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{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2015}}{{Use British English|date=July 2015}}{{Infobox heritage railway
| name = West Somerset Railway
| image =
| locale = {{stnlnk|Minehead}}, Somerset, England
| terminus = {{stnlnk|Minehead}}
{{stnlnk|Bishops Lydeard}}
| builtby = West Somerset Railway
Minehead Railway
| originalgauge = {{RailGauge|7ft}} to 1882
{{RailGauge|ussg}} since
| preservedgauge = {{RailGauge|ussg}}
| operator = West Somerset Railway
| stations = 11
| length = {{convert|22.75|mi|km}}
| com-years = 1862
| com-events = Opened to Watchet
| com-years1 = 1874
| com-events1 = Line completed
| com-years2 = 1882
| com-events2 = Converted to standard gauge
| com-years3 = 1971
| com-events3 = Closed
| stageyears = 1975
| stage = Light Railway Order Granted
| years = 1976
| events = Line (between Minehead and Williton) re-opened
| years1 = 1978
| events1 = Stogumber re-opens
| years2 = 1979
| events2 = Bishop's Lydeard & Crowcombe Heathfield both re-open
| years3 = 1981
| events3 = Line marked 10th anniversary of closure
| years4 = 1987
| events4 = Doniford Beach Halt opens
| years5 = 2009
| events5 = Norton Fitzwarren re-opens
| headquarters = Minehead
}}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). 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] Maintenance facilitiesThe old goods shed at {{stnlnk|Minehead}} has been converted to an engine shed for inspections and running repairs to the operational locomotives. A secure compound at {{stnlnk|Bishops Lydeard}} is the base for locomotives working from that end of the line. Most diesel locomotives work from the DEPG depot at {{stnlnk|Williton}}. The permanent way department is based at {{stnlnk|Dunster}} and maintain their wagons in the old goods shed there.[4] Restoration and heavy repairs are undertaken at several locations, including workshops attached to the engine sheds at Minehead and Williton. There is also another shed at Williton used for steam locomotive restoration and vintage coaches, the operating coaches are maintained in a modern shed at Minehead, and the SDRT have workshops at their museum at {{stnlnk|Washford}}.[4] Main line steam locomotivesThe first main line locomotive to operate on the line when it reopened in 1976 was 6400 Class 6412 which was purchased from the Dart Valley Railway and sold back to the South Devon Railway Trust in 2008. During its time on the West Somerset Railway it carried Flockton Flyer nameplates for a while after appearing in the television series of that name.[5][6] Other locomotives that have been on the railway but now gone elsewhere include GWR 2251 Class 3205 which is now on the South Devon Railway,[7] BR Standard Class 4 2-6-4T 80136,[8] and LB&SCR 'Terrier' 32678 Knowle. This had been displayed at the Butlins holiday camp at Minehead from 1964 until 1975; restoration was started at Minehead but was completed by the Kent and East Sussex Railway.[9] The following locomotives are currently based on the West Somerset Railway but may sometimes be away from the line. They are all Great Western Railway designs unless otherwise stated. Operational| Class | Number (& Name) | Builder | Livery | Image | Current status | Notes | | GWR 4-6-0 "6959" Modified Hall | 6960 Raveningham Hall | Swindon Works | GWR Lined Green, GW Lettering | Operational | 6960 is a later version of the original 4900's but with a number of changes: the class had Plate frames, cylinders cast separately from the smokebox saddle, larger super heaters & flatsided Hawksworth tenders. 6960 was withdrawn from service in June 1964 and sold to Woodham Brothers scrapyard in Barry, South Wales for cutting up. She was saved in 1972 and moved to Steamtown Carnforth as the 26th departure from Barry. Restored in 1975, she was then based at the Severn Valley Railway where she ran with 4930 Hagley Hall's Hawksworth tender while her own was put behind 4930. She left the Severn Valley in 1996 and was eventually sold to Jeremy Hosking. After completion of an overhaul in 2009 she moved to the West Somerset Railway. | | GWR 4-6-0 "7800" Manor | 7822 Foxcote Manor | Swindon Works | BR Unlined Black, Early Emblem | Operational | Normally based at the Llangollen Railway and originally a visitor for the 2017 Autumn Steam Gala but will now be a long term resident on the line. Returned to traffic in April 2016 after undergoing a heavy boiler Overhaul. Boiler ticket expires in 2026. (black backed name and number plates) | | GWR 4-6-0 "7800" Manor | 7828 Odney Manor | Swindon Works | BR Lined Green, Early Emblem | Operational | 7828 Odney Manor was first sent to Shrewsbury shed and spent nine years there. 1961 saw it move to Croes Newydd, then two years later it found its way to {{stnlnk>Aberystwyth}} for a short while before returning to Shrewsbury, from where it was withdrawn in 1965, moving to Barry in 1966.
It was rescued privately in 1981 and moved to the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway where restoration was completed by 1987. It worked on the Gwilli Railway, Llangollen Railway and East Lancashire Railway before coming to the WSR in 1995. Its owners sold it to the WSR in 2004[10] On 17 June 2011 it was renamed Norton Manor after 40 Commando’s base alongside the railway at Norton Fitzwarren. The Great Western Railway had intended to give this name 7830 but the order for this locomotive was cancelled. It has been repainted in the BR lined green livery that it carried in 1957.[11]
The engine re-entered service in December 2018 following boiler repairs. | | S&DJR 7F 2-8-0 | 53808 | Robert Stephenson and Co | BR Unlined Black, Late Crest | Operational | The S&DJR had a number of these large locomotives based at {{stnlnk>Bath Green Park}} for working heavy freight trains over the Mendip Hills, but they also took their turn on summer Saturday passenger trains.
88 was built by Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns in 1925. After it had been taken into the London Midland and Scottish Railway fleet it became number 9678, but this was later changed to 13808 so its British Railways number was 53808. It then received a second hand boiler from Midland Railway 4P 4-4-0 41092. It was sold and moved to Woodham Brothers’ Barry scrap yard in 1964, but was rescued by the SDJT in 1970. Their museum at Radstock was closed in 1976 and so their locomotives were moved to the WSR. It finally returned to steam in 1987[12] and has carried several numbers and liveries since then; it is currently (from March 2016) in British Railways black with number 53808. Returned to service in 2016 following a ten-yearly overhaul. |
Out of service| Class | Number (& Name) | Builder | Livery | Image | Current status | Notes | | GWR 2-6-2T "4500" Small Prairie | 4561 | Swindon Works | N/A | Under Overhaul | The 'small prairie' locomotives were designed for lighter duties on often lengthy branch lines. The 4500 Class were introduced in 1906. 4561 was built in 1924, working initially in the Birmingham area for three years before moving southwards, settling in {{stnlnk>Truro}} from 1938. Twenty years later it moved to {{stnlnk|Newton Abbot}} from where it regularly worked the Kingsbridge branch line. In 1962 it was sold for scrap to the Woodham Brothers.
It was purchased by the WSRA in 1975 and was placed in service in 1989. It was taken out of service in 1998 when its boiler certificate expired[13] and is now undergoing a full overhaul.[14] | | GWR 4-6-0 "6000" King | 6024 King Edward I | Swindon Works | BR Lined Green, Late Crest (on completion) | Under Overhaul | The 'Kings' were introduced in 1927 and were the Great Western Railway’s largest express passenger locomotives. King Edward I, which was built in 1930, is one of the heritage steam locomotives that is equipped to Network Rail’s standards for working trains on the main line and is regular seen at the head of excursions and trains such as the Torbay Express. 6024 has spent several periods based on the railway between working main line services. It returned to the railway on 17 March 2012 and worked a number of trains in the following weeks and was then moved into Minehead workshops for its ten-yearly overhaul.[15]
6024 is currently undergoing her 10 yearly overhaul and it's hoped for 6024 to be back in operation at some time in 2017. With gauging issues being a problem for the King class, 6024 is having new cylinders fitted which will be cast in a higher strength material allowing the width of 6024 to be slightly reduced. This will help overcome the majority of gauging issues that became apparent during her last operating period on the mainline.[16] | | GWR 0-6-2T "5600" tank | 6695 | Swindon Works | N/A | Under Overhaul | The GWR 5600 Class were built between 1924 and 1928. They were designed by C.B Collett for the Great Western Railway (GWR), and were introduced into traffic in 1924. After the 1923 grouping, Swindon inherited a large and variable collection of locomotives from historic Welsh railway companies, which did not fit into their standardisation programme. Two hundred GWR 5600 class replacement locomotives were built and remained in service until withdrawn by British Railways between 1962 and 1965. Nine of the class survived into preservation with 6695 being one such example.
6695 arrived at the line in 2015 originally as a visitor for a steam gala but following an incident where the low-loader that was transporting it from the Swanage Railway collapsed under its weight which resulted in damage to 6695 and its place being taken by 5643 for the gala it has since then been undergoing overhaul. Upon its return to service, 6695 will become a resident of the WSR as part of a 25-year loan agreement with its owners.[17] | | GWR 2-6-0 "9351" Mogul | 9351 | Swindon Works (5193) | BR Lined Green, Early Emblem (on completion) | Under Overhaul | Great Western locomotives were built from a range of standardised components, which were assembled in different ways to suit different traffic needs. The basic parts of the 'large prairie' 2-6-2Ts were considered at different times as being the possible basis of a small 2-6-0 'mogul', but this was never followed through. 5193 was purchased for preservation in 1979 and moved from Barry Island to Steamport Southport where restoration to running order was planned to be undertook.
5193's then owners however were unable to afford the restoration job required to return the engine to steam and with the shed being full with both the museum's operational engines and other engines that were on display, for most of 5193's time in Southport the engine was stored next to the museum's turntable. 5193 was later purchased by the WSR in 1998 and moved to Minehead where restoration to running order was to be undertook. Because of the degree of work needed to restore it as a tank locomotive, and because a small tender locomotive was thought to be more useful on the lengthy railway, it was decided in 2000 to convert it to this mooted 2-6-0. Work was completed in 2004 when it appeared in plain GWR green livery.[18]
She is presently undergoing overhaul at Minehead. As Of February 2019 the locomotive is set to return to steam in Spring 2019 with her 1st Gala Appearance since overhaul at the WSR's Autumn Steam Gala.[19] | | LMS 0-6-0 Fowler 4F | 44422 | Derby Works | BR Unlined Black, Late Crest | Under Repair | The first of these Class 4Fs were built for the Midland Railway to a design by Henry Fowler in 1911. They continued to be built after the 'grouping' of 1923 by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway until 1941 by which time 772 had been built. Number 4422 was built at Derby Works in 1927. It was initially allocated to Leicester, then to Wigston in 1929, Bristol in 1940, and Bath Green Park in 1948, when it was renumbered 44422. It spent the rest of its working life in the South West of England, often running over the former Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway. It was withdrawn from Gloucester shed in 1965 and sold to the Woodham Brothers for scrap. It was purchased by the 44422 Locomotive Company in 1977 and taken to the Churnet Valley Railway, where it was eventually restored to working order in 1990.[20]
Since then it has worked on many preserved lines, including the East Lancashire and Nene Valley railways. The locomotive arrived at the West Somerset Railway on a 25-year loan agreement following overhaul at Crewe Heritage Centre in February 2016.[21][22]
44422 was later withdrawn from service requiring a bottom end overhaul at Minehead. In January 2019 it was announced that the west somerset railway had terminated the loan agreement. The engine at this stage still requires considerable work before it can run again, the engine will later be moving to a new home which is still being finalised. |
{{Clear}}Off-site| Class | Number (& Name) | Builder | Livery | Image | Current status | Notes | | GWR 2-6-2T "5101" Large Prairie | 4160 | Swindon Works | N/A | Under Overhaul | The first 'large prairie' locomotives were built by the GWR in 1909, but 4160 was not built until 1948. By this time British Railways had taken over, and so it is preserved in BR green livery with the later "lion in wheel" totem. It was delivered to the engine shed at {{stnlnk>Barry}} and worked from various sheds around south Wales until it was withdrawn from {{stnlnk|Severn Tunnel Junction}} in 1965.
4160 then returned to Barry, but this time to Woodham Brothers’ scrap yard. It was purchased by the Birmingham Railway Museum in 1974 but restoration was not completed before it was sold again to the Plym Valley Railway. The engine remains wholly owned by 4160 Ltd since its purchase by Plym Valley Railway who originally formed the 4160 limited company. It was finally returned to service in 1993. The boiler ticket expired in January 2016 and it is currently at the Llangollen Railway for its 10-year overhaul.[23] | | GWR 4-6-0 "4900" Hall" | 4936 Kinlet Hall | Swindon Works | N/A | Under Overhaul | Undergoing Mainline standard overhaul at Tyseley Locomotive Works. Planned to return to the WSR following completion of overhaul, return to service expected to be in 2019. | | GWR 2-6-2T "4575" Small Prairie | 5542 | Swindon Works | GWR Unlined Green, Shirtbutton logo | Operational | The 4575 class, similar to the 4500 Class represented by here 4561, but with a larger water tank and other improvements, first appeared in 1927. Number 5542 was turned out from Swindon in 1928 and was immediately sent to {{stnlnk>Gloucester}} but it then moved southwards and even spent a time based at Taunton.
Withdrawn in 1961, the following year it too was sold to the Woodham Brothers and spent 13 years at Barry before being brought by the WSRA. Restoration took until 2002 and it is now in service in GWR unlined green livery. As it is a little underpowered for the heavy trains that now run on the railway it often spends long periods working on other railways.[24] Similar 5521 was purchased from Woodhams’ at the same time as 4561 and 5542 but was sold on to the Dean Forest Railway before it was restored.[25] | | GWR 4-6-0 "4073" Castle | 7027 Thornbury Castle | Swindon Works | N/A | Under Restoration | The Castle class were a smaller version of the Kings but with bigger driving wheels than the later with the first member of the class 4073 "Caerphilly Castle" being built in August 1923. 7027 Thornbury Castle was one of the final post war batch of Castle's being built by British Railways in August 1949.
She was first allocated to Plymouth Laira shed in 1949 before being transferred to Swindon's 82C shed in Oct 1951. Further transfers included to Old Oak Common (81A) less than a month later in Nov 1951, Worcester (85A) in Apr 1960 before moving to her final allocation at Reading (81D) in Aug 1963. Here she was to remain until her final withdrawal from service in Dec 1963. Following withdrawal she was sent to Barry Scrapyard arriving there in 1964, she was rescued from Barry Island by the Birmingham Railway Museum in Aug 1972 and left as the 23rd departure moving to Tyseley. She was later purchased from Tyseley by Pete Waterman and moved to Crewe Heritage Centre.
She has yet to turn a wheel in preservation and following purchase by John Jones Pratt she has recently begun being restored to working order at Crosville Motor Services in Weston-super-Mare. A recent agreement with the WSR & John Jones Pratt has been made and the result being that the engine will be moved in the future to Williton where the engines restoration from scrapyard condition will commence. It is planned for the engine to be certified for operation on the mainline to work railtours in the future when completed, but she will be available for use on the WSR too. The engines restoration is expected to take around six years. [26] | | GWR 4-6-0 "7800" Manor | 7821 Ditcheat Manor | Swindon Works | BR Lined Black, Early Emblem | Static Display | The 'Manor' Class was designed by Charles Collett as a large lightweight locomotive for long but lightly constructed routes, mainly in west Wales and south west England. Construction of the first 20 started at Swindon in 1938, followed by another 10 in 1950 for British Railways. 7821 Ditcheat Manor is now the property of the WSRA.[27] It was moved in 2010 to Swindon's Steam Museum where it was displayed for eight years. In August 2018 it moved to the nearby Swindon Designer Outlet for display.[28][29] It is painted in BR black livery. |
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Main line dieselsThe following mainline diesel locomotives are currently based on the railway (incomplete list): | Class | Number (& Name) | Livery | Image | Current status | Notes | | BR Class 52 "Western" C-C | D1010 Western Campaigner | BR Maroon | Under repair | The 'Western' class were the last and most powerful of the Western Region's diesel-hydraulics. 1010 was built at Swindon in 1962 and was initially based at Old Oak Common TMD in London. After just 14 months it moved to Laira which was to be its most familiar depot, but it did spend a short time working out of Landore TMD in Wales during 1968. 1010 was bought by Foster Yeoman after being withdrawn by British Rail in 1977 and was moved to their depot at Merehead. The locomotive moved to Didcot Railway Centre in 1985 where it was restored to working order. A further move saw it brought to the WSR in 1991 and it was then sold to the DEPG who had been responsible for its restoration and operation. During its time with Foster Yeoman it assumed the identity of 1035 Western Yeoman but it returned to its original number and name in 1992. It is currently painted in British Railways maroon livery.[30]It is currently Planned to run at the DEPG Diesel Gala in June 2019[31] | | British Rail Class 47 Co-Co | 1661 "North Star" | BR Green | Under repair | The Class 47, or 'Brush Type 4', was the British Railways standard large diesel-electric locomotive of the mid-1960s and was designed to operate similar trains to the 'Westerns'. Only a few were initially allocated to the Western Region and most of these were given names that had originally been carried by Great Western Railway locomotives, in 1661’s case this dated back to the broad gauge Star Class but the North Star name had also been carried by four other GWR locomotives, the most recent being Castle Class 4000. 1661 received its name in a ceremony performed by Ray Gunter, the Minister of Labour, at London Paddington station on 20 March 1965.[32] It was allocated to Landore TMD until 1973 when it was transferred to Old Oak Common, after which it moved around various sheds. Its number was changed to 47077 under the TOPS scheme in 1974 and then became 47613 when fitted with electric train heating equipment ten years later.[33] In 1989 it was rebuilt with additional fuel tanks which caused it to be renumbered again as 47840. It was part of the Virgin Trains fleet until 2002 and then was hired to various operators by its owner, Porterbrook. It was finally withdrawn in 2008,[34] repainted into two-tone British Railways green livery, renumbered back to 1661, and sent to the WSR. It is now part of the DEPG fleet based at Williton.[35] | | British Rail Class 33 "Crompton" Bo-Bo | D6566 | BR Green | Operational | The Class 33 was built by the Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company and were the Southern Region’s principal diesel-electric locomotive. They were also familiar working inter-regional freight and passenger trains on the Western Region. ? | | British Rail Class 33 "Crompton" Bo-Bo | D6575 | BR Green | Operational | ?
6575 became 33057 in 1973 and spent most of its working life at Hither Green TMD from where it was withdrawn in 1995 but was retained for staff training until sold to a private buyer for preservation in 1997 when it moved to the WSR. It carries British Rail green livery with full yellow ends. 6575 was also based at Hither Green until 1985 after when it spent time at both Stewarts Lane TMD and Eastleigh TMD; from 1991 it carried the name Seagull. It was withdrawn in 1997 and eventually sold to freight operator Direct Rail Services, however it was never put into traffic and instead was sold to a private buyer and moved to the WSR in 2005. It was intended to be a source of spares for 6566,[36] however its restoration was started in February 2010.[37] It also carries green livery but with the original half-height yellow ends.[38] | | British Rail Class 35 "Hymek" B-B | D7017 | BR Green | Operational | The 'Hymek' class of mid-power diesel-hydraulics were built by Beyer Peacock for working both passenger and freight services on the Western Region and were familiar on the Minehead branch before it became a heritage railway. Both of the WSR’s Class 35's were delivered to Bristol Bath Road TMD in January 1962. Both moved to Old Oak Common in 1971 and were withdrawn in 1975.
7017 was purchased by the DEPG and moved to {{stnlnk>Taunton}} in 1975 & is as of 2017 operational on the WSR is in traffic wearing BR green. | | British Rail Class 35 "Hymek" B-B | D7018 | N/A | Undergoing overhaul | 7018 like sister 7017 was delivered to Bristol Bath Road TMD in January 1962 before being moved to Old Oak Common in 1971 and was withdrawn in 1975. 7018 was sold for private preservation and moved to Didcot where the DEPG were planning to restore her to working order. It is nearing the end of a major overhaul in 2019 and is planned to emerge on completion wearing BR green like her sister 7017. | | British Rail Class 14 0-6-0 | D9518 | N/A | Under Restoration | The Class 14 were small diesel-hydraulic locomotives built at Swindon for working Western Region branch lines but they were soon surplus to requirements as these were closed following the Reshaping of British Railways report. 9518 entered service in October 1964 at Cardiff Canton and worked from there until placed in store April 1969. It was sold to the National Coal Board for use at Ashington Colliery in Northumberland.[39] After it was no longer needed by the NCB, it went to the Nene Valley Railway to provide spare parts for other Class 14s that were based there. Late in 2011 it was moved to Williton and there are long-term plans to restore it to service.[40] | | British Rail Class 14 0-6-0 | D9526 | BR Green | Operational | 9526 was delivered to Bristol Bath Road in January 1965, joined 9518 at Cardiff Canton in May 1967 but was withdrawn before the end of 1968. It was then purchased by Blue Circle Industries to shunt the sidings at their cement factory at {{stnlnk>Westbury}} alongside the Taunton to London line. It was sold to the DEPG in 1979 and arrived on the WSR on 3 April 1980. Restoration was completed in 1984; it carries British Railways green livery and is used on freight or light passenger trains.[39][41] Another Class 14, D9551, also worked on the West Somerset Railway for many years but has now moved elsewhere.[42] |
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