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Hastings DEMU tour to the Cotswolds and Exmoor

The Branch Line Society has announced the Cotswold and Exmoor Explorer rail tour to be hauled by a Hastings DEMU on 18th July.

5043 Earl of Mount Edgcumbe is to visit Somerset this Saturday (30th May 2026) as it hauls The Whistling Ghost to Minehead.

5043 Earl of Mount Edgcumbe is to visit Somerset this Saturday (30th May 2026) as it hauls The Whistling Ghost to Minehead.

This weekend’s Autumn Steam Weekend at the West Somerset Railway will feature three locomotives that spent much of their lives in industrial service.

This weekend’s Autumn Steam Weekend at the West Somerset Railway will feature three locomotives that spent much of their lives in industrial service.

On the August Bank Holiday weekend, the West Somerset Railway will celebrate the 50th anniversary of purchasing Hymek No. D7017.

From Monday, 28th June, the West Somerset Railway will see its first trains hauled by a special, world-famous locomotive.

7029 Clun Castle will be hauling The Whistling Ghost this Saturday (31st May 2025) between Birmingham and Bishops Lydeard.

Class 45 No. 45108 will be making a welcome return to the West Somerset Railway for its Summer Diesel Festival at the beginning of June.

The West Somerset Railway has announced that LMS Jubilee No. 45596 Bahamas will visit them for their Spring Steam Gala. Taking place between the 2nd…