West Somerset Railway
Jack Boskett

Steam Locomotives

Steam Locomotives of the West Somerset Railway

The following is a list of steam engines 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. There is no regular public access to the Railway’s workshops but they are usually open to the public on Steam Gala weekends.

BRITISH RAILWAYS WESTERN REGION
BRITISH RAILWAYS WESTERN REGION "MANOR" CLASS 4-6-0 7828 "ODNEY MANOR"

The "Manor” Class was designed by C.B. Collett for work on the lighter built main lines of the Great Western, such as the former Cambrian system in Mid Wales, and the first…
Great Western Railway inspired 2-6-0 9351 class (WSR Mogul) No. 9351
Great Western Railway inspired 2-6-0 9351 class (WSR Mogul) No. 9351

Great Western Railway inspired 2-6-0 9351 class (WSR Mogul) No. 9351: No. 9351…
SOMERSET & DORSET JOINT RAILWAY 7F CLASS 2-8-0 53808
SOMERSET & DORSET JOINT RAILWAY 7F CLASS 2-8-0 53808

The first major locomotive overhaul to be completed by the WSR back in 1987 after much preliminary work carried out at Radstock and Washford by its owners the Somerset and Dorset Railway Trust. It…
LMS 4F 0-6-0 No 44422
LMS 4F 0-6-0 No 44422

The first 4F’s were built by the Midland Railway in 1911 and batches kept on being produced by the London Midland and Scottish until 1941 by which time there were no less than 771 in service…
PECKETT 0-4-0 SADDLE TANK 1788 KIlMERSDON
PECKETT 0-4-0 SADDLE TANK 1788 KIlMERSDON

Built in 1929 in Bristol "Kilmersdon” is a typical small industrial shunting engine which spent its working career at the colliery of the same name in North Somerset, becoming the last steam…
6960
6960 "RAVENINGHAM HALL"

6960’s duties would have been the standard work for this highly versatile class, principally semi-fast and fast express trains and fast freights.
4561
4561

"Small Prairie” 4561 is owned by the West Somerset Railway Association and is completely stripped down for overhaul at Williton.