Summer Diesel Festival 2025 - WSR
  • West Somerset Railway
    The Railway Station
    Minehead
    Somerset
    TA24 5BG
Join The West Somerset Railway for our annual celebration of all things diesels between Thursday 5th to Saturday 7th of June, plus a Mixed Traction Day on Sunday 8th June.

This year, the event is particularly special, with it being a major part of the Railway 200 celebrations - a nationwide event celebrating the 200th anniversary of the modern railway.  At this event, they will be representing the Western Region, with a selection of locomotive types that could have been seen on the Western Region, or for that matter in the West Country.

The weekend will feature a wide selection of locomotives including visiting and home fleet locomotives which are looked after by the Diesel and Electric Preservation Group at Williton.

An intensive timetable will be operating on all four days allowing you to hop from train to train to travel behind all your favourite locomotives and enjoy a truly thrashtastic day behind some of the best heritage diesel traction available! Some trains will continue past Bishops Lydeard and run to the very end of our line at Norton Fitzwarren, utilising a stretch of the line that is very rarely used for passenger trains!  

Learn more and book your tickets here!

Future dates
  • Friday 6th June 10:00am until 6:00pm
  • Saturday 7th June 10:00am until 6:00pm
  • Sunday 8th June 10:00am until 6:00pm
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