Pines Express

A Somerset & Dorset Railway Trust publication, formerly called “The Bulletin”.

Correct as of: 14/02/26.

No.	Month	Year	Collection	Articles
1	January	1966
2	February	1966
3	March	1966
4	April	1966
5	May	1966
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73	March-April	1976		Coaching Stock on the S&D 1950-1966 by John Palmer & Chris Longley.
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121				Locomotive Allocations of the S & D: The Bulleid Pacifics, Part 1 by Chris Handley.
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127	March-April	1985		Templecombe No.2 Junction, 22nd March 1951 by Mike Arlett.
128	May-June	1985		Locomotive Allocations of the S & D: The S&D 4-4-0 Tender Locomotives Part 1, The Early Years by Chris Handley.
129	July-August	1985		A Week on the ‘Perisher’ by Bernard Ware. Photo Feature – Holiday Traffic on the S&D in the Late Fifties.
130	September-October	1985		Locomotive Allocations of the S & D: The S&D 4-4-0 Tender Locomotives Part 2, The 1930s and 1940s by Chris Handley.
131	November-December	1985
132	January-February	1986		Locomotive Allocations of the S & D: The S&D 4-4-0 Tender Locomotives Part 3, 1948-1962 by Chris Handley.
133	March-April	1986		A Passed Cleaner/Fireman Recollects by Bill Rawles. Up the ‘Golden Stairs’, Part 2 by Donald Beale.
134		1986
135		1986
136	September-October	1986		[Midford] Locomotive Allocations of the S & D: BR Standard Class 5 4-6-0s, Part 1, 1954-59 by Chris Handley.
137		1986
138	January-February	1987		Locomotive Allocations of the S & D: BR Standard Class 5 4-6-0s, Part 2, 1960-66 by Chris Handley
139	March-April	1987
140	May-June	1987		The Radstock Sentinels by Alan Cottrell.
141	July-August	1987
142	September-October	1987		–
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147	July-August	1988		Summer Saturdays 1961- 2P Finale by Jim Boudreau.
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185	November-December	1994
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197	January – February	1997		Signalling at Wellow by Chris Osment.
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220				–
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223	Winter	2001		–
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303	Winter	2021		Are the S&D 7Fs Worthy of Adulation They Recieve? by Bob Curtis. S&D Stations, Part 27 – Corfe Mullen by David Grimwood.
304	Spring	2022		S&D Stations, Part 28 – Shepton Mallet by David Grimwood.
305	Summer	2022		S&D Stations, Part 29 – Midford by David Grimwood.
306	Autumn	2022		The 1962 Day-to-Day Movements of 92220 Evening Star on the S&D… Culminating in the Last Pines Express by Bob Curtis. S&D Stations, Part 30 – Bridgwater North by David Grimwood.
307	Winter	2022		S&D Stations, Part 31 – Evercreech Junction by David Grimwood.
308	Spring	2023		2Ps and the S&D – An Unlikely but Successful Marriage, Part 1 by Bob Curtis. S&D Stations, Part 32 – Masbury by David Grimwood.
309	Summer	2023		2Ps and the S&D – An Unlikely but Successful Marriage, Part 1 by Bob Curtis. S&D Stations, Part 33 – Wells by David Grimwood.
310	Autumn	2023		2P No. 40537 – A Riddle Wrapped in Mystery by Bob Curtis. S&D Stations, Part 34 – Radstock by David Grimwood.
311	Winter	2023		Standard 3MT 2-6-2Ts on the S&D by Bob Curtis. S&D Stations, Part 35 – Midsomer Norton by David Grimwood.
312	Spring	2024		Why Cleethorpes-Exmouth?, Part 1 by Bob Curtis – this service via the S&D opened up access to the south coast.
313	Summer	2024		Why Cleethorpes-Exmouth?, Part 2 by Bob Curtis – looking at the S&D part of this long-distance service.
314	Autumn	2024		S&D Stations, Part 38 – Burnham-on-Sea by David Grimwood – In the last of his stations series, David Grimwood describes this town that was said to appeal to those who prefer ‘somewhere comparatively sedate’.
315	Winter	2024		Pilot Engine Working at Templecombe, Part 1 by Bob Curtis.
316	Spring	2025		Pilot Engine Working at Templecombe, Part 2 by Bob Curtis.
317	Summer	2025		The 11.12 (SO) Bournemouth–Sheffield by Bob Curtis. 100 Not Out! 53808 1925–2025 by Roger Hardingham.
318	Autumn	2025		More on Templecombe Pilot Working by Tim Chapman.
319	Winter	2025		Time Lost by Freight Trains Over the S&D 1948/9 by Bob Curtis. Every S&D Book Ever Published: An Update by Mark Woolley. A Trip Down the Highbridge Branch in 1962 by Steve Ehrlicher.

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