Emotions ran high as a coffin with the message 'S&D died today' was loaded on to S&D Railway's last service train in March 1966 The 50th anniversary of the closing of the Somerset and Dorset Railway ...

Bob Downes was 19 when he began working as a porter at Shillingstone station in 1962, before training as a signalman. "There was always a busyness about the station, I miss it so much," he says of his ...

For more than a century the Somerset and Dorset Railway (S&D) served as a lifeline for rural communities - transporting coal, commuters and holidaymakers alike. The historic line ran between Bath in ...

A long-abandoned Somerset railway line has been recognised as one of the UK's most picturesque lost railway lines. The 105-mile journey from Bristol to Dorset, which ceased operations in March 1966, ...

FIFTY years ago, the railway line that brought thousands of people to Bournemouth for their holidays was shut for good. Those holiday trains were far from the only purpose of the Somerset & Dorset ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Train Simulator: Somerset & Dorset Railway Route Add-On The Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway (S&DJR) is a fondly remembered name in the minds of steam fans ...

Swanage Railway volunteers at Herston Halt support Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance’s £1m appeal for a second life-saving ...

On 5 March 1966 a coffin with the words "S&D died today" was loaded on to the very last train in a mock funeral to mark the service's demise. At its height, the line linked places like Bridgwater, ...

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