Paul Antell said the closure of the railway was an "emotional time" "The atmosphere it created was hard to explain. It was like one big family," said Paul Antell, describing the community of a railway ...

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 ...

Bob Downes was 19 when he began working as a porter at Shillingstone station in 1962, before training as a signalman. "There was always a busyness about the station, I miss it so much," he says of his ...

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 ...

It has been 60 years since the final locomotive steamed along the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway. The line ran between Bath in Somerset and Bournemouth in Dorset, serving towns and villages such as ...

A lengthy stretch of Somerset's "forgotten railway" has reopened to the public as a stunning walking and cycling route, connecting Shepton Mallet to the neighbouring villages. The Somerset and Dorset ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Paul Antell said the closure of the railway was an "emotional time" [Paul Antell Collection] "The atmosphere it created was hard ...