Latest News.....24th June 2008

The Turntable was used for the first time early this morning. 4160 was the choosen locomotive for this first train run and was successfully turned and is now with its smokebox facing Minehead.

This is just the first of many test turns and it will be several months yet before the turntable is used on a regular basis.

Chief Mechanical Engineer Andrew Forster was pleased with the result saying that the locomotive, which was moved onto the turntable using a Diesel shunter, was balanced first time.

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The other Restoration shed on the line is at Williton where they are currently near the end of restoring Southern Railway Bulleid Pacfic 34046 Braunton. To see more of this click the link below:

Another restoration project shortly to be started on the West Somerset Railway is the West Somerset Steam Railway Trust's Heritage Carriages project. For more details click on the image below: