2. Railways

Return to the Somerset and Dorset Railway

I never travelled on the S&D, it closed just after my fourth birthday. But I have driven along the line visiting the stations and tunnels and some of the notable viaducts several times, not always taking photos sadly. These pictures are from two trips, in 2019 and 2021 plus a few from much earlier trips and we go from the south to the north.
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    The station was never heavily used, and from 1938 it was reduced to a "halt" status. A feature of the station was a substantial stone-built stationmaster's house on the main northbound platform. The front of the house features a fanciful carving of Maesbury Castle as a medieval castle. Work is in slow progress at rebuilding the signalbox.
    A closer look at the former station masters house on a visit in July 1983. I did knock on the door to ask permission but no one was in, so I took the photo anyway.
    This is the view on the other side of the bridge as the formation curves away with the summit of the line a short distance away.