Shillingstone [S&DJR] (7) - 23 July 2014

Whilst some aspire to re-open the entire route of the former Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway, I feel that the station restorations are more realistic. There are key projects at various points of the line and, of those, Shillingstone is perhaps the best known. A remarkable amount of work has been done by a limited number of volunteers and the station garden is particularly attractive.

Standing as sentinel on the painstakingly restored station, a Kubota mini-excavator symbolises the efforts of the volunteers whose acheivements are evident in this picture.

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