Hymek

  • Your Gallery | Hymek D7018 at West Somerset Railway

    Your Gallery | Hymek D7018 at West Somerset Railway

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    Phil Clarke has sent in this picture taken at West Somerset Railway of Hymek D7018.

  • Western Cinderella awaits attention at Williton

    Western Cinderella awaits attention at Williton

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    THE Diesel & Electric Preservation Group’s Class 52 No. D1010 Western Campaigner is seen alone in Williton diesel depot, West Somerset Railway, on June 22.  For nearly a quarter of a century this loco, when in the shed (completed late 1997), has had Class 35 No. D7018 for company. However, on this day the ‘Hymek’ was out…

  • Enhanced diesel loco services on West Somerset

    Enhanced diesel loco services on West Somerset

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    CLASS 37 No. D6948 arrived at the West Somerset Railway (WSR) on April 29 for a two-month visit.  The privately owned loco is in the care of the Growler Group, based at Toddington on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway. The blue-route loco is helping with WSR timetable services during the weight restriction period, and worked several days…

  • 6412 returning as WSR marks four decades of BL steam

    6412 returning as WSR marks four decades of BL steam

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    COLLETT ‘64XX’ 0-6-0PT No. 6412 will return to the railway it called home for 33 years next month when it takes part in the West Somerset Railway’s anniversary gala on June 8-9. The event will celebrate 40 years since trains started running to Bishops Lydeard on June 9, 1979, and aims to capture some of the…


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