West Somerset Railway

  • Video: The Rolling Stock Preserved in Minehead at the West Somerset Railway

    Video: The Rolling Stock Preserved in Minehead at the West Somerset Railway

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    We recently visited a selection of the rolling stock that is being kept at the Minehead engine shed, a part of the West Somerset Railway. Guiding us around is Jake Genge who explains how some of the locomotives are preserved over winter.

  • Four panniers and ‘Foxcote’ farewell for WSR’s country railway event

    Four panniers and ‘Foxcote’ farewell for WSR’s country railway event

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    THE West Somerset Railway’s (WSR) Autumn Steam Gala will take place just days after this issue of The RM goes on sale, with a no fewer than four GWR Collett panniers taking centre stage. Three of the ever-popular 0-6-0PTs will be visiting the railway for the October 3-6 A Country Railway-themed event, including one-time resident…

  • Ex-West Somerset Class 04 makes debut at South Devon diesel gala

    Ex-West Somerset Class 04 makes debut at South Devon diesel gala

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    CLASS 04 No. D2271 entered service at the South Devon Railway July 19-21 diesel gala. Running in plain green with no numbers or transfers it was found to be unable to keep its scheduled timings, and was the reason for late running on the Friday and the Saturday.  No. D2271 worked its first scheduled trip on Sunday…

  • Western Cinderella awaits attention at Williton

    Western Cinderella awaits attention at Williton

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    THE Diesel & Electric Preservation Group’s Class 52 No. D1010 Western Campaigner is seen alone in Williton diesel depot, West Somerset Railway, on June 22.  For nearly a quarter of a century this loco, when in the shed (completed late 1997), has had Class 35 No. D7018 for company. However, on this day the ‘Hymek’ was out…

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

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

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    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 Railway with the return to service of 2-6-0 No. 9351. The GWR-inspired Mogul has been overhauled over a six-month period by the West Somerset Railway Association (WSRA) at Williton, and was…

  • Broken piston sidelines Bradley Manor for ‘considerable period’ at West Somerset

    Broken piston sidelines Bradley Manor for ‘considerable period’ at West Somerset

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    COLLETT ‘Manor’ No. 7802 Bradley Manor has been withdrawn from traffic at the West Somerset Railway (WSR) after suffering a broken piston rod while in service on the line. The Erlestoke Manor Fund’s (EMF) 4-6-0 was working the 10.15 Bishops Lydeard- Minehead service on July 7 when the incident occurred, busting the cylinder end cover off…

  • Double-headed ‘Manors’ help WSR mark 40 years of steaming to Bishops Lydeard

    Double-headed ‘Manors’ help WSR mark 40 years of steaming to Bishops Lydeard

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    A FOURTEEN-coach train hauled by a pair of Collett ‘Manor’ 4-6-0s was the undoubted highlight of the West Somerset Railway’s 40th Anniversary gala on June 8-9. The event celebrated four decades since the ‘Wizzer’ returned steam to Bishops Lydeard on June 9, 1979, and was a strong illustration that the worst of the railway’s problems…

  • Enhanced diesel loco services on West Somerset

    Enhanced diesel loco services on West Somerset

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    CLASS 37 No. D6948 arrived at the West Somerset Railway (WSR) on April 29 for a two-month visit.  The privately owned loco is in the care of the Growler Group, based at Toddington on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway. The blue-route loco is helping with WSR timetable services during the weight restriction period, and worked several days…

  • West Somerset gets triple ‘Manors’ as Raveningham Hall heads to Severn Valley Railway

    West Somerset gets triple ‘Manors’ as Raveningham Hall heads to Severn Valley Railway

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    The West Somerset Railway’s Minehead shed will offer a flavour of Machynlleth or Aberystwyth in 1950s this summer.

  • RTC Brush Type 2 stars at Chinnor & Princes gala

    RTC Brush Type 2 stars at Chinnor & Princes gala

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    CLASS 31 No. 31163 was well received by visitors at its home railway gala at Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway on April 5-7.

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