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The Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway (S&DJR, also known as the S&D, S&DR or SDJR), was an English railway line jointly owned by the Midland Railway (MR) and the London and South Western Railway (LSWR) that grew to connect Bath (in north-east Somerset) and Bournemouth (then in Hampshire; now in south-east Dorset), with a branch in Somerset from Evercreech Junction to Burnham-on-Sea and Bridgwater.
The railway had a locomotive, carriage and wagon works at Highbridge, Somerset, but this closed in 1930. Note that the locomotive history of the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway is complicated by the many reboilerings, rebuildings, and renumberings, not all of which are captured in the table.
Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway: Original gauge: 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge: Preserved operations; Stations: Midsomer Norton South: Length: 1 mile (2 km) Commercial history; Opened: 1862: Closed: 1966: Preservation history; 1996: Somerset & Dorset Trackbed Trust signed a lease to start restoration of the station building and ...
West Somerset: Railway: The museum contains relics of the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway (S&DJR), including station nameboards, lamps, tools, signalling equipment, tickets, photographs, handbills, rolling stock and steam locomotives. [156] The Trust's Peckett and Sons 0-4-0ST No. 1788 "Kilmersdon" is normally based here.
The S&DR George England 2-4-0 were 2-4-0 steam locomotives built by George England for the Somerset and Dorset Railway (S&DR) and its predecessor, the Somerset Central Railway (SCR). There were frequent re-numberings, which explains the presence of two number 11s. [2]
It arrived at the West Somerset Railway on 2 November 1994. It went to the Somerset & Dorset Museum at Radstock in 1994 but returned to the WSR in 1996. It moved to Peak Rail on 12 November 2012. [165] Class 04: D2271 1958 1982 - 2018
No. 53809 crosses the Butterley Reservoir causeway on the Midland Railway - Butterley. The Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway (S&DJR) 7F 2-8-0 is a class of steam locomotive designed for hauling heavy coal and goods trains. Eleven were built in two batches in 1914 and 1925, and were used until withdrawal between 1959 and 1964.
Built for the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway Nos. 1–5. Numerous rebuilds and conversions, e.g.: No. 1 converted to 0-6-0 tender loco in 1888, reconverted to saddle tank 1908. Four more in 1876 (Nos.320–323) [6] 266: 1875 0-4-0ST 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in: Scrapped Built for Cannock & Rugeley Colliery Co to work the Canock Chase Railways.