{"id":591,"date":"2022-03-08T16:53:57","date_gmt":"2022-03-08T16:53:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/?p=591"},"modified":"2022-04-12T11:48:37","modified_gmt":"2022-04-12T11:48:37","slug":"somerset-dorset-in-hampshire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/?p=591","title":{"rendered":"Somerset &#038; Dorset ( in Hampshire )"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_9788-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-589\" srcset=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_9788-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_9788-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_9788-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_9788-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_9788-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_9788-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_9788-1568x1568.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Yoshi sits patiently like the good boy he is at Alresford station awaiting the departure of S&amp;DJR 7F 2-8-0 locomotive No. 53808 with a special train celebrating the 56th anniversary of the end of services on the Somerset &amp; Dorset Joint Railway<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A Somerset &amp; Dorset Joint Railway themed feel about this weeks blog. It&#8217;s like we plan these things instead of throwing everything together at the last minute.  Which of course we&#8217;d never do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our week in review kicked off last Wednesday, March 2nd 2022, when I noted that the daily booked turn for Class 455 units to journey from Wimbledon to Bournemouth depot actually ran. I normally check Realtime Trains every day for out of the norm movements, but typically on the one day I neglected to look the service was activated. However, I was able to see the return working slightly later on the same day as can be seen in the following video:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"455s Branksome 02032022\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZkBy-SUzAmE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>Class 455 units No.&#8217;s 455734 and 455708 departing Bournmouth Traction &amp; Rolling Stock depot with 5Y51 1431 service to Wimbledon Depot sidings on Wednesday March 2nd 2022. The video also features Class 444 electric multiple units No.&#8217;s 444045 and 444029 at Branksome working 1B25 1235 London Waterloo to Poole. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/67c46e7c-b1e6-4afa-9857-92152c83bd4d-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-619\" srcset=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/67c46e7c-b1e6-4afa-9857-92152c83bd4d-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/67c46e7c-b1e6-4afa-9857-92152c83bd4d-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/67c46e7c-b1e6-4afa-9857-92152c83bd4d-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/67c46e7c-b1e6-4afa-9857-92152c83bd4d-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/67c46e7c-b1e6-4afa-9857-92152c83bd4d-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/67c46e7c-b1e6-4afa-9857-92152c83bd4d-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/67c46e7c-b1e6-4afa-9857-92152c83bd4d-1568x1568.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>The track into Bournemouth depot was originally the route to Bournemouth West, used as the southern terminus of the S&amp;D.  Passenger services along this line ceased on October 4th 1965, the station being demolished and part of the land used for the Wessex Way road. In 1966 work commenced on the construction of a carriage shed, an inspection shed and sidings for electric trains about to be introduced for use with the Bournemouth Electrification of 1967.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"715\" src=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_9796-1024x715.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-615\" srcset=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_9796-1024x715.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_9796-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_9796-768x536.jpg 768w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_9796-1536x1073.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_9796-2048x1430.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_9796-1568x1095.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>The former Bournemouth West Junction signal box was retained to control entry to the depot sidings and is seen pictured here with Class 33 No. 33109 on the 26th March 1988 &#8211; the date of the first ever Bournemouth depot open day. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Sunday March 6th continued the Slow and Dirty theme when Yoshi and I took a trip to the Mid Hants Railway to see a special train hauled by S&amp;D 7F 2-8-0 steam locomotive No. 53808 in remembrance of the 56th anniversary of the last train on the Somerset and Dorset route. Organised by The Somerset &amp; Dorset Railway Trust and primarily for use of Members and Friends of the Trust, this is intended to be an annual event. Having dropped Yoshi&#8217;s mum off for a pampering spa day en-route, we arrived in Alresford in time to see the departure of the second and final train of the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MHR 6th March 2022\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/baDXDOMwOOc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The trains ran between Alresford and Alton and on the second return journey it stopped at Ropley where passengers could detrain and observe a run-through of the station at line speed. No. 53808 built in 1925 by Robert Stephenson &amp; Co is owned by The Somerset &amp; Dorset Railway Trust and was purchased for preservation in 1969 returning to service following restoration at the West Somerset Railway in 1987. A second overhaul was completed in February 2016, with the engine emerging in British Railways black livery with the late BR crest. As of autumn 2020 the locomotive is permanently based at the Mid Hants Railway for the remainder of her boiler ticket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was pleased to note that the Watercress Line shop and West Country Buffet at Alresford was open on the day along with the S&amp;DRT museum which contains station signs and memorabilia from the former S&amp;D route to Bath Green Park. I can recommend the cheese and onion pasties from the buffet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:100.00000%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"2356\" data-id=\"1044\" data-link=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/?attachment_id=1044\" data-url=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/img_1765-1024x1024.jpg\" data-width=\"2356\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/img_1765-1024x1024.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Yoshi visited Bath last November where he enjoyed a couple of sips of water at the Green Park Brasserie located on the former station terminus and goods yard site which also now contains a Sainsbury&#8217;s supermarket and associated car park. Sainsbury&#8217;s donated substantially towards the \u00a31.5m cost of the restoration of the Grade 2 station building. The train shed lost its glazing during World War 2 and the glass was not replaced until the early 1980&#8217;s refurbishment and the roof now protects shoppers from the elements and provides an area for community activities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:32.26016%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"603\" data-link=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/?attachment_id=603\" data-url=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_9789.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_9789.jpg\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:67.73984%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"1214\" data-id=\"1045\" data-link=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/?attachment_id=1045\" data-url=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/img_1763-1024x486.jpg\" data-width=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/img_1763-1024x486.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Our day was rounded off with stops at Eastleigh, the Southampton Maritime Freightliner depot and Totton Yard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_9794.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-602\"\/><figcaption>Network Rail Infrastructure Monitoring Vehicle No. 153385 at Eastleigh<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_9771-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-594\" width=\"610\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_9771-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_9771-300x156.jpg 300w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_9771-1024x532.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_9771-768x399.jpg 768w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_9771-1536x797.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_9771-2048x1063.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_9771-1568x814.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><figcaption>DB Cargo UK Class 67 No. 67012 retains its unbranded Chiltern Railways livery sits adjacent to Eastleigh railway station<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_9774.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-601\"\/><figcaption>Withdrawn Class 442 in Gatwick Express livery remains at Eastleigh Works<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1883\" src=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_9772-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_9772-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_9772-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_9772-1024x753.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_9772-768x565.jpg 768w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_9772-1536x1130.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_9772-2048x1506.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_9772-1568x1153.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption>DB Cargo UK Class 66 No. 66040 &#8211; Eastleigh Works<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_9773.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-604\"\/><figcaption>Class 07 shunter No. 07007 owned by Knights Rail Services at Eastleigh Works. 14 members of this class were built by Ruston &amp; Hornsby in 1962 and were primarily used in Southampton Docks and Eastleigh Works.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_9776.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-605\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_9775-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_9775-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_9775-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption>Multiple Freightliner Class 66 and Class 70 locomotives rest at Southampton Maritime <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_9780-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-633\" srcset=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_9780-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_9780-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_9780-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_9780-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_9780-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_9780-1-1568x1045.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1165\" src=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_9777-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-609\" srcset=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_9777-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_9777-1-300x137.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption>GBRf Class 66 No.&#8217;s 66799 and 66760 &#8216;David Gordon Harris&#8217; sit at Totton Yard with a Snow &amp; Ice Treatment Train &#8211; 06\/03\/2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Before our visit to Hampshire, a trip to London on Saturday to view an exhibition of Francis Bacon (1909 &#8211; 1992) paintings at the Royal Academy meant Yoshi had a sleep over with his cousins Freya and Rosa. There were no paintings of trains at the gallery, indeed I&#8217;m not even aware of Bacon&#8217;s opinion of railways. I can however imagine a tortured portrait of Gordon the big blue engine from the Rev. W. Awdry&#8217;s Railway Series of books screaming into the abyss frustrated at being overlooked as he was an experimental engine and precursor of Gresley&#8217;s A3 Pacific&#8217;s for the Great Northern Railway and kept a secret. Also he&#8217;d be purple. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There were however, two paintings featuring dogs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1823\" height=\"2560\" data-id=\"617\" src=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_9798-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-617\" srcset=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_9798-scaled.jpg 1823w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_9798-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_9798-729x1024.jpg 729w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_9798-768x1078.jpg 768w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_9798-1094x1536.jpg 1094w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_9798-1458x2048.jpg 1458w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_9798-1568x2202.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1823px) 100vw, 1823px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1831\" height=\"2560\" data-id=\"616\" src=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_9797-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-616\" srcset=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_9797-scaled.jpg 1831w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_9797-215x300.jpg 215w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_9797-732x1024.jpg 732w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_9797-768x1074.jpg 768w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_9797-1099x1536.jpg 1099w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_9797-1465x2048.jpg 1465w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_9797-1568x2192.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1831px) 100vw, 1831px\" \/><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\">&#8216;Man with Dog&#8217; (1953) on the left, and &#8216;Dog&#8217; (1952)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"980\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_9652-980x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-618\" srcset=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_9652-980x1024.jpg 980w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_9652-287x300.jpg 287w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_9652-768x803.jpg 768w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_9652-1470x1536.jpg 1470w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_9652-1960x2048.jpg 1960w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_9652-1568x1639.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" \/><figcaption>Class 444 No. 444036 stands at London Waterloo platform 19 with the 1933 service to Weymouth on 5th March 2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Our first archive segment this week comes from 1996 and another visit to The Watercress Line and their S&amp;D Dream Weekend which commemorated the 30th anniversary of the last train to run over the Somerset and Dorset Railway, albeit a month early!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"235\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-07-03-2022-at-19.12.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-629\" srcset=\"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-07-03-2022-at-19.12.jpg 235w, https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-07-03-2022-at-19.12-201x300.jpg 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 235px) 100vw, 235px\" \/><figcaption>Advertisement from The Railway Magazine February 1996<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"S&amp;D Dream Weekend 04021996\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6fVH0dVv8FA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On September 2nd 2006 Kingfisher Railtours ran The Somerset &amp; Dorset Remembered tour using Bulleid West Country Pacific No. 34067 &#8216;Tangmere&#8217; with EWS Class 67 No. 67006 providing assistance at the rear of the train. If the video is anything to go by, I must have arrived at Wareham to film events just as &#8216;Tangmere&#8217; arrived with the coaching stock ready for the booked 0620 departure. The route of the tour took passengers from Dorset to Salisbury, Bath and Bristol Temple Meads.  Later that same day, after the last passengers were dropped off in Wareham on the return leg, the 67 hauled the empty coaching stock to Weymouth where the locomotive ran round before departing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Somerset &amp; Dorset Remembered tour 02092006\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7RifmVhmv1Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally more Mid Hants action with a flashback to their 2021 Spring Steam Gala filmed on 1st May 2021:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MidHants Steam Gala 01052021\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/K6Dc0xl20Xk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s all for this week, thanks for reading. See you next time! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Somerset &amp; Dorset Joint Railway themed feel about this weeks blog. It&#8217;s like we plan these things instead of throwing everything together at the last minute. Which of course we&#8217;d never do. 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