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West Somerset Railway Association meet fundraising target to put locomotive 9351 back into service.
The West Somerset Railway Association are delighted to announce that they have met the fundraising target to put bring GWR locomotive 9351 back into service in time for the Summer Season. When the West Somerset Railway plc ran into financial difficulties over the winter they asked the WSRA, the line’s principal supporters’ organisation to help. ...Read More »
WSRA secures grant of £10,000 for loco 4561
The WSRA Trusts and Foundations fundraiser, Kate Williams, has advised the Trustees that she has secured a grant of £10,000 towards the restoration of Small Prairie 4561, from the Swire Charitable Trust. Earlier this month the new cylinder blocks left Williton for Harco Engineering for machining work.Read More »
WSRA signs up to standards in fundraising
The WSRA strives to be transparent, ethical and responsible in all fundraising activities. In order to demonstrate this we have published our own fundraising policy and registered with the fundraising regulator, an independent, non-statutory body that regulates fundraising across the charitable sector in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The Fundraising regulator publishes a code of...Read More »
Three Chefs Express on the West Somerset Railway
Following the monumental success of the inaugural Three Chefs Express service last October, the West Somerset Railway Association’s Quantock Belle Dining Train will again host the services of three of the area’s finest cooks on Monday 8th April. Exmoor’s Claire Lynch, a regular feature on the Quantock Belle, will be joined by Michelin-star chef Mark Dodson and...Read More »
West Somerset Railway ‘packs them in’ at pre-season Stakeholders meeting
It was ‘standing-room only’ as 320 supporters of the West Somerset Railway (WSR) attended a packed, three-hour meeting for stakeholders at the Oake Manor Golf Club, near Taunton on Saturday 2nd March. WSR plc Chairman, Jonathan Jones-Pratt, and a number of other directors and senior figures from the railway addressed those present and they all...Read More »

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