Wet your Whistle at Washford during the WSR Spring Gala
If you're visiting the West Somerset Railway Spring Gala (Friday 23rd to Sunday 25th March), why not step off the train for a while at Washford? There will be FREE entry to our museum, our…
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Ex-WD wagons ready for the WSR Spring Gala… with a little help from the Trust
Over the past two months, a wagon team from the West Somerset Railway have been using our workshop extension at Washford for the repainting of two open wagons with a military background. These are being…
Carriage purchase will add much-needed museum space
The Trust has recently purchased a MkI passenger brake van from the West Somerset Railway Association. The 1956-built BG [brake gangwayed] vehicle will provide a 56ft length of exhibition space, enabling existing exhibits to be…
Double-headers galore in our latest online photo release
In our latest online release of images from our extensive collection, we have added over 70 images taken at or near Evercreech New station – including no less than 34 pictures of double-headed express passenger…
Dorchester Group’s February Meeting
The February meeting of the Dorchester Area Group will take place in the Colliton Club, Dorchester at 7.30 on February 28th. The speaker will be John Chappell who will give an illustrated talk on “Travels…
A wide variety of content makes for a great read in our latest magazine
The Winter issue of our magazine has 40 pages – including sales supplement – with plenty of great S&D reading. Make sure of your copy – and all of next year's quarterly copies – by…
The S&DRT takes its photographic collection online
The Somerset & Dorset Railway Trust has 3000 S&D images in its archive and over 80 are now available in our online shop for immediate download. Many hundreds more have already been scanned and will…
Plenty to see at our 2018 Edington Model Railway Exhibition!
The S&DRT's 2018 Model Railway Exhibition is at Edington once again on Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th January. You'll have no time to take down the festive decorations that weekend with no less than…