Photographs

One of the aims of the New S&D is to build up a public archive of material relating to the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway, consisting of historical documents and records of the state of the line today.

Contribute! If you would like to contribute photos to this archive, please email them to info@somersetanddorsetrailway.co.uk. Photos sent to us will be correctly attributed and labelled with whatever copyright notice you ask for.  The only thing we ask for in return is the right to use your photos on our website and in our promotional material.

Sample Photos From Our Archive

Home-page-charlton-marshall.jpg Wagons on the Incline at Kilmersdon Colliery, Dropping Down to Radstock North Railway Station. Photo From the Rail Thing/steve Sainsbury Collection (c1960). © All Rights Reserved Photo From the Rail Thing/steve Sainsbury Collection (c.1968). © All Rights Reserved. Photo From the Rail Thing/steve Sainsbury Collection (c1960). © All Rights Reserved. Photo From the Rail Thing/steve Sainsbury Collection (c1960). © All Rights Reserved. Postcard Shot of Midsomer Norton and Welton Railway Station (c1900). End of the 'up' Platform, the Steps That Lead From the Road That Runs Underneath the Bridge, and Also Shows the Site of the Signal Box in the Centre of the Photo. on the Right Side of the Photo, You Can See the 'trailway'/ Trackbed Heading North Towards Charlton Marshall. Photo by Dean Cockwell (january 2012). © All Rights Reserved Postcard of Spetisbury Station Site. Photo by Unknown (c1950). © All Rights Reserved. This Image From Http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/672725 is Licensed Under the Creative Commons Attribution-share Alike 2.0 Generic License. by Tudor Williams ( Http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/7492 ) This Image From Http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/672804 is Licensed Under the Creative Commons Attribution-share Alike 2.0 Generic License. by Tudor Williams ( Http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/7492 ) Masbury Station, with Up Express. View Southward, Towards Shepton Mallet, Evercreech Junction, Templecombe and Bournemouth West. it is a Summer Saturday, When the Difficult Somerset & Dorset Line From Bath to Bournemouth was Worked to Capacity with Holiday Trains. This is the 11.40 Bournemouth West to Cleethorpes, Here with Lms 4f 0-6-0 Piloting Southern Light Pacific No. 34041 'wilton'. This Image From Http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2180927 is Licensed Under the Creative Commons Attribution-share Alike 2.0 Generic License. by Ben Brooksbank ( Http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/44502 ) Binegar Railway Station. Picture Shows the Old Station Buildings, and Tall Signal Box, and Also the Signals and Track. This Image From Http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/672494 is Licensed Under the Creative Commons Attribution-share Alike 2.0 Generic License. by Tudor Williams ( Http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/7492 ) View Ne, Towards Bath; Somerset & Dorset Bath - Templecombe - Bournemouth Line, High Up in Mendip Hills. This Image From Http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1799708 is Licensed Under the Creative Commons Attribution-share Alike 2.0 Generic License. by Ben Brooksbank ( Http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/44502 ) This Image From Http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/672754 is Licensed Under the Creative Commons Attribution-share Alike 2.0 Generic License. by Tudor Williams ( Http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/7492 ) Somerset & Dorset Train Near Shoscombe & Single Hill Halt View Eastward, Towards Bath; S&D Bath - Templecombe - Bournemouth Line (closed 7/3/66). This was a Relatively Level Stretch of This Mountainous Line, Along the Welland Valley Before the Real Climbing Began at Radstock. the Train is the 16.35 Bath (green Park) to Templecombe, BR Standard 4mt 4-6-0 No. 75071 Returning From Bath. This Image From Http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2118355 is Licensed Under the Creative Commons Attribution-share Alike 2.0 Generic License. by Ben Brooksbank ( Http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/44502 ) Southbound Pines Express Passing Shoscombe & Single Hill Halt, S&D Joint Line View Ne, Towards Bath (green Park); Ex-somerset & Dorset (midland & London & South Western) Bath - Templecombe - Bournemouth Line. on a Summer Saturday and This was the Manchester (dep. London Road 10.25) Portion of the Pines Express: the Sr Light Pacific No. 34041 'wilton' is Piloted by Lms 4f 0-6-0 No. 44424. This Image From Http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2189820 is Licensed Under the Creative Commons Attribution-share Alike 2.0 Generic License. by Ben Brooksbank ( Http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/44502 ) Midford Station After Vegetation Clearance. Photo by David Bailey (18 December 2011). © All Rights Reserved. Midford Station After Vegetation Clearance. Photo by David Bailey (18 December 2011). © All Rights Reserved. Bath (green Park) Station, Interior View Westward, Outward From Buffer-stops on Platforms 1 and 2, with an Express From Birmingham to Bournemouth West Arriving (headed by an Ubiquitous Stanier Class 5 4-6-0); This Train Will Reverse to Continue to Bournemouth Over the S&D Joint Line. This Image From Http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1770316 is Licensed Under the Creative Commons Attribution-share Alike 2.0 Generic License. by Ben Brooksbank ( Http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/44502 ) Bath (green Park) Station View Westward of Imposing Front of Station; at Corner of Green Park (to Left) with James Street (ahead). This Image From Http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1770297 is Licensed Under the Creative Commons Attribution-share Alike 2.0 Generic License. by Ben Brooksbank ( Http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/44502 ) Prestleigh Viaduct. Photo by Pete Harlow Http://www.catnip.co.uk/tracks/england/ (c1997). © All Rights Reserved. Site of Demolished Prestleigh Viaduct. Photo by Pete Harlow Http://www.catnip.co.uk/tracks/england/ (c2003). © All Rights Reserved. View Over Top of Templecombe Lower Station. Photo From the Steve Sainsbury / Rail Thing Collection (c1960). © All Rights Reserved. Photo From the Cl Caddy Collection, Courtesy of Jim Type (c1950). © All Rights Reserved. Photo From the Cl Caddy Collection, Courtesy of Jim Type (c1950). © All Rights Reserved. Photo From the Cl Caddy Collection, Courtesy of Jim Type (c1950). © All Rights Reserved. Photo From the Cl Caddy Collection, Courtesy of Jim Type (c1950). © All Rights Reserved. Photo From the Rail Thing/steve Sainsbury Collection (c1960). © All Rights Reserved. Photo From the Cl Caddy Collection, Courtesy of Jim Type (c1950). © All Rights Reserved. Photo of Templecombe Upper From the Cl Caddy Collection, Courtesy of Jim Type (c1950). © All Rights Reserved. Photo by Unknown, Courtesy of Jim Type (c1950). © All Rights Reserved. Photo From the Cl Caddy Collection, Courtesy of Jim Type (c1950). © All Rights Reserved. Spetisbury Station, From the Blandford Museum Collection. Photo by Unknown (c1910). © All Rights Reserved. Photo by Unknown (c1950). © All Rights Reserved. Photo From the Cl Caddy Collection, Courtesy of Jim Type (c1950). © All Rights Reserved. Photo by Jim Type (c1980). © All Rights Reserved. Photo by Jim Type (c1980). © All Rights Reserved. Photo by Jim Type (c1980). © All Rights Reserved. Photo by Jim Type (c1980). © All Rights Reserved. Photo From the Cl Caddy Collection, Courtesy of Jim Type (c1950). © All Rights Reserved. Photo by Jim Type (c1980). © All Rights Reserved. Photo by Jim Type (c1980). © All Rights Reserved. Photo From the Cl Caddy Collection, Courtesy of Jim Type (c1950). © All Rights Reserved. Photo From the Cl Caddy Collection, Courtesy of Jim Type (c1950). © All Rights Reserved. Photo by Jim Type (c1980). © All Rights Reserved. Photo by Jim Type (c1980). © All Rights Reserved. Photo From the Cl Caddy Collection, Courtesy of Jim Type (c1950). © All Rights Reserved. Photo by Re Toop, Courtesy of Jim Type (c1950). © All Rights Reserved.

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