Emotions ran high as a coffin with the message 'S&D died today' was loaded on to S&D Railway's last service train in March 1966 The 50th anniversary of the closing of the Somerset and Dorset Railway ...

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All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Train Simulator: Somerset & Dorset Railway Route Add-On The Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway (S&DJR) is a fondly remembered name in the minds of steam fans ...

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 ...

They were places much revered, providing an easy to cross the country and a historic record of the UK's transport network. When Dr Richard Beeching produced a report in the 1960s suggesting vast ...

On 5 March 1966 a coffin with the words "S&D died today" was loaded on to the very last train in a mock funeral to mark the service's demise. At its height, the line linked places like Bridgwater, ...

FIFTY years ago, the railway line that brought thousands of people to Bournemouth for their holidays was shut for good. Those holiday trains were far from the only purpose of the Somerset & Dorset ...