
Today, our Washford site volunteers and spouses enjoyed a Christmas Lunch at the Valiant Soldier pub in nearby Roadwater. Despite the gradual winding-down of the site, restoration and maintenance work continues on those vehicles and…
On Saturday 11 December, former S&D footplate staff met at the Red Lion pub, Wellsway, Bath. One of the topics of discussion was a book of their collected memories, which is in progress. Around the…