The S&DRT were represented at the Spring Gala at the Mid-Hants Railway ‘Watercress Line’ at the weekend. Our Burnham Box, sited at Ropley, was used as a publicity stand and manned by volunteers. Brian Read…
The S&DRT is pleased to report that our fully restored S&D First Class Coach from 1886 has been delivered to Margate to become part of the new Hornby One Museum being developed there. The coach…
The West Somerset Railway Heritage Trust (WSRHT) and Somerset & Dorset Railway Trust (S&DRT) are delighted to confirm that they have finalised the agreement to purchase the S&DRT shed and track at Washford. In addition,…
We’ve introduced four new wagons that operated on the S&D, all in either OO-gauge (£15) or O-gauge (£44) – OO illustrated. They’re proving extremely popular – so don’t wait too long before ordering as only…
The last two locomotives have departed from the now redundant site at Washford on the West Somerset Railway. Roger Hardingham, chairman of the Somerset & Dorset Railway Trust, said, “the two diesel shunters left the…
Nigel Smart, whose involvement with the Trust’s locomotives and site goes back decades, died on 4 December 2023. The video shows a band playing Happy Birthday to him at Washford for his 78th in 2016.…
The Trust’s 1929-built Peckett No. 1788 – named Kilmersdon after the colliery where the loco spent its working life – is revisiting the Somerset coalfield with a stay at ‘The S&D at Midsomer Norton’. Midsomer…
Today, our chairman wrote to members as follows: WashfordI am delighted to confirm that both the Somerset & Dorset Railway Trust and the West Somerset Railway Heritage Trust have reached provisional agreement to sell the…
The Trust’s S&D 7F No. 53808 had the last day in normal service today… and in a touching gesture, some of those who have worked on 53808 at the Watercress Line filled in a ‘leaving…
Taken in the late afternoon mellow light of the sun, the Trust’s S&D 7F No. 53808 is seen here on a goods charter between Ropley and Alresford on the Watercress Line on Friday 3 November…