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| It's all downhill from Washford Station... |
Washford Station is situated at the second highest summit of the line between Watchet and Blue Anchor, at a point where road and rail take advantage of a gap in the hills that stretch from the coastal cliffs to the Brendon Hills inland.
The climb to Washford in either direction is fairly stiff for steam locomotives - coming up from Blue Anchor there is a one mile section at 1 in 65, the steepest on the line.
The station building is the original, built when the line opened in 1874. Next to the main building is a small wooden structure. This was the signal box and now houses a lever frame forming part of the Somerset & Dorset Railway Trust exhibits.
The Trust took over the then derelict site in 1976, and have transformed the area into one of the very best railway museums in the land. There are any number of artefacts, mostly saved from the old Somerset & Dorset Railway, nearly all restored in pristine condition. For more information about the Somerset & Dorset Railway Trust, visit their web site ...
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Panoramic view of the Station
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Map showing the location of the Station
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| Postcode: TA23 0PP |
| OS Grid Reference: ST044411 |
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Google Earth and Google Maps
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| See the Stations on Google Earth |
| If you have Google Earth, use the WSR KMZ file to see the WSR Stations. For a trip along the line from Minehead to Bishops Lydeard in Google Earth, once the KMZ file is loaded, click on the "West Somerset Railway" link (the one above "Minehead" in "Places" in Google Earth) and then find the "Play" symbol a little lower down, and then Google Earth will do the rest. Enjoy. |
| » Download the WSR KMZ file |
| See the Stations on Google Maps |
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