Somerset Dorset Joint 10 Six-wheel 5 Compartment Third (part body only)

Somerset Dorset Joint 10 Six-wheel 5 Compartment Third (part body only)

Present Location North Dorset Railway
County Location Dorset
Designed For Somerset Dorset Joint
Build Location Highbridge
Type TZ
First Number 10
Gauge 4ft 8 1/2in
Wheel Arrangement 6 wheel
Original Underframe No
Original Bogies No
Additional Notes Assumed built at Highbridge for Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway in the 1880s. Sold out of service in 1920s or 1930s. Then used as Pavilion at Mark Tennis Courts, Somerset until at least 1989. Three fifths then acquired for a garden in Cannington, West Somerset. Body unaltered apart from two partitions taken down and third one strengthened for new end. 07/25: moved to Shillingstone Station, North Dorset Railway.
Owner Private
External Structural Condition Good
Internal Structural Condition Satisfactory
Underframe Condition Not Applicable
External Condition Good
Internal Finish Fair
Degree of External Originality Some replaced/reproduced material
Degree of Internal Originality As built/last Passenger rebuild (BR or before)
Degree of Underframe/Running Gear Originality Not Applicable
Degree of External Authenticity Good
Degree of Internal Authenticity Good
Degree of Underframe Authenticity Not Applicable
Rarity Few
Importance Of some Importance
Storage Secure Open
Operational No
Date of Image 23/10/2012
Photo Taken By Steve Ehrlicher
At Risk No
Scrapped No
Record Last Updated 23/12/2025

Gordon Weddell 07/1973: in earlier location at Mark - see Notes above

     








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