Somerset & Dorset Railway Heritage Trust

The Somerset & Dorset Railway Heritage Trust
Midsomer Norton Station,
Silver Street,
Midsomer Norton BA3 2EY
How to find us
(map & directions).

Telephone
01761 411221 (Sundays and Mondays).
Please note, due to limited opening days, phone messages cannot be very regularly checked, email is currently the best form of contacting us.
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Open Sundays and Mondays for sales & viewing. For special events see Opening & Events page.

New visitors to the website:
Please see the General Information page for an overview of the Trust's work at Midsomer Norton.

Read the webmaster's regularly updated diary notes of what has been happening on and off the scene.

Last updated: 02.09.10

Help raise money with your internet searches
You can help us raise more money for the Trust just by using the link on the Fundraising page or clicking the logo above. Bookmark and use this link every time for all your internet searches and help our fundraising campaign. Start your internet search here.

Stamps photo

We need your stamps!
We can recycle and sell your used postage stamps to raise money for the project at Midsomer Norton. Please see the fundraising page for further information.

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Latest news updated 31.08.10

PLEASE HELP US & DONATE
We have replaced the previous reopening appeal with a general appeal for donations.
The reopening fund money has already been used to procure materials etc, but the budget for the reopening changes continually, also there are many other projects at Midsomer Norton which require funding. Donations money will be allocated on a most-urgent basis.

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About the S&DRHT
Welcome
How to find us & travel
Station site plan
S&D line map
Opening & events
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Including online purchase & renewals
Make a donation
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Volunteers needed
The railway project needs more volunteers, particularly with the current big push forward with new tracklaying. Volunteers are needed in all departments though, not just for manual work. If you have any skills we could use or time you wish to offer, please see the volunteering section on the membership page and get in touch to find out more.

Somerset & Dorset Railway Trust at Washford on the West Somerset Railway. Event diary dates here.

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Coming soon: S&D Telegraph August issue
Telegraph 34 front cover

Due early September, the August 2010, issue 36 of The S&D Telegraph features:

• Pines Express at MSN on new postage stamps
• Midford to Wellow: new use
• Trackwatch – tunnels
• Blandford S&D: including historic colour photos
• All the latest news, reviews, comment and restoration latest

*Become a member and get your copy FREE

	Retail Manager wanted We have a volunteer vacancy for the role of Retail Manager at Midsomer Norton to work in the shop and to manage the sales side of the organisation, both on site, our internet outlets and occasional show sales stands. If you are interested in this very important opportunity to help raise revenue for the railway, please download the pdf of the full job description with details of how to apply.
	Heritage Open Days Sat/Sun 11/12th September The Trust at Midsomer Norton Station will once again be supporting the Heritage Open Days in September by opening on the two weekend days of the 11th and 12th. The museum will be open featuring some new displays. The pillbox wartime museum will be open and officially opened by Bryan Chalker, the BANES Council Heritage Champion at 11.45 on Saturday. The Somerset & Dorset Railway staff reunion is taking place on site as well, so there will be plenty of reminiscing to be had! Also open will be the station shop, second-hand bookshop, and the buffet coach for refreshments. Click on the image left, to view the event poster for more information.
	Postage stamps launch at Midsomer Norton Midsomer Norton has been immortalised on this stamp, shown left, issued by the Royal Mail and launched at MSN station on Thursday 19th August. The stamp set is entitled Great British Railways and this First Class stamp carries a photo by Ivo Peters of BR Class 9F No. 92220 Evening Star climbing the Mendips through Midsomer Norton in 1962. Julian Peters, son of Ivo Peters, in the presence of his father's Bentley motor car, helped launch the stamps on Thursday and is seen here with and enlargement of the stamp featuring his father's photo. Presentation packs of the stamps will be available for sale at the station soon.
	The Somerset & Dorset Railway DVD The DVD mentioned below that 1st Take have been preparing for release was released today, Wednesday 4 August. The DVD will be available for sale in the Heritage Trust shop at Midsomer Norton and other suppliers and a portion of the sales will go to the Trust for their help in the making of the film. The film running length is 90 minutes, with much history, interviews, then-and-now scenes and much more, crammed into the one and a half hours. The DVD is priced at £14.95 and will be reviewed in the next issue of the S&D Telegraph magazine.
	Filming the S&D DVD production company 1st Take have recently been busy filming the length and breadth of the S&D for a new DVD to be released later this summer. 1st Take contacted the Trust earlier in the year for help in putting together their production, with assistance from history and interviewees to locations and footage and historical photos. Filming commenced in early May and included the S&D at Midsomer Norton (seen left) and Shillingstone. 1st Take are known particularly for locally-based DVDs including Somerset's Lost Railway (Weston, Clevedon and Portishead Railway), Steam Around Bristol and also Christian Wolmar's Fire and Steam DVD, based upon his book. The DVD should be available from the shop at Midsomer Norton upon release and will be reviewed at the first opportunity in the S&D Telegarph magazine. Details will be posted here when the DVD is on sale.
	Greenhouse advances The greenhouse adjacent to the signalbox at Midsomer Norton, which has been part-built in brick and dormant for a good six months or more, is now progressing again. The wooden frames for the upper part of the structure, which will carry the 'glass' (likely to be polycarbonate) are now being added. It is hoped that the structure will soon be finished and may be put to use by the grounds gang for rearing and cultivating of plants for the grounds on site. Click on the photo to see a larger version.
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