Date: 28/09/2015

This weekend marked the 40th anniversary since the re-opening of the West Somerset Railway and to mark the occasion the GB Railfreight originally called GBRf 66757 was named 'West Somerset Railway'. The West Somerset Railway runs from Bishops Lydeard for 22.75 miles to the seaside town of Minehead, and is the longest standard gauge heritage railway in the UK.

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This weekend marked the 40th anniversary since the re-opening of the West Somerset Railway and to mark the occasion the GB Railfreight originally called GBRf 66757 was named 'West Somerset Railway'. The West Somerset Railway runs from Bishops Lydeard for 22.75 miles to the seaside town of Minehead, and is the longest standard gauge heritage railway in the UK.

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Churchward ex-GWR 2-8-0 no 3850 with a train at Bishops Lydeard on the West Somerset Railway on 31 May 2010.
Location: Bishops Lydeard
Company: West Somerset Railway
31/05/2010 Neville Davies

3850 eastbound shortly after leaving Williton on the West Somerset Railway on 30 May 2010 with a train for Bishops Lydeard.
Location: Williton
Company: West Somerset Railway
30/05/2010 Peter Todd

6960 Raveningham Hall on the tuirntable at Minehead on 2 September 2012.
Location: Minehead
Company: West Somerset Railway
02/09/2012 Colin Alexander

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