Estimated £1,000 worth of damage caused by smashed windows in Mk.1 carriage.
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1501 and Barclay heading to west country for golden celebration gala
Outside-cylindered Hawksworth pannier No. 1501 is making its first visit to the South Devon Railway.
Read moreBack from the brink
The West Somerset Railway (WSR) held a frank and honest briefing for members and shareholders on March 2, at which it laid out the problems it faces, and discussed the ways in which the WSR
Read more‘Duke’ will return in 2020 – but only if £100,000 shortfall can be met
A FINANICIAL shortfall of more than £100,000 could delay the return to service of unique BR ‘8P’ Pacific No. 71000 Duke of Gloucester. This follows a series of unforeseen but necessary repairs were highlighted at Tyseley
Read moreRestoration of West Somerset’s little-known diesel ‘shunter’
RUSTON & Hornsby 200793 of 1940 has been beautifully restored and is used as yard shunter by West Somerset Restoration, the commercial engineering arm of the West Somerset Railway Association at Williton. The 48DS-type arrived
Read more‘Peak’ No. 46010 restoration completed
CLASS 46 No. 46010 has been overhauled at GCR(N) Ruddington under contract by ‘Peak’ experts, the Pioneer Diesel Locomotive Group. It is owned by D05 Preservation Ltd and will make its debut at the Severn Valley
Read moreAnother U-turn as WSR plc sells 4110 to Dartmouth line
THE saga surrounding the sale of West Somerset Railway (WSR)-based GWR 2-6-2T No. 4110 took another unexpected turn on February 3 when it was revealed the unrestored Large Prairie had been sold to the Dartmouth
Read moreOdney Manor returns at WSR… albeit briefly
COLLETT ‘Manor’ No. 7828 Odney Manor made a triumphant return to service at the West Somerset Railway in the final weeks of 2018 after a two-year absence and overhaul. The BR(W) 4-6-0, resplendent in BR
Read moreHeritage Explorer: Four lines in four days
Last summer Robert Drysdale embarked on an 800-mile round trip to visit four heritage railways in four days using the national rail network and occasionally a local bus. His personal account provides some interesting observations
Read moreWSR plc Prairie will be sold to WSRA after volunteer buyout plan is rejected
HE West Somerset Railway plc has agreed to sell unrestored GWR 2-6-2T No. 4110 to the West Somerset Railway Association (WSRA), despite the latter not currently having the funds to pay for it. The move comes
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