The Somerset & Dorset 7Fs
Railways • Documentary, Special Interest
The very special Somerset and Dorset Class 7F 2-8-0s. Their working lives were spent entirely on the famous Somerset and Dorset Railway and such was their charisma that two examples, 53808 and 53809, have been saved for posterity.
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