Dorchester Area Group July Meeting
The next meeting of the Dorchester Area Group takes place on Friday 28th July at 19.30 in the Colliton Club, Dorchester, opposite the County Hall. The speaker will be Colin Stone.
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A talk on the politics of the S&D closure by Colin Divall
Professor Colin Divall will be giving a talk entitled The Puffing Billy of the hedgerows: the politics of the Somerset & Dorset railway closure, ca 1955-66 on Tuesday 13th June. The Somerset & Dorset’s closure…
Summer edition of Pines Express magazine is a great read!
Our latest magazine has some great reading and photographic material – why not join us for your quarterly copy; just click on 'Membership' above. Contents: Reflections on the S&D – by the S&DRT Northern Area…
Washford Museum & shop July Opening Dates
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…
Small locomotive weekend at Washford – 28/29 May
The Somerset and Dorset Railway Trust small locomotive weekend at Washford. Come and see Peckett 1788 (Kilmersdon) and Andrew Barclay 1210 (Caledonia Works) working together for the first time. Plus SDJR coach 4 and freshly…
Flying Scotsman to visit the West Somerset Railway in September
Flying Scotsman to visit the West Somerset Railway in September. Advance tickets are available to WSRA and Steam Trust members, as well as volunteers with associated organisations of which the S&DRT is one. …
The Curator of Memories project
The Curator of Memories project During our year-long programme of events commemorating the closure of the S&D railway, Kate McStraw's Museum of Memory not only collected memories about the line and its staff, but…
New yard shunter at Washford
Ex Puriton Royal Ordinance factory ‘Barclay’ shunting locomotive no.578 now resides at Washford. An agreement has been reached between the Trust and the WSR PLc for the lone of the shunter by way of allowing…
Artist Kate McStraw has been entertaining audiences throughout Somerset and Dorset
Artist Kate McStraw has been entertaining audiences throughout Somerset and Dorset with her 'Curator of Memories' performances which tell stories from the glory days of the Somerset & Dorset Railway. The curious travelling museum houses…