Locomotives of the Somerset & Dorset Railway - Past and Present
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Although the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway closed in 1966, its memory is kept alive by Ivo Peter-s wonderful collection of photographs and cine film featured in a series of books and DVD's about the line.
The Somerset & Dorset Railway Trust (Based at the Watercress Line) owns SDJR 7F 2-8-0 No. 88/53808, Peckett 0-4-0ST Kilmersdon and a collection of rolling stock that once ran on the SDJR along with two diesel shunting locomotives.
The Somerset & Dorset Railway Heritage Trust is a UK-registered charity which owns the museum and railway at Midsomer Norton railway station.
The impetus for creating this video came from a bag of old negatives rescued from a rubbish skip by a builder friend who kindly gave them to me. I began to scan them into my computer about 10 years ago, Covid has restricted my ability to obtain new video footage, so I revisited these old photos and decided it was time to share them along with video scenes taken at a number of heritage railways featuring S&D locomotives at various gala events over the last 10 years.
At the end of the video I have included a series of black and white photos, the location of which I'm uncertain, although I believe some were taken at Eastleigh, if you recognise or can date any of the locations please leave a comment in the comment section of this video.
Locomotives featured:
S&DJR Class 7F 2-8-0 No-s. 53809, 53808/88, 53810
BR Standard Class 9F 2-10-0 No's 92214, 92212, 92240
Peckett 0-4-0ST Kilmersdon
LMS Class 8F 2-8-0 No. 48624
SR Battle of Britain Class 4-6-2 No. 34053 -Sir Keith Park-
SR West Country Class 4-6-2 No. 34070 -Manston-
SR West Country Class 4-6-2 No. 34092 -City of Wells-
SR Battle of Britain Class 4-6-2 No. 34081 -92 Squadron-
SR West Country Class 4-6-2 No. 34007 -Wadebridge-
SR West Country Class No. 34043 Combe Martin
SR West Country Class No. 34042 Dorchester
SR Merchant Navy Class 4-6-2 No. 35006 -Peninsular & Oriental S. N. Co-
SR Merchant Navy Class 4-6-2 No. 35005 -Clan Line-
BR Standard Class 9F 2-10-0 No's 92214, 92212,
BR Standard Class 7 No. 70000 -Britannia-
BR Standard Class 5 No-s 45379, 45231, 48624
BR Standard Class 4 No. 76017
BR Standard 4MT Class 2-6-4T No. 80151
LMS Class 8F 2-8-0 No. 48624
LMS Ivatt Class 2 Tank No. 41312
LMS 4F 0-6-0 No. 44422
Fowler 2P Class 4-4-0 No. 40564
SR Maunsell Lord Nelson Class 7P 4-6-0 No. 30858
SR Maunsell King Arthur Class N15 5P 4-6-0 No's. 30800, 30781
LSWR Adams Radial Tank 4-4-2T No. 30584
LSWR Drummond T9 3P 4-4-0 No's. 30287, 30313, 30709
LSWR M7 0-4-4T No. 30223
WR Castle Class 4-6-0 No. 5075 Wellington
SR Maunsell Schools Class V 5P 4-4-0 No. 30918 Hurstpierpoint
LSWR Class 700 No's. 30701, 30691
Peter: Hi Tim, loved the video and the stills, especially those showing the LMS 4-4-0s on the double-headers. No. 35005 is of course -Canadian Pacific-. Cheers from Puf'n-Pete in Oz. Date: 2022-11-28
Fan Thank you Tim for an extremely interesting and entertaining video! The best bit for me was the shots starting at about 10m 10s showing very old goods trucks. Congratulations to the West Somerset for preserving these vehicles. Goods trucks are not often seen on heritage lines!
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Holyschmoe my cousins land borders worthy farm (the glastonbury site) and an old enbankmemt runs through there and a bit further up some guy bought a mk2 and a tiny shuter to put on some old rails there
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Neil Nice archived material there. That loco No. 88 could be dubbed -The Piano- as pianos have 88 keys! LOL reply
