Overhauls, restorations and running notes

‘Austerity’ 060STs No. 68067 and NCB No. 18 ...

In the first 15 years of its life as a heritage line, steam on the West Somerset Railway underwent a remarkable transformation, from humble industrials to stars from the National Collection.

Your guide to the galas, special events and main line railtours

While several locomotives with Somerset & Dorset links have survived into preservation, two of the line’s biggest survivors, ‘7Fs’ Nos. 53808 and 53809 will be missing this anniversary due to overhauls.

T WO OF the last locomotives from ‘Collection ...