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The Steam Trust’s GWR BCK no 6705 en route to Norton for the Rally, passing through Williton on 31 July 2018. Picture by Ronnie Wainhouse

Claire Sheppy writes: From Monday 6th August to Saturday 11th August, various staff and volunteers from the West Somerset Railway are going to be featured

The Trust’s GWR BCK no 6705 at Minehead on 31 July 2018, behind the flowers, on its way to Norton for this coming weekend’s Steam

West Somerset Steam Railway Trust project to relaunch the Gauge Museum at Bishops Lydeard wins Heritage Lottery Funding support. The West Somerset Steam Railway Trust

Two compartments of the coach, one third class and one first have now been substantially completed and the lino was laid on their floors today.

The Trust has heard this morning that its application to the Heritage Lottery Fund for a £40,000 grant to re-launch the Gauge Museum and develop

Geoff Evens writes: “The WSSRT was invited to the Dunkirk Memorial House WW1 Commemorative Event on Saturday 7 July 2018. Our message was linked to

A first glimpse of the inside of GWR Toplight no 3639, now being cleared and prepared for restoration. Note the original toplights still in situ

The Trust is looking for a new Treasurer to take over from Chris Bolt during the summer. The Trust has 75 members and we are

Issue 10 of the Steam Trust newsletter has now been published, with updates on the activities of the Trust in the first half of the

The Trust made an application last year to the Heritage Lottery Fund for a grant to support development of the Gauge Museum. Disappointingly, this was

The new display at the Gauge Museum which reflects the theme of the forthcoming Diesel Gala – “Vintage Diesels to the seaside.”  The superb model