The West Somerset Railway
A review of visiting BR Standard 4MT 4-6-0 75014 Braveheart on the West Somerset Railway during the 'Bath & Beyond' Autumn Steam Gala on 8th October 2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDhBurtO01c
The West Somerset Railway Autumn Steam Gala 2017: Part 1 featured visiting BR Standard 4MT 4-6-0 75014 (Braveheart) deputizing for BR Standard 5MT 73082 Camelot, SDJR 7F 2-8-0s 53808 & 53809, BR (WR) 78xx 'Manor' 4-6-0 7822 Foxcote Manor (from the Llangollen Railway) and GWR 69xx 'Modified Hall' 4-6-0 6960 Raveningham Hall. Enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTYMuU_5KBM
PART 2 - The West Somerset Railway Autumn Steam Gala 2017: Part 2 featured visiting BR Standard 4MT 4-6-0 75014 (Braveheart) deputizing for BR Standard 5MT 73082 Camelot, SDJR 7F 2-8-0s 53808 & 53809, BR (WR) 78xx 'Manor' 4-6-0 7822 Foxcote Manor (from the Llangollen Railway) and GWR 69xx 'Modified Hall' 4-6-0 6960 Raveningham Hall. Enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uj-TTFYwpVI
Maybach Memories commemorates the 40th anniversary of the withdrawal of the Class 52 'Western' diesel hydraulics from the Western Region in February 1977, and we see D1010 Western Campaigner hard at work on the West
Somerset Railway on 30th September 2017. Part 2 coming soon! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2FRXmtABGA
Somerset Railway on 30th September 2017. Part 2 coming soon! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2FRXmtABGA
Maybach Memories! Listen to her twin 65 litre Maybach V12 MD655 engines working hard as Class 52 'Western'
D1010 Western Campaigner is seen in action over the 23 mile West Somerset Railway working the 'Maybach
Memories' special series of trains on 24th September 2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tvmcRsN44w
D1010 Western Campaigner is seen in action over the 23 mile West Somerset Railway working the 'Maybach
Memories' special series of trains on 24th September 2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tvmcRsN44w
Recreating a scene from the Western Region during the 1960s, Class 35 'Hymek' D7017 is seen working one of the regular 'Hymek' summer diesel turns on the West Somerset Railway, with her working the 1105 Bishops Lydeard - Minehead and 1525 return on 14th May 2016. Enjoy the 16 cylinder Maybach MD870 V16 action!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gtttr4_EgNs
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gtttr4_EgNs
A review of DBS Class 59/2 59201 heading the Belmond Pullman / VSOE set 'Quantock Pullman' over the West Somerset Railway to Minehead with the 0815 from Victoria / 1715 return working on 14th May 2016. Class 59 Type 5 power in the Quantocks! Enjoy! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Spj-v27ZIaE
In a scene evoking memories of 'Warships' working local services in Devon and Cornwall, on 30th April 2016 a final normal operating day (apart from the diesel gala) was organised with Class 42 'Warship' D832 Onslaught on the West Somerset, before it heads north to the East Lancs. The 'Warship' has been based on the West Somerset for almost a decade, first arriving on the line in 2008, and will be sorely missed! Enjoy the sound of her twin Maybach MD650s for one last time! www.youtube.com/watch?v=RK1k44Vaca0
To celebrate the Classic Traction Youtube channel reaching 100,000 views on Youtube, we see Class 52 'Western' diesel-hydraulic D1015 Western Champion as she heads a GB Railfreight Staff Charter to Minehead on 6th September 2014. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYUk1-81JPU
During a visit from the Severn Valley in March 2011, GWR 78xx Manor 4-6-0 7812 Erlestoke Manor is seen in action on the West Somerset Railway during a Don Bishop / Steam Recreations Photo Charter on 16th March 2011. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klaOdZSDGvc
We enjoy a ride on the West Somerset Railway from Bishops Lydeard to Blue Anchor behind GWR 78xx 'Manor' 4-6-0 7812 Erlestoke Manor. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXfN_w1jeBk
SR Class N15 'King Arthur' 4-6-0 30777 Sir Lamiel is seen in action on the West Somerset Railway during the 2011 Spring Steam Gala. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewyvhQLF0s0
One from the Classic Traction archives! Filmed during a Steam Recreations / Don Bishop Photo Charter on 16th March 2007, holiday trains in the west are rekindled as BR (WR) 41xx 2-6-2T Large Prairie 4160 pilots GWR 50xx 'Castle' 4-6-0 5051 Earl Bathurst on the West Somerset Railway at a variety of locations including Watersmeet, Eastcombe Bank, Churchlands, Nethercott and Woolston. The wonderful BR Maroon rake of Mk 1s was on loan from the SRPS, which the WSR had hired in especially for the 'Summer Saturdays in the West' Spring Gala event. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYW7bAqury4