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The rolling stock preserved on the West Somerset Railway is used to operate trains on the West Somerset Railway (WSR), a heritage railway in Somerset, England. There is a variety of preserved steam and diesel locomotives and diesel multiple units, passenger coaches and goods wagons.
The locomotives listed below are normally based on the West Somerset Railway but do visit other heritage railways. The list includes those still to be restored as well as those which are operational. Other locomotives also visit the West somerset Railway for events or periods of hire.
The following is a list of steam and diesel locomotives based on or associated with the West Somerset Railway. Please note that they will not all be in service at any one time and may be in the workshops being serviced.
In British Railways' time, these were replaced by Western Region NBL Type 2, Hymek Type 3 diesel-hydraulic locomotives, Swindon and Gloucester cross-country diesel multiple units (DMUs). [2] Today, the line is operated by a variety of preserved steam and diesel locomotives and DMUs.
There is a variety of preserved steam and diesel locomotives and diesel multiple units, passenger coaches and goods wagons. Most of these are typical of Great Western Railway (GWR) branch lines in Somerset, or of the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway (SDJR).
The historic steam locomotives, coaches and wagons, and the buildings of our ten unique stations linked by a twenty mile scenic journey will repay hours of exploration. The surrounding countryside is as varied as it is beautiful.
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This page gives summary details of locomotives, coaches and freight stock on the West Somerset Railway. Full details area available in the official West Somerset Railway Stock Book by Keith Smith, published by the West Somerset Railway Association.
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