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…
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…
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…
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…
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; 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.]
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…
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…
28 March 2021. The Trust’s Report & Accounts for 2020 is now available to members in advance of the AGM on 24 April. Also available is the agenda for the meeting as well as the…
15 March 2021. The Trust’s 1929-built Peckett ‘Kilmersdon’ – the last steam engine to work the Somerset coalfield – arrived at Alresford today and was then towed to Ropley for assessment. The loco, having been…