BEFORE, AND EARLY, PRESERVATION PICTURES

W. Harris collection.

A very early picture of the station building, boarded up, with weeds in the track.

W. Harris collection.

Dereliction setting in. Note the laurels on the down (left) platform, growing out over the platform. Also the extra chimney on the station building that had to be demolished as unsafe.

W. Harris collection.

Looking towards Bishops Lydeard; nature is taking over.

W. Harris collection.

Looking towards Williton; there is a siding disappearing through those weeds from the up loop! Note how the buildings have changed too.

W. Harris collection.

Believed to be the end years of BR tenure; there is still a "Way Out" sign and the track is relatively clear.

C. Dunmell collection.

Very early days of preservation, possibly 1973. A group of volunteers making a start on initial tidying up of Crowcombe; they carried on with other venues as well.

W. Harris collection.

Early days of preservation, possibly 1974.

W. Harris collection.

More early days of preservation, possibly 1974/5. The running line has been laboriously weeded.

C. Dunmell collection.

Believed to have been the very first train in preservation days. Bagnell No. 2994, "Victor", proceeding through the still weedy section on a "Directors Special" on 22/12/1975 bringing stock from Norton Fitzwarren to Minehead to form the nascent West Somerset Railway!