Make sure you drop in to Washford during the West Somerset Railway's 40s weekend! Attractions include: – Detachment of the Home Guard. – 1940 Paris Jazz Singers (from 2-4 pm on both days). – Model…
3 September 2019. The enduring memory of 8F No. 48706 is at the head of the SLS railtour on the very last day of the S&D, 6 March 1966… cleaned up, and with bright red…
One of our members caught up with No. 43924 (originally LMS No. 3924) on a dining service from Keighley on 24 August, pictured here. In 1962, 43924 spent a short time allocated to Templecombe depot,…
Our latest sales list has three pages of S&D interest – the first page is illustrated here. Why not have a browse? It's in pdf format and the product illustrations click straight through to ordering…
Interested in the S&D? Join us now from £14 and your membership will last until the end of 2020. Members receive a quarterly 40-page magazine plus a travel…
21 August 2019. Newly available from the Trust's online sales are two new books of photos. Volume 2 of the R C Riley archive covers Dick Riley's work on the S&D from 1955 to 1965.…
19 August 2019. The Trust regrets to record the passing of Percy Parsons, who died on Friday 16 August aged 96. Percy started his railway career at Edington on the S&D's Highbridge branch in 1937…
13 August 2019. Calling all railway modellers! The Trust has now in stock a limited edition 00-gauge model of its own BR 'Fruit D' van which can be seen at our museum in Washford. Our…
6 August 2019. The 'little' 53808 completed by retired engineer Vic Whittaker was hauling the first passengers at a park local to his home in Leyland, Lancashire on 4 August. Vic was understandably pleased, saying…
31 July 2019 Formerly an electrical engineer, Vic Whittaker started model engineering in 2004 with Great Western engines. He's made a BR standard in 5” gauge followed by a GWR King (Charles I) in 7¼”…