The Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway (S&DJR) 7F 2-8-0 is a class of steam locomotive designed for hauling heavy coal and goods trains. Eleven were built in two batches in 1914 and 1925, and were used until withdrawal between 1959 and 1964.

On 20 November 1929, the driver and fireman of a northbound goods train were overcome by smoke. The train was moving very slowly in the tunnel due to a heavy load and due to starting from a standstill at Midford. The locomotive, S&DJR 2-8-0 89, plodded on and eventually breasted the summit of the gradient.

The Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway (S&DJR) 7F 2-8-0 is a class of steam locomotive designed for heavy freight. 11 were built in two batches in 1914 and 1925 and two are preserved. The Midland Railway, joint owners of the S&DJR with the LSWR were in charge of locomotive policy on the line.

The Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway (S&DJR) 7F 2-8-0 is a class of steam locomotive designed for hauling heavy coal and goods trains. Eleven were built in two batches in 1914 and 1925, and were used until withdrawal between 1959 and 1964.

In 1930, the LMS took the S&DJR locos into its own stock and the 2-8-0s became Nos. 9670-80. The Ramsbottom safety valves on the original batch were replaced by Ross Pop valves, the screw couplings and long buffer spindles were restored and the helmet-shaped covers to the boiler washout plugs on the firebox were removed.

3 天之前 · A TRS19 and above steam engine spec for the small boilered Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway 7F 2-8-0 designed by Sir Henry Fowler and built at Derby. This will perform most accurately if used with Stovepipe's e-specs for British rolling stock.

SDJR 7F 2-8-0, No. 88 was built in 1925 at the Darlington locomotive works of Robert Stephenson & Co. and is one of only two that survive from the original 11 constructed. It now carries its BR number, 53808. It arrived at Woodham Brothers yard in 1964 and moved to the S&DRT base at the then Radstock depot.

At the Annual General Meeting in 1968, a proposal was put that the Circle should investigate the possibilities of preserving one of two remaining Somerset & Dorset 7F class 2-8-0 freight engines lying in Woodham’s scrapyard at Barry in South Wales; and of setting up a museum in a former S&D station building.

Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway 7F 2-8-0 First introduced in 1914, with a later batch introduced in 1925, the 7Fs revolutionised freight transport on the railway it was built to serve. A total of 11 were built, and two are preserved. Nos 53808 and 53809 have both run in preservation, and have often been seen together.

However, the Fowler 2-8-0 left Barry hauled by a BR diesel locomotive which took it to Radstock, famously filmed by legendary photographer Ivo Peters. As the 1970s progressed it soon became clear that the scheme at Radstock was not going to be fully realised and so it was decided to relocate to Washford on the WSR. 53808 made its way to ...