Amongst the many S&D artefacts saved by the Trust are the two original concrete nameboards from Shoscombe & Single Hill Halt. They had been displayed for many years in the back of the shed at…
Following the boiler inspector passing Kilmersdon on the stage 2 boiler exam, it was time to ‘give it a go’! [Video by Roger Hardingham.]
Kilmersdon, our 1929-built Peckett, was moved outside at Ropley on Thursday 28 July and the fire was lit, steam being produced as the sun set. On the Friday, the loco was on test moving around…
Kilmersdon, our 0-4-0ST engine, is now virtually complete following a recent hydraulic boiler test at Ropley on the Watercress Line. The boiler also had an ‘out of the frame’ steam test which it passed during…
The overhaul on the Trust’s Peckett ‘Kilmersdon’ is continuing at Ropley. The first photo – by Mark Drinkwater, Works Foreman – shows the frames with the newly-retyred wheels underneath. The other photos, by Roger Hardingham,…
The ‘Steam on the Levels‘ event on 14/15 May at the Westonzoyland Pumping Station Museum will see the railtruck in operation at its new home, on loan from the S&DRT. The 2′-gauge peat-carrying railway on…
The Trust S&D 7F No. 53808 was in action on the Friday on both passenger and demonstration freight services. [Photos by Julian Clark.]
The Watercress Line has released its latest news video ‘Keeping You In The Loop’. This edition features a look around the new and developing joint museum at Alresford and features an extensive interview with our…
Our S&D 7F No. 53808 hauled a Special Train on Sunday 6 March 2022, on the Watercress Line. 56 years earlier – on Sunday 6 March 1966 – the very last trains had run on…
The date is a poignant one in the history of the S&D as, in 1966, Sunday 6 March was the very last day that trains ran on the S&D. Here are some photos from Bob…