‘Kilmersdon’ returns to home territory, running at Midsomer Norton
Leave your thoughtsOur 1929-built Peckett – named ‘Kilmersdon’ after the colliery where the loco was originally based – is now at the... View Article
‘Kilmersdon’ returns to home territory, running at Midsomer Norton
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Shoscombe & Single Hill Halt name board goes full circle and returns to Shoscombe…with a little help from the S&DRT
Leave your thoughtsOriginally rescued by the Trust after the closure of the S&D and displayed for 40 years at Washford, one of... View Article
L&SWR ‘Road Van’ resplendent in new paintwork
Leave your thoughtsThanks to the Medstead Wagon Group at the Watercress Line, we now have a repainted Road Van looking resplendent. This... View Article
Two of our S&D coaches dating from the 1890s move to Shillingstone
Leave your thoughtsThis week, our two unrestored S&D coaches – No. 114, built at Highbridge in 1890 and No. 98, built by... View Article
Success of ‘Kilmersdon’ and availability for hire
Leave your thoughtsAs members will know, our Peckett 0-4-0ST Kilmersdon has been successfully fully overhauled at the Ropley workshops of the Mid-Hants... View Article
Announcement of loan agreement between S&DRT and NDR
Leave your thoughtsThe Somerset & Dorset Railway Trust and the North Dorset Railway, Shillingstone are pleased to announce that a formal loan... View Article
Trust receives G A Richardson’s S&D and Southern railway photographs
Leave your thoughtsThe S&DRT is delighted to receive by donation around 1000 railway photographs taken by Anthony Richardson, a talented photographer whose... View Article
53808 in launch of Watercress Line’s 2022 Steam Illuminations
Leave your thoughtsRunning from Friday 18 November until 7 January, this season’s illuminations services can be booked from either Alresford or Alton... View Article
Kilmersdon rededicated after major overhaul
Leave your thoughtsDuring the Watercress Line’s Autumn Steam Gala, a short ceremony was held at Ropley unveiling Kilmersdon’s nameplate to mark the... View Article
53808 ready for service again after repairs
Leave your thoughtsFollowing a superheater fault which occurred during the Autumn Steam Gala last weekend, repairs have been carried out very promptly... View Article