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	EZGeography - Dorset
		The county borders Devon to the west, Somerset to the north-west, Wiltshire to the north-east and Hampshire to the east.
		In the 12th century civil war Dorset was fortified with the construction of the defensive castles at Corfe Castle, Powerstock, Wareham and Shaftesbury, and the strengthening of the monasteries such as at Abbotsbury.
		Dorset is famed in literature for being the native county of author and poet Thomas Hardy.
	www.ezgeography.com /encyclopedia/Dorset (2043 words)

	Three Joint Railways
		Though the Somerset and Dorset has had a chequered past, it has been notable for its steady improvement under the joint administration of the Midland and the London and South Western and their successors, the L.M.S. and the Southern Railways.
		The Somerset Central was opened from Highbridge to Glastonbury in 1854; the Dorset Central, which it was originally intended to call by the imposing title of the "South Midland Union Railway" had its initial section opened from Blandford to Wimborne in 1860.
		The plan of the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway is simple in the extreme, the lines appearing on a railway map in the form of the letter Y. The main line runs north-west to Evercreech Junction from Broadstone Junction (Dorset), on the Southern Railway's line from Bournemouth West and Poole to Wimborne.
	mikes.railhistory.railfan.net /r038.html (3650 words)

	Researching in Somerset and Dorset
		Dorset, a county in southern England, was once a shire of the Kingdom of Wessex.
		Somerset is a county in southwestern England, bordering on the Bristol Channel.
		Wiltshire lies to the east of Somerset, Dorset to the southeast, and Devon to the southwest.
	www.sdfhs.org /DorsetFH.htm (1857 words)

	Welcome to the official Rail Simulator website! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		In 1875 The Somerset and Dorset Railway became a "joint" line under the control of the LSWR (London and South Western Railway), later part of the Southern Railway, and the Midland Railway which later became part of the LMS (London, Midland and Scottish Railway).
		In 1948 the railways were nationalised, and the SandDJR came under the ownership of the Southern Region of British Railways (BR).
		For more information on the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway and route, we suggest you visit the Somerset and Dorset Railway Trust website at www.sdrt.org.uk where you can find information on the history of the route, trust activities and many photos, both fl and white and colour, of the route in its heyday.
	www.railsimulator.com /en/somerset_and_dorset.htm (653 words)

	Visit Somerset this year and stay at a 4 star bed and breakfast farmhouse
		Before 1974, Somerset bordered the counties of Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north east, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south east and Devon to the southwest.
		Visit the Somerset Levels, and specifically the dry points such as Glastonbury and Brent Knoll, which have a long history of settlement, and are known to have been settled by mesolithic hunters.
		These landscapes are the limestone karst and lias of the north, the clay vales and wetlands of the centre, the oolites of the east and south, and the Devonian sandstone of the west.
	www.rydonfarm.com /dvisitsomerset.html (1289 words)

	Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway was formed by the merger of the Dorset Central Railway and the Somerset Central Railway.
		The word 'Joint' was added to the company name when the railway was let on a 999 year lease to the Midland Railway and the London and South Western Railway in the following year.
		The Somerset and Dorset Railway, by Robin Atthill and O.S.Nock 1967
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Somerset_and_Dorset_Joint_Railway (958 words)

	Somerset and Dorset Railway
		It was formed by a merger between the Somerset Central Railway and the Dorset Central Railway.
		Once again the company was in trouble but was rescued by the Midland Railway and the London and South Western Railway who leased the company as the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway.
		The Bridgwater Railway was leased by the London and South Western Railway and operated as part of the Somerset and Dorset Railway.
	www.railscot.co.uk /Somerset_and_Dorset_Railway/body.htm (109 words)

	Joint Railways
		This joint Glasgow and South Western/Caledonian line was unusual in that it owned two small locomotives, although all the frequent passenger and freight services were operated by the parent companies.
		This railway's main line ran eastwards from an end-on junction with the Midland near Bourne, in Lincolnshire, to [Great] Yarmouth: the line had begun as a rural byway from [King's] Lynn to Fakenham and this was extended westward over Sutton Bridge, still in use as a vital element in the A17 road, and eastward.
		The Johnson 4-4-0s supplied to the Joint line by Sharp Stewarts (and known as the Class C), were to the Midland Railway's 1808 Class design, and not the 2203 Class, whose driving wheel base was 6 inches longer.
	www.steamindex.com /locotype/jointrly.htm (2974 words)

	Somerset & Dorset Railway - History - Radstock
		On Saturday 15 January 1966, Messrs Yeomans (Chairman), Lacy (Secretary), and Knighton (Treasurer) of the Group agreed that the organisation would be known as The Somerset and Dorset Circle.
		At the Circle's AGM on 12 October 1968, the possibility of preserving an SDJR 2-8-0 locomotive was discussed.
		If any material has been used inadvertently without permission or attribution the Trustees of the Somerset and Dorset Railway Trust will be pleased to receive information with a view to correcting this in further updates.
	www.sdrt.org /trust/history/earlydays.htm (555 words)

	Broadstone Junction
		The London and South Western Railway were the first company to build a passenger line through Dorset, which ran from Southampton to the county town of Dorchester, opening on June 1, 1847.
		The Dorset Central Railway's branch line between Wimborne and Blandford opened on November 1, 1860 and was operated by the LSWR until 1863.
		It was a four way link of the Somerset and Dorset Railway from Bath, the London and South Western Railway from Southampton and connected to Hamworthy for trains to Dorchester or Holes Bay Junction for trains to Poole and Bournemouth West.
	members.tripod.com /~Class33/broadstone.htm (676 words)

	West Somerset Railway Latest News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Perhaps the most popular locomotive due to be outshopped in 2005 is the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway Class 7F 2-8-0 no 88 which will appear, controversially, for the first time ever in the famous SDJR Prussian blue with yellow lining and fl frames (The 7Fs were always fl in SDJR, LMS and BR days).
		Number 108 carries news of the "Independent Railway of the Year 2004", as to be expected, as well as a look back over a fantastic year and a look forward to several events in 2005, notably the mouth-watering line-up of twelve GWR locos at the Spring Steam Gala.
		At the Railway Heritage Awards ceremony on Tuesday 7 December at the Merchant Taylors' Hall in London, the West Somerset Railway was presented with the "Independent Railway of the Year 2004" award by HRH The Duke of Gloucester, KG, GCVO.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /edgefamily/WSR/news.htm (1629 words)

	Antiques Ireland - Online Book Lists - Irish Transport (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Allchin, C.V: Locomotives of the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway and the Irish Narrow guage Railways
		The LMS in 1923 inherited the former Belfast and Northern Counties Railway.
		The 16 mile narrow gauge railway from the LMS mainline at Ballymoney to Ballycastle.
	www.antiquesireland.com /booklists/irishtransport.shtml (1205 words)

	Somerset Coal Canal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Somerset Coal Canal (originally known as the Somersetshire Coal Canal) was a narrow canal in England, built around 1800 from basins at Paulton and Timsbury via Camerton, an aqueduct at Dunkerton, Combe Hay, Midford and Monkton Combe to Limpley Stoke where it joined the Kennet and Avon Canal.
		A key feature of the canal was the efforts at Combe Hay to overcome height differences between the upper and lower reaches of the canal, initially by the use of Caisson locks and when this failed an inclined plane and then a flight of 22 locks.
		In October 2006 a grant of £20,000 was obtained from the Heritage Lottery Fund, by the Somersetshire Coal Canal Society in association with Bath and North East Somerset Council and the Avon Industrial Buildings Trust to carry out a technical study on one of the locks and associated structures at Combe Hay.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Somerset_Coal_Canal (1293 words)

	iRail : Railway and Model Railway Web Directory, Search Engine and Links
		The Somerset & Dorset Railway Trust is dedicated to all matters relating to the Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway and its associated undertakings.
		The Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway closed to traffic on the 6th of March 1966.
		The Somerset & Dorset line was one of the best loved railway lines in Great Britain, running from Bath over the Mendips, across the mid Somerset Levels to Burnham on Sea and down through the gently undulating 'God's Country' of Dorset to Bournemouth.
	www.irail.co.uk /web_directory/historical_railways/somerset_and_dorset_joint (413 words)

	Somerset
		Somerset section to be expanded under the 1800-Uk.com domain shortly.
		The Somerset & Dorset Railway Trust is dedicated to all matters relating to the Somerset & Dorset Joint railway and associated undertakings.
		Life in the village of Wanstrow Somerset, as it is and as it was.
	u.webring.com /hub?ring=somerset2 (364 words)

	Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway Home Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Constituents of the SOMERSET and DORSET JOINT RAILWAY
		Somerset and Dorset Railway 1862-1948 - Joint Lease LandSWR and Midland from 1875, from 1923 Joint Lease Transfered to Southern Railway and L M S. Not part of the grouping.
		The Bridgwater Railway of 1882 remained nominally independent untill aquired by the LandSWR at grouping in 1923.
	myweb.tiscali.co.uk /mickssrsource/tpagesrs/tsdjrbutton.html (75 words)

	Somerset and Dorset Joint Line UK ,archive railway photographs
		Playing with cameras and websites are OK for a winters' evening, but too many so-called railway enthusiasts sit at home picking their oh-so-delicate noses whilst a faithful few do all the hard work keeping the trains running and looking good.
		He had no interest in railways, but nipped out in the lunch hour with a friend to get me some candid shots from a "layman's " point of view, since he was always very scornful of the "Slow and Dirty".
		One of those little railways which ended up being for the enjoyment of the staff, and if a few passengers happened along, that was even nicer.
	www.bethanyjunction.co.uk /RailwayS&D.htm (800 words)

	Somerset and Dorset Railway - Intro
		The Somerset and Dorset Railway always attracted a lot of attention from railway enthusiasts and still generates much interest, although many of its faithful adherents today are too young to remember it when it was operational.
		Britains railways were nationalised on 1st January 1948 and on the 2nd February the SandDJR became part of the Southern Region of British Rail.
		The road has been widened, removing any trace of the railway, but a little further south at the end of Bellotts Road, it is possible to find traces of the trackbed, now a linear park and footpath.
	www.gebejay.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk /sdintro.html (500 words)

	Somerset & Dorset
		It is a complete description and history of all the Midland and S&DJR lines in and around Bath, centred on the magnificent station of Green Park and its extensive yards and associated industries.
		A detailed account of the express whose name was synonymous with the Somerset and Dorset, covering the various routes taken over the years, the stock used, and the reasons behind the train.
		An extremely comprehensive history of the Somerset and Dorset in Radstock which includes the line out to Shoscombe and Single Hill Halt and all of the collieries in the area.
	titfield.co.uk /SDmain.htm (1528 words)

	SDRT Links
		The Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway - Searching for a lost line Gordon Jones is slowly expanding his interesting website with recent pictures of our favourite line as it appears now.
		The Somerset and Dorset After Closure A site mainly displaying previously unpublished material taken at various key locations on the SandD during the early seventies when much of the infrastructure was still standing.
		The Combwich Branch This 4mm scale model railway represents part of a great plan to link the up and coming north Somerset town sited on the river Parrett with Highbridge, Bridgwater and locations further afield by connecting onto the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway and the Great Western Railway.
	www.sdrt.org.uk /misc/links.htm (1550 words)

	The Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway- After Closure - Links (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		A superb photographic portrayal of the Somerset and Dorset Line in its final few years with images taken mainly on 'the Branch'.
		Chilcompton is the latest of a number of Somerset and Dorset based exhibition layouts and is currently under construction.
		This 4mm scale model railway represents part of a great plan to link the up and coming north Somerset town sited on the river Parrett with Highbridge, Bridgwater and locations further afield by connecting onto the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway and the Great Western Railway.
	www.nevard.com /sdjr/links.htm (979 words)

	More history on the line (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Work on this line started in 1872, and it was on the 20th July 1874 that the Evercreech to Bath Junction section was opened, 26 miles in length, and costing £400,000.
		When this extension was opened, the route between Bath and Bournemouth became the 'main line', with the Evercreech Junction (as it became known) to Burnham section becoming a 'branch'.
		The 21st of July 1890 saw the opening of the short branch between Edington Road Station (This was re-named to Edington Junction) and Bridgwater.
	www.expage.com /sadjrinfo1 (513 words)

	Cotch dot net - bbrp template (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Between Bristol and Bath the national cycle network C4 London to Bristol cycleway follows the route of a dismantled railway The path is maintained by local councils and the charity Sustrans.
		For part of the route, near Keynsham, the railway has been partly restored as a short heritage tourist railway, the Avon Valley Railway, with old restored rollingstock.
		The Bristol and Bath railway path follows what was the Midlands Railway line from Bristol to Birmingham and the branch line to Bath, which was in competition with Brunel's Great Western Railway, which still runs from Bath to Bristol.
	www.cotch.net /bbrp_template (179 words)

	West Somerset
		SDJR 2-8-0 No 88 rounds the curve at Kentsford Farm in front of a large gallery.
		It's nearly dusk and the beautiful Somerset countryside around Kentsford Farm is disturbed by the driving beat of King Edward I (no 6024).
		Here we ride with the newly-restored 7F Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway No. 88 from the port of Watchet to Washford station up the demanding Washford Bank.
	steamontheweb.co.uk /WSR/west_somerset.htm (420 words)

	Wikinfo \| River Stour, Dorset
		For many miles the river is followed by the now disused Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway, which bridged the river five times.
		A number of towns and villages in Dorset are named after the river, including East and West Stour, Stour Row, Stour Provist, Sturminster Newton, and Sturminster Marshall.
		Sturminster Newton is famous for its water mill and town bridge, which still bears the notice warning potential vandals that damaging the bridge is punishable by penal transportation.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=River_Stour,_Dorset (299 words)

	Mid Essex Model Railway Club (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Nettlebridge Colliery is a coal-winding operation in Somerset.
		The layout is based in the year 1907 and features a range of internal colliery workings in the foreground, being passed by true-to-period SDJR branch trains in the background.
		Overall dimensions are: 2.2m (7ft 3in) high minimum over lighting pelmet, 4.5m (14ft 9in) wide over fiddle yards, 1.6m (5ft 3in) deep (which includes for a walkway for the backstage operator behind the exhibit).
	homepages.tesco.net /~david.r.rayner/memrc/nettlebridge.html (375 words)

	About Somerset County UK: Somerset UK exposed in detail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Pevsner states in his North Somerset volume: 'If the date circa 1372 could be established, the historical importance of this church would be high indeed', and goes on to describe it as 'a proud, little altered stylistically very uniform church, masculine rather than refined'.
		St Julian's may lack the fine tracery of many other Somerset churches but it is far from plain a warm mellow building that catches the winter sunlight and a fine memorial to the many generations of Wellow people who lie close to its walls.
		A fine railway bridge will hopefully be pre-served on the outskirts of the village, although there is slight damage to some stones and pointing, for another has not fared as well having had its span removed with only the side piers remaining.
	www.somersetgateway.com /aboutsom/somermag/april2000/wellow.htm (1597 words)

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