This is the website for ex GWR Locomotive 5542. 5542 is a GWR 4575 Class 2-6-2T small prairie tank engine which was built in 1928 and withdrawn by British Railways in December 1961, she spent the next fourteen years in a scrapyard before being acquired for preservation. Prairie by her dedicated bunch of followers - many of whom have photos. Of her on this site.

Welcome to Monksilver, West Somerset. Coastal walks of Cliffs and Sandy Beaches with views to South Wales. Woodland and Moorland Trails on the Quantock Hills. Historic Estates at Nettlecombe, Combe Sydenham and Orchard Wyndham nestling in the Brendon Hills. Rebuilt about 1870, refurbished in 2013 The Notley Arms Inn back to a traditional.

I t is as much about the current scene, mainline or preserved, ferries that are running today; as it is about the past - though of course Heritage Railways try to recreate the past! Use the links on the left or above to go to the section home pages or scroll down this page to see which pages have been updated or added recently,.

info Web Site Front Index Page. Information on UK Railway Preservation. News and information on UK main line steam-hauled railtours. For all the latest WSR news etc go to www. News and information about GWR King Class 4-6-0 no 6024 King Edward I. 6024 now has it own domain at www. Other UK Railway Heritage www sites.

Occasional ramblings about the West Somerset Railway. Friday, 22 July 2011. WsrInfoLive gets the thumbs down from WSR. A proposal to trial a live information system at a special event has been rejected by the WSR. The decision is disappointing in the extreme as the prospect of an effective method of informing railway staff at no cost might be considered by many as very appealing. We can only hope SEPT reconsider at some stage. Sunday, 5 June 2011.