RECORDS OF THE SOMERSET AND DORSET RAILWAY TRUST

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Repository	Somerset Heritage Centre
Reference number	A/CWO
Description	The Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway came into existence on 1 November 1875, after the Somerset and Dorset Railway ran into financial difficulties, being run jointly by the Midland Railway and the London South Western Railway Companies, and after 1 Jan 1923 ownership passed to the London Midland Railway and the Southern Railway Companies. The line ran from Bath Queen Square (later Bath Green Park) to Bournemouth West, Dorset, with a branch line from Highbridge to Evercreech Junction. From 1951 branches of the railway began to close and on 7 Mar 1966 the whole line was finally closed to rail traffic. Organisation of Collection: A\CWO/1 Railway Acts A\CWO/2 Business records of the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway A\CWO/3 Land and property records A\CWO/4 Records of locomotives A\CWO/5 Plans and diagrams A\CWO/6 Bridges A\CWO/7 Accident reports A\CWO/8 Correspondence A\CWO/9 Specifications A\CWO/10 Railway personnel records A\CWO/11 Closure of Somerset and Dorset Joint Line A\CWO/12 Notices and instructions A\CWO/13 Timetables A\CWO/14 Tickets A\CWO/15 Labels and consignment notes A\CWO/16 Photographs A\CWO/17 Newspapers and publications A\CWO/18 Digitised records A\CWO/19 Oral histories A\CWO/20 Miscellaneous A\CWO/21 Records of the Somerset and Dorset Railway Trust A\CWO/22 Records of the Somerset and Dorset Railway Trust Museum, Washford Station A\CWO/23 Records of past members of the Somerset and Dorset Railway Trust A\CWO/24 Photographic collections of members of the Somerset and Dorset Railway Trust
Date	1845-2020
Extent	120 boxes, 8 portfolios
Access status	Mixed
Level	Collection
Related material	See also A\DZS/1 for an index of signal instructions for the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway (compiled by C.J.L. Osment).
Dimensions	2.2485

Railway Acts Business records of the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway Land and property Records of locomotives Plans and diagrams Bridges Accident reports Correspondence Specifications Railway personnel records Closure of the Somerset and Dorset Joint Line Notices, posters and instructions Timetables Tickets Labels and consignment notes Photographs and Images Newspapers and publications Digitised records Oral histories and reminiscences Miscellaneous Records of the Somerset and Dorset Railway Trust Records of the Somerset and Dorset Railway Trust Museum, Washford Station Records of past members of the Somerset and Dorset Railway Trust Photographic collections of members of the Somerset and Dorset Railway Trust