• General History
• Kevin's Place - The Somerset & Dorset Railway Kevin Clapcott has probably created the leading and most comprehensive Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway website. The pages feature more or less everything you would ever wish to know about this great railway.
• wikipedia entry
• Railscot Maps and histories of various railways across the UK including the S&D of course.
• Southern E-Group History and photographs about the SDJR within the pages of this excellent email group.
• S&D Bibliography
• Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway (S&DJR) Bibliography The primary objective of this site is to list every book, video, DVD and audio cassette that has significant S&DJR content.
• S&D details
• West Country Railway Archives SDRT member, Chris Osment's highly detailed website covering historical information about the railways of the UK West Country. This comprehensive website includes a detailed section dedicated S&DJR signalling.
• S&D related organisations
• The Shillingstone Station Project The Shillingstone Station Project aims to restore the station and available surrounding area to how it was in the early 1960s.
• The S&DRHT Midsomer Norton Station Project
• Gartell Light Railway 2-foot gauge railway running on the Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway, south of Templecombe. The only steam still running on the trackbed of the old S&DJR. The website features pictures and information about when the line is open to the public.
• Radstock Museum
• The West Somerset Railway on the Web - unofficial site The West Somerset Railway (Home of the S&DRT) recaptures the era of the branch line country railway in the days of steam. Enjoy 20 miles of glorious Somerset scenery as the train gently rolls back the years on its journey beside the Quantock Hills and the Bristol Channel coast. Just sit back in your seat and watch the steam and countryside drift past the window...
• Photographic
• The Ferris collection of 1960s black and white photographs of the S&D, mainly of Bath, but also some of trips to Bournemouth.
• The S&DJR today - a series of pictures of the line at fotopic
• www.3218.co.uk A superb photographic portrayal of the Somerset & Dorset Line in its final few years with images taken mainly on 'the Branch'.
• Roy Burrow Midland Collection Trust The Trust is making the comprehensive Midland Railway collection assembled by Roy Burrows accessible to the public for educational purposes.
• Andrew Fisher Video Productions The acclaimed dvd producer with a strong S&D bias some of which can be bought through Trust Sales.
• Lantern Films A well known film company producing a number of transport orientated dvds. On their web site they have still pictures from a trip made over the Somerset & Dorset between Bath and Evercreech Junction in the final years. Lantern Films also produce the highly acclaimed S&D film 'Puffed Out'.
• The Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway - Searching for a lost line Gordon Jones has pictures of our favourite line as it appears now.
• The Somerset & Dorset After Closure A site mainly displaying previously unpublished material taken at various key locations on the S&D during the early seventies when much of the infrastructure was still standing. New more recent images are also appearing from time to time.
• Books, Maps and Printed material
• Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway Online Atlas - By using the index map and the gazetteer, you can navigate to any stretch of the S&DJR system. C/o Stephen Edge.
• 1935 Maps of the Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway Ordnance Survey maps of the Dorset section of the SDJR.
• Simulations
• Railwaves.com A Microsoft Train Simulation in association with the West Somerset Railway, including the S&D at Washford.
• Locomotives
• 92214 This site is dedicated to 92214, an ex-British Railways Class 9F steam locomotive, now restored to working order at the Midland Railway Centre.
• 53808 A website dedicated to the Trusts locomotive, No 88
• Modelling
• HMRS pdf file with photographs of SDJR stock
• Bath Green Park Taunton Model Railway Group's breathtaking model of Bath Green Park Station in 4mm.
• Bleakhouse Road & Enginewood Tim Maddock's website dedicated to his S&DJR model railways.
• Evercreech Junction Shipley Model Railway Society's excellent portrayal of this fine S&D station.
• The Combwich Branch This 4mm scale model railway represents part of a great plan to link the up and coming north Somerset town sited on the river Parrett with Highbridge, Bridgwater and locations further afield by connecting onto the Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway and the Great Western Railway.
• Wurzel Junction A Somerset & Dorset Model Railway in 00 with DCC control. "Wurzel Junction was located at the Junction of the North Somerset and Somerset and Dorset Railways. Deep in the Somerset coal fields, the North Somerset provided an alternative route to Bristol and the North. Reduced congestion on the single track section of the S&D increased the importance of Wurzel Junction. The motive power depot became a vital engine change over point, and a wide variety of motive power was frequently seen. The town developed around coal, and Somerset's finest scrumpy, "Wurzel Juice". "
• South Hants Model Railway Club- Midsomer Norton An excellent working representation of Midsomer Norton & Welton station as it would have appeared in 1919. It is modelled in 4mm/ft scale 18.83 gauge (Scalefour)
• Redditch Model Railway Club's Chilcompton Layout Chilcompton is the latest of a number of Somerset & Dorset based exhibition layouts and is currently under construction. It is based on the prototype station of the same name. The era is set sometime between 1950 and 1955 and all the stock used represents what would have actually run over the real line, at this time.
• The Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway Webring linking many S&D websites together.

Other sites worth visiting.

• Avon Valley Railway The former Midland Railway Mangotsfield to Bath branch.
• www.locoperformance.co.uk - a site dealing with locomotive performance, steam and modern traction.
• Avon Valley Railway The former Midland Railway Mangotsfield to Bath branch.
• Diesel & Electric Group of Williton
• The Signalling Record Society
• Romsey Signalbox
• Exeter West Group
• iRail Railway Search Engine - The only UK based web directory / search engine dedicated to railways and model railways.
• UK Heritage Railways - A great starting point when searching the UK railway preservation scene.
• Pro-Rail - If you are interested in collecting items of railway memorabilia (railwayana), whether they be locomotive nameplates, buttons or books you will find details of auctions and fairs specialising in such items.
• The Railways Archive

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