Video of 53808’s return to service
Here’s a short video showing 53808 in action on Saturday 12 June, along with 41312 and 30925.
Latest news
Categories for Latest news
53808 back in service on the Watercress Line
A fine engine was back in service on the Watercress Line today! The Trust’s S&D 7F entered service for the first time since the line re-started passenger services on 12 April. An intensive timetable operated…
53808 cleared for return to service this weekend
Following recent repairs, the Trust’s S&D 7F No. 53808 was given a test run today to check the axleboxes and has been cleared for traffic this weekend. Soon, we should again see the sight above…
53808 being steam-tested at Ropley
The Trust’s S&D 7F No. 53808 was being steam-tested today following work on the cylinder steam pipe. That work is good, though other issues have come to light which will need attention before the loco…
Mid-Hants Railway to overhaul Kilmersdon
The Somerset & Dorset Railway Trust is pleased to announce that it has come to anagreement with Mid-Hants Railway Ltd. to overhaul our smaller locomotive at itsRopley works. Kilmersdon arrived at the MHR in March…
Latest Limited Edition wagons
Our latest wagons are liveried for Read & Son; they opened their quarry just north of Binegar Station in 1902. Most of their output was moved by the S&D. In 1934, the quarry was taken…
Trust’s re-creation of Midford signalbox now in storage
The box, complete with track diagram, before dismantling The final stages of the frame removal The exterior of the ‘box with the southern-style nameboard removed On 18 May, work finished on dismantling the Trust’s re-creation…
More Trust vans arrive at the Watercress Line
The Trust is pleased to announce that two further vehicles have now arrived at the Watercress Line (Mid-Hants Railway). They are pictured at Alresford. The L&SWR brake van No. 54885 was built around 1900/1902 and…
S&DRT assists the North Dorset Railway with items on long-term loan
The S&DRT are pleased to announce that they have come to an agreement with the North Dorset Railway based at Shillingstone station placing on a long-term loan of three items.
The Trust’s locomotives on display in the sunshine at Ropley
The Trust’s locomotives; S&D 7F No. 53808 and Peckett 1788 Kilmersdon back-to-back in the sunshine at Ropley this morning during the Watercress Line’s Spring Steam Gala. [Photos by Roger Hardingham.]