53808 at the Watercress Line Autumn Steam Gala
Leave your thoughtsThese photos, taken by Julian Clark at Ropley, show 53808 in service on Friday 9 October. The gala continues until... View Article
53808 at the Watercress Line Autumn Steam Gala
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Trust adds Philip Fowler’s S&D cine film to its collection
Leave your thoughtsPhilip Fowler along with his friend Ken Barter filmed and sound-recorded the S&D during its last few months of operation.... View Article
Trust’s peat railway vehicles in action at Westonzoyland Bank Holiday gala
Leave your thoughtsThe Steam on the Levels gala took place at the Westonzoyland Pumping Station Museum on Bank Holiday Monday, 29 August.... View Article
Shoscombe & Single Hill Halt nameboards move back to the northern half of the S&D
Leave your thoughtsAmongst the many S&D artefacts saved by the Trust are the two original concrete nameboards from Shoscombe & Single Hill... View Article
Kilmersdon in steam once again!
Leave your thoughtsFollowing the boiler inspector passing Kilmersdon on the stage 2 boiler exam, it was time to ‘give it a go’!... View Article
The lighting of Kilmersdon’s fire was a great moment!
Leave your thoughtsKilmersdon, our 1929-built Peckett, was moved outside at Ropley on Thursday 28 July and the fire was lit, steam being... View Article
Our Peckett ‘Kilmersdon’ is almost ready to return to service
Leave your thoughtsKilmersdon, our 0-4-0ST engine, is now virtually complete following a recent hydraulic boiler test at Ropley on the Watercress Line.... View Article
Re-examining Wells Branch Brake Van No.9 – the last surviving S&D goods vehicle
Leave your thoughtsDuring the late 19th century, Highbridge Works built ‘mail brakes’; specialised goods vans intended primarily for the main line between... View Article
Progress on ‘Kilmersdon’ with the frames now back on the wheels
Leave your thoughtsThe overhaul on the Trust’s Peckett ‘Kilmersdon’ is continuing at Ropley. The first photo – by Mark Drinkwater, Works Foreman... View Article
‘Steam on the Levels’ on 14/15 May to feature S&DRT-owned Ashcott railtruck
Leave your thoughtsThe ‘Steam on the Levels‘ event on 14/15 May at the Westonzoyland Pumping Station Museum will see the railtruck in... View Article