The Somerset & Dorset Railway Heritage Trust operates a railway museum at Midsomer Norton railway station

Midsomer Norton railway station

Midsomer Norton railway station was a station on the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway between and Shepton Mallet. It served the town of Midsomer Norton. The station was immortalised in 1964 in the song "Slow Train" by Flanders and Swann...

 and plans to run passenger trains south towards Chilcompton

Chilcompton railway station

Chilcompton railway station was a station on the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway at Chilcompton in the county of Somerset in England. Opened on 20 July 1874, the station consisted of two platforms, the building on the down platform having a canopy...

 in the near future. It should not be confused with the Somerset and Dorset Railway Trust at Washford railway station

Washford railway station

Washford railway station is a station on the West Somerset Railway, a heritage railway in England. The station is situated in the village of Washford, which is itself within the civil parish of Old Cleeve in the county of Somerset.-History:...

. The Midsomer Norton site includes restored station buildings, a signalbox and a goods shed. The museum is located in an old stable block. It has almost a quarter of a mile of railway and a diesel locomotive.

Locomotives

• Sentinel
  S&DJR Sentinels
  The Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway Sentinel locomotives were two small vertical-boilered, chain-driven steam locomotives for shunting. They were built by Sentinel Waggon Works, who also produced similar designs for industrial customers.- Service :...
  
   0-4-0
  0-4-0
  Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 0-4-0 represents one of the simplest possible types, that with two axles and four coupled wheels, all of which are driven...
  
  VBT, works no. 7109, under restoration
• English Electric
  English Electric
  English Electric was a British industrial manufacturer. Founded in 1918, it initially specialised in industrial electric motors and transformers...
  
   0-6-0
  0-6-0
  Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 0-6-0 represents the wheel arrangement of no leading wheels, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and no trailing wheels...
  
  DH, works no. D1120, in service

Key

• VBT = vertical boiler
  Vertical boiler
  A vertical boiler is a type of fire-tube or water-tube boiler where the boiler barrel is oriented vertically instead of the more common horizontal orientation...
  
   tank locomotive
  Tank locomotive
  A tank locomotive or tank engine is a steam locomotive that carries its water in one or more on-board water tanks, instead of pulling it behind it in a tender. It will most likely also have some kind of bunker to hold the fuel. There are several different types of tank locomotive dependent upon...
  
  
• DH = diesel-hydraulic locomotive

Multiple units

• Class 108 Diesel Multiple Unit
  Diesel multiple unit
  A diesel multiple unit or DMU is a multiple unit train consisting of multiple carriages powered by one or more on-board diesel engines. They may also be referred to as a railcar or railmotor, depending on country.-Design:...
  
  . This is ex-Network SouthEast
  Network SouthEast
  Network SouthEast was one of three passenger sectors of British Rail created in 1982. NSE principally operated commuter trains in the London area and inter-urban services in densely populated South East England, although the network reached as far west as Exeter...
  
   set L231, consisting of vehicles 51909 and 54271, formerly stored at Long Marston, Warwickshire
  Long Marston, Warwickshire
  Long Marston is a village about southwest of Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire, England. The southern and western boundaries of the parish also form part of the county boundary with Worcestershire.-History:...
  
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Coaching stock

British Rail Mark 1 coaches were the principal passenger stock of the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway

Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway

The Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway – almost always referred to as "the S&D" – was an English railway line connecting Bath in north east Somerset and Bournemouth now in south east Dorset but then in Hampshire...

 from 1951 until the closure of the railway.

Number & Name	Description	History & Current Status	Livery	Owner(s)	Date	Photograph
No. M5562	Mk1 SK Standard Corridor The Standard Corridor type of railway carriage was one of the standard mid-20th century designs, and was coded SK by the LNER and BR, and CF by the LMS...	Operational; converted into a generator Electrical generator In electricity generation, an electric generator is a device that converts mechanical energy to electrical energy. A generator forces electric charge to flow through an external electrical circuit. It is analogous to a water pump, which causes water to flow...  coach.	Plain maroon.	Private Owner Property Property is any physical or intangible entity that is owned by a person or jointly by a group of people or a legal entity like a corporation... .	1955	~
No. E2599	Mk1 SLSTP	Serves as volunteer sleeping accommodation.	BR lined maroon.	Somerset & Dorset Railway Trust Washford railway station Washford railway station is a station on the West Somerset Railway, a heritage railway in England. The station is situated in the village of Washford, which is itself within the civil parish of Old Cleeve in the county of Somerset.-History:... .	1959	~
No. M26049	Mk1 SK Standard Corridor The Standard Corridor type of railway carriage was one of the standard mid-20th century designs, and was coded SK by the LNER and BR, and CF by the LMS...	Operational.	BR lined maroon.	Private Owner Property Property is any physical or intangible entity that is owned by a person or jointly by a group of people or a legal entity like a corporation... .	1962	~

Goods wagons

• Two ex-Royal Navy Armaments Depot goods vans (formerly stored at Long Marston, Warwickshire).