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The West Somerset Railway (WSR) is a 22.75-mile (36.6 km) heritage railway line in Somerset, England.The freehold of the line and stations is owned by Somerset Council.The railway is leased to and operated by West Somerset Railway plc (WSR plc), which is supported and minority-owned by the West Somerset Railway Association (WSRA) charitable trust and the West Somerset Railway Heritage Trust ...
The West Somerset Mineral Railway was a standard gauge line in Somerset, England. [2] Originally expected to be 13 miles 420 yards (21.3 km) long [ 3 ] its length as built was 11 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (18.5 km), [ 1 ] with a 310-yard (280 m) branch to Raleigh's Cross Mine .
The West Somerset Mineral Railway opened in 1857 to carry iron ore from the Brendon Hills to the harbour at Watchet, [40] and the West Somerset Railway connected it with the main railway network in 1862. [39] In 1858 the Somerset Central Railway opened as part of a project to link Wales with France by way of a jetty near Burnham-on-Sea railway ...
An adjacent building on the platform is home to the Taunton Model Railway Group’s model railway layout. The original station offices with modern toilets are now used by the West Somerset Railway Association. [2] The eastern-side 1906-built platform, No.2, is today the station's main operating platform.
Washford was an intermediate station on the West Somerset Mineral Railway (WSMR), which was built primarily to carry iron ore from mines to Watchet harbour in Somerset, England. The line was unconnected to any other, though it passed under what is now the West Somerset Railway south of the village of Watchet.
After initially being preserved on the West Somerset Railway from 13 September 1993, this shunting locomotive went to the North Yorkshire Moors Railway on 11 March 1998. [168] Class 25: D7523 1965 1996 - 2011 D7523 was based on the West Somerset Railway from 30 April 1996 until it moved to the Epping Ongar Railway in September 2011. [169] Class ...
Comberow was an intermediate station on the West Somerset Mineral Railway (WSMR), which was built primarily to carry iron ore from mines to Watchet harbour in Somerset, England. The line was unconnected to any other, though it passed under what is now the West Somerset Railway south of the town of Watchet.
D1010 on the West Somerset Railway Class 52 D1062 disguised as D1040 Western Queen on the Severn Valley Railway in May 2022. Seven locomotives have survived into preservation at heritage railways, four Swindon built & three Crewe built. Two have run on the mainline in preservation with D1015 being passed to operate on the mainline since 2002.