The Somerset & Dorset Railway

Somerset & Dorset Railway

An overall view of MSN Station site

The Somerset & Dorset Railway is located in Midsomer Norton.

Regular passenger trains started running at the site in October of 2010. 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.
Recently completed is a 1/4 mile extension towards Chillcompton as well as an Engineering Siding.

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: Regular Train services are set to recommence from Easter.

Events:

Easter Egg Hunt: April 23rd & 24th
Teddy Bears Picnic: May 29th
Midsummer at Midsomer: June 18th & 19th
Heritage Open days: September 10th & 11th
Santa at the Station: December 17th & 18th

Other operating dates:

June 26
July 3rd – 10th – 17th – 24th – 31st
August 7th – 14th – 21st – 28th
September 4th – 18th – 25th
October 2nd – 19th

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)