For more than a century the Somerset and Dorset Railway (S&D) served as a lifeline for rural communities - transporting coal, commuters and holidaymakers alike. The historic line ran between Bath in ...

A rare, vintage train carriage which a couple had used as makeshift shed has been lifted out of their garden to be donated to a railway trust. The Somerset and Dorset Railway Trust will restore the ...

Image source, G A Richardson, Somerset and Dorset Railway Trust Bob Downes was 19 when he began working as a porter at Shillingstone station in 1962, before training as a signalman. "There was always ...