List of rolling stock preserved on the West Somerset Railway
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The rolling stock preserved on the West Somerset Railway is used to operate trains on the West Somerset Railway (WSR), a heritage railway in Somerset, England. There is a variety of preserved steam and diesel locomotives and diesel multiple units, passenger coaches and goods wagons. Most of these are typical of Great Western Railway (GWR) branch lines in Somerset, or of the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway (SDJR). Some are owned by the railway itself but most are owned by various individuals or voluntary groups such as the West Somerset Railway Association (WSRA), Diesel and Electric Preservation Group (DEPG), and Somerset and Dorset Railway Trust (SDRT).
West Somerset Railway | |
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Locale | Minehead, Somerset, England |
Terminus | Minehead Bishops Lydeard |
Commercial operations | |
Built by | West Somerset Railway Minehead Railway |
Original gauge | 7 ft (2,134 mm) to 1882 4 ft 8+1ā2 in (1,435 mm) since |
Preserved operations | |
Operated by | West Somerset Railway |
Stations | 11 |
Length | 22.75 miles (36.61 km) |
Preserved gauge | 4 ft 8+1ā2 in (1,435 mm) |
1862 | Opened to Watchet |
1874 | Line completed |
1882 | Converted to standard gauge |
1971 | Closed |
Preservation history | |
1975 | Light Railway Order granted |
1976 | Line (between Minehead and Williton) re-opened |
1978 | Stogumber re-opens |
1979 | Bishop's Lydeard & Crowcombe Heathfield both re-open |
1981 | Line marked 10th anniversary of closure |
1987 | Doniford Beach Halt opens |
2009 | Norton Fitzwarren re-opens |
Headquarters | Minehead |
The line is also regularly visited by locomotives based elsewhere. Some come for a day on a railtour, others for a few days or weeks to take part in a special gala, but a few stay for many months and form part of the stock working scheduled trains. Over the years these have included well known locomotives such as City of Truro, Taw Valley, Duke of Gloucester, Evening Star,[1] Royal Scot, Tornado,[2] Bittern, Britannia, Sir Lamiel and King Edward I.[3]