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West Somerset Railway funding appeal hits the right notes!

3rd April 2020 Gareth Evans News

Well-wishers have responded rapidly to the West Somerset Railway (WSR) plc’s urgent appeal for desperately-needed funds to help the 22-mile line heritage line get through the Coronavirus crisis.

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West Somerset Mogul 9351 returns to front-line service after overhaul at Williton

27th August 2019 Sam Hewitt News, Steam

THE loss of on-hire No. 7802 Bradley Manor with a damaged cylinder casting (see separate story on p71) has been tempered somewhat for the West Somerset

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Restoration of West Somerset’s little-known diesel ‘shunter’

27th March 2019 Sam Hewitt Diesel, News

RUSTON & Hornsby 200793 of 1940 has been beautifully restored and is used as yard shunter by West Somerset Restoration, the commercial engineering arm of

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West Somerset rescued from the brink of collapse

15th March 2019 Sam Hewitt News

THE West Somerset Railway has been saved from closure by a whisker – after failures were found in its finances, infrastructure and safety systems. In

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Another U-turn as WSR plc sells 4110 to Dartmouth line

4th March 2019 Sam Hewitt News, Steam

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

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Minehead sells prairie to Dart Valley to cut liabilities

27th February 2019 Sam Hewitt News, Steam

THE West Somerset Railway has sold GWR Large Prairie No. 4110 to the Dart Valley Railway plc in the latest of a series of robust

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WSR plc Prairie will be sold to WSRA after volunteer buyout plan is rejected

4th February 2019 Sam Hewitt News, Steam

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

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