Friday 26 February 2016

S&D 50+

MIDSOMER NORTON SOUTH






The Jinty arrives (all via Somerset and Dorset Railway Facebook)


Also in steam - the SDRHT's very own Sentinel (via Somerset and Dorset Railway Facebook)


The last Jinty at Midsomer Norton - July 2005 (pic copyright Steve Sainsbury/Rail Thing)


The S&D just keeps getting better and better. The next two weekends will be celebrations up and down the line of the original (and now quickly being forgotten!) closure. Midsomer Norton will be leading the way with two engines in steam, the Gartell will be operating 2 foot gauge versions of the last trains and the last Pines, Shillingstone will be showing off its two steam locos and Spetisbury has a small display. Let's see how many of you can visit all four sites (with a stop off at Midford as well of course, with big news from there being announced after all this is over!)

I shall be going down to Midsomer Norton on a sunny day (if available) or a gloomy one if not! There's no way I'm missing this. I was there for thr 2005 visit of a Jinty and it was an amazing experience. I seem to only have the one photo of that event though, it was the year before I switched to digital!

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