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…
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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.]
AGM elects three new Directors to strengthen Trust management team
The Trust’s AGM, held online on 24 April, elected three members to the Board for the first time, with these members having a wide variety of experience. Andy Norman was already with the Trust as…
S&DRT and Avon Valley Railway announce agreement for relocation of artefacts
1 April 2021. We are delighted to announce that we have come, in principle, to an agreement to re-locate a portion of the rolling stock and museum artefacts currently based at the S&DRT site at…