The WSR Autumn Steam Gala
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…
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Busy day at Washford fitting steam heating to ‘Kilmersdon’
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…
Trust’s photo collection to be made available online
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…
Somerset Coalfields Remembered at Washford – 5th to 8th October
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…
Make sure of your copy of our 2018 calendar
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…
The Autumn edition of our magazine has a distinctive 53808 bias!
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…
30 years of 53808 in the service of the Trust
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…
Former stationmaster unveils information panel at Midford
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…
Dorchester Area group early October Meeting
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.
Washford Opening Dates October 2017
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…