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Title: North Dorset Railway Trust - Shillingstone Post by: JayMac on March 08, 2020, 16:25:43 Finn and I took a visit to the North Dorset Railway Trust at Shillingstone Station today, 8th March 2020.
Work continues apace here restoring the station and environs. A longer term aim is to relay track north to Sturminster Newton and become a proper heritage railway. The volunteers here are a friendly bunch, happy to chat and explain the work going on, and to inform of the history of the Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway. (http://i598.photobucket.com/albums/tt68/bignosemac/15836829980993_zpsllsnqt5v.jpg) (http://i598.photobucket.com/albums/tt68/bignosemac/15836829708341_zps7p5xypkv.jpg) (http://i598.photobucket.com/albums/tt68/bignosemac/15836829982535_zpsksgrhsdr.jpg) (http://i598.photobucket.com/albums/tt68/bignosemac/15836830281522_zpsory1ma3h.jpg) (http://i598.photobucket.com/albums/tt68/bignosemac/15836830280601_zpsbneamktd_edit_1583683066297_zps8c6fgx9g.jpg) (http://i598.photobucket.com/albums/tt68/bignosemac/15836829981424_zpsgh6ze5ps_edit_1583683304989_zpsevgtvbnq.jpg) Finished our trip with a coffee and a bacon bap and had the cafe carriage to ourselves. (http://i598.photobucket.com/albums/tt68/bignosemac/15836845950320_zpsqzntccq2.jpg) Title: Re: North Dorset Railway Trust - Shillingstone Post by: wabbit on March 08, 2020, 18:48:33 I was down there before Christmas. They've done a great job there. Looking forward to seeing the line running north and south of the station in due course.
Title: Re: North Dorset Railway Trust - Shillingstone Post by: PhilWakely on March 08, 2020, 20:11:41 Good to see the old Broadclyst station shunter DS1169 is stil in existence!
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