The Somerset & Dorset Railway

Somerset & Dorset Railway

The Somerset & Dorset Railway is located in Midsomer Norton.

An overall view of Midsomer Norton station

At the moment no passenger trains run at the site except on special events, but I highly recommend a visit to the site as there a lot going on there at the moment!
The best time to visit would be on a Sunday or Monday.
An extension is currently being built which will make the line about ¼ of a mile longer than before!

The line has two locomotives, a Vertical Boiler’d 0-4-0 Sentinel similar to the type used for shunting at Radstock and an English Electric 0-6-0 Diesel shunter named David. J Cook.

The line has it’s own workshop facility’s housed in the old Goods Shed, upon visiting the site, you are likely to see lots of Rolling stock in certain stages of Restoration, as-well as recently restored vehicles!

FUTURE PLANS

Well, of course the line is still being rebuilt, which means there is still a good lot of work on nearly 2 miles of track! A new 1/4 mile extention is now being built and a Huddswell Clarke 0-6-0T is being restored at Henstridge Airfield. It is hoped that it will be running regularly in 2011!

Website: http://www.sdjr.co.uk/

Operating days: Teddy Bears Picnic May 30th.  Midsummer at Midsomer June 19th-20th.  Heritage open weekend September 11th-12th.  Santa at the Station December 11th-12th.

Line Length: 1/2 a mile.

Operational Locomotives:

• Sentinel 0-4-0 vertical boilered steam loco (Not in service, under restoration)
• English electric 0-6-0DH No.10 David. J Cook
• Huddswell Clarke 0-6-0T (Under restoration at Henstridge, hoped to be running in 2011)

Midsomer Norton Station track plan:

Midsomer Norton station Track plan (Click to enlarge!!!)

1. Car Park
2. Station Building
3. Toilets
4. Signal Box
5. View points
6. Museum
7. Open wagon outside Museum
8. Goods platform outside seating area for Buffet
9. Buffet Car
10. Locomotive shed
11. Box wagon next to Platform 1
12. Pill-Box (WWII Museum)
13. Garden areas

Gallery:

Sentinel 0-4-0VB in the yard

English Electric 0-6-0 Diesel loco 'David.J Cook'

The Station Building at Midsomer Norton

Video Area:

Here is a video I found on Youtube of a ride up the line at Midsomer Norton.