I spent the Sunday afternoon down at Shillingstone Railway Station thats managed by the North Dorset Railway Trust, to see what progress has been made. I was pleasantly surprised to see so much had changed, including new sections of tracks, track bed levelling, restored wagons, and a selection of fantastic cakes and drinks that could be consumed in a MK1 coach! One of Dorset’s hidden little gems that is only going to grow stronger over time. This video was taken on Sunday, 17th March 2024. For more railway content, please like and subscribe to my channel @DarrenJohnsonRail #railway #train #trainfans #britishrailways #fypシ #shillingstone
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An lms d/1828 steel vent van,lovely 😍
If one line should never have closed it was the S&D. Good to see these people are achieving so much at this site. When you think there are almost 1000 miles of railway in private ownership Beeching must have been so wrong. Our railway system could have been part of the proud heritage of this country.
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If the bridge is found to be not quite strong enough could an engineer devise a load spreading slab to overlay?
I spent most of my childhood in Dorset and remember the Somerset and Dorset Railway so well! I traveled on it from Templecombe to Bournemouth in 1956 when we moved to Poole from Kingskerswell, S. Devon. Sadly, the S & D was doomed as soon as it fell under Western Region management who immediately diverted all the profitable traffic via Reading!
It is great to see this preservation work even though I now live in Adelaide, South Australia but I was part of the UK railway preservation scene in the 1970s.
When I was at school in Shaftesbury in the mid to late 70's, I used to get the bus to and from Bournmouth, it took two hours and followed the route fairly wellserving villages along the route
Are they going to put track down and run trains ?
When I used to come here in the early 90s it was just an empty derelict station building with two platforms and no track ! They have done a lot here. I have walked up to Hambeldon hill behind and to Irwene Courtney or Shrotton behind it many times ( and Pint in the Cricketers !) and to Stourpaine via the other Roman hill top fort ( forgets the name !) .
The BR MK1 coach can carry 34 Tons can it ? That's more than the weight of the carriage ! Who writes this stuff ?
An excellent collection of historic and specialised equipment. The sort of place that the executors of railwayana collectors will be looking for in due course if the vagaries of the auction houses are to be avoided. More fun than working on the allotment for many but beware of seeking to offer yet another tourist line. The saturation point of the tourist market is not yet known but logic suggests that if the passenger/customer numbers are spread too thin there may be a risk of mutual impoverishment. Trading difficulties are admitted in the West Country and the Eat Midlands. Some lines have reported this on You Tube.
There isn't much progress towards Stourpaine .Or you didn't show it . I think there's a lot of local opposition in that direction .Due to the houses and the path .
The S&D a sad loss to Britain
Thank you very much for this video of a brilliant achievement by the volunteers of which I hope to be one when I move back from North Wales
The rolling stock restoration is utterly fabulous!
Great video – thank you 👍
Excellent video thank you. Fantastic to see so much progress there now. Very well done to all the volunteers. Hope to visit again before too long
It would be great if the line could be reopende from Sturminster Newton to Blandford. It would then be actually useful.
My name is John Needham, I was a driver on Bere Regis coaches in Blanford, I used to do a bus run around the Shillington
area. I now live in New Zealand. nice to see pictures of your progress. I'm now 83. keep up the good work. I'm a prime member of
Swanage Railway. I would be glad to help. money wise.
I must visit.
I live in walking distance of Shillingstone station along the old railway track (Trailway) I have meet an old chap in the town I live who use to work on the trains from Bath to Bournemouth, years ago enjoy seeing the progress of the works nice video