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A look at the Bagnalls at work in the Longbridge days. John Hind explains. More...
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A photo feature showing the only main line run of Henbury - back in 1978
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Why are there different types and how do they work. Jon Tooke explains.
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B1, Commonwealth, B4? Bogies and how they work. Jon Tooke explains.
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A series of 29 pictures taken in 1972 when the line had been closed for a year...
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The Railway came to the rescue of the community during the snowfalls of February 1978.
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From January 1976 after the very first WSR train ran the full length of the line...
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How did the sans-turntable WSR turn a Terrier...
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Once upon a time a bus ran on the West Somerset rails...
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A chance to learn all about the Railway's very own Tail Lamp Repair Man
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Picture parade of buses that have provided valuable support to the Railway over the years.
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Picture parade of WSR Steam and Diesel locomotives since 1976.
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A brief look at DMUs on the line since the reopening in 1976 when the Railway tried to run a serious public railway.
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| | The Railway opens in 1862
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An account, researched by Chris van den Arend, of the opening of the West Somerset Railway in 1862. More...
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A collection of various posters and handbills about the WSR and its services produced over the years. Page not available.
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| | The Beatles in Somerset
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The "train sequence" on "A Hard Days Night" was filmed on the Minehead line in 1964.
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| | Sir Peregrine Acland Bt
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This Knight called a meeting at the Egremont Hotel at Williton, Somerset on 9 July 1856.
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A pictorial feature showing some of the many bridges on the line.
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The acquisition of land at Dene House for the building of a Railway.
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