After a stay of two and a half months in the loco compound, while the Gauge Museum was repainted and refurbished, the Trust’s sleeping car, GWR no 9038, returned to the museum on Wednesday 18 March 2020. Before being allowed back inside the building, the sleeping car was given a thorough wash and brush-up in…
The West Somerset Steam Railway Trust
March 2020
Following the decision to postpone the reopening of the railway, the Trust will not be reopening the museums at Bishops Lydeard and Blue Anchor this weekend either, and similarly the formal reopening of the Gauge Museum on 11 April is postponed as well. In the circumstances, this is inevitable. All will be ready for when the railway steams again. It will …
Geoff Evens writes: “Just arrived from Isle Joinery in Exeter, the newly completed Roll of Honour frame for the original in memoriam which is to be displayed in the refurbished Gauge Museum. Harry Kirkland made the original frame for the museum in 1990. I am sure many of you will remember viewing the in memoriam…
Work on the museum refurbishment moves on a pace. We have now had a number of the new story boards installed and the majority of the outstanding painting is almost complete. It is planned that the final fit for the story boards and exhibits will take place next week. Today we had a film crew…
March 5th 2020 saw the scaffolding inside the museum finally removed. There has been much work carried out by the Steam Trust’s dedicated group of volunteers who have worked so hard in getting the inside of the goods shed cleaned and painted.
Another important milestone was passed on March 3rd 2020 in the refurbishment process in the Gauge Museum with the completion of the high level work. During the next two days the scaffolding will be removed to start to move on to the final phase in finishing the task ready for the official reopening on April…
Further to our news item on 18 January about the appointment of Alan Smithers as the new Curator for Blue Anchor Museum, Alan took up post on 20th February. The Steam Trust is now starting the process of looking at the future role of Blue Anchor on the WSR and Alan will be playing a…