Kilmersdon helps the Helston Railway run a great 'Back to the 40s' event from Somerset & Dorset Railway Trust on Vimeo. Here's the video of our Peckett 'Kilmersdon' hauling the first steam passenger trains on…
The weather was perfect on Bank Holiday Monday 28 May 2018 as Kilmersdon hauled some of the first steam passenger services on the Helston branch in Cornwall for over 55 years. On some services, the…
Well in advance of their '40s weekend on 15/16 September, the West Somerset Railway is using space at Washford to overhaul a brake van that will see service over that weekend. The van is an…
One of the attractions at our base at Washford station on the West Somerset Railway is a working replica of the interior of the the S&D's Midford signalbox. Controlling the divergence of the line –…
At lunchtime today (27 April), our Peckett departed from our Washford base for Cornwall and, as previously reported, will be based on the Helston Railway until early next year. It is hoped that Kilmersdon will…
At our AGM on Saturday 21 April, Ian Coleby – Chairman of West Somerset Railway PLC – and Ian Young – Chairman of S&DRT Ltd. – signed a new 50 year lease for our Washford…
The Trust's Peckett 'Kilmersdon' is shortly to depart for Cornwall in order to spend the summer – and well beyond – on the Helston Railway, returning to Washford early next year. It is expected that…
An S&D Day out: Sunday by the Sea by Steam Train (Subject to availability) Sunday 8 July 2018 BISHOPS LYDEARD TO MINEHEAD AND RETURN with time in Minehead Setting down…
The oldest surviving S&D driver, George Tucker, has reached the grand age of 100. Working from Bath Green Park until the closure of the S&D in 1966, George was pictured re-visiting the footplate of our…
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