So even in this heat our volunteers are still hard at work. Earlier this week some clearing work was undertaken at the bottom end of...

John knocking a sleeper square to release the track Using the RRV to clear the track panels and the old sleepers The permanent Way...

Richard Hooper from S&T teases with a post on Facebook about the new crossing gates for Whitecroft. Quote from Richard " A little...

Continuing the upgrade of this junction the S&T team lead a small group of volunteers to install two new signal posts. This was a two day...

Some exciting news uncovered today by our Company chairman, please check out this post in the Society Facebook group....

As part of the planned upgrade to Middle Forge Junction, Richard from the S & T team reports that on an unseasonably hot Monday and...

Sunday 27th April, from 1pm at Norchard. Ever wondered what it’s like to volunteer on a heritage railway? Now’s your chance to find out!...

The Middle forge drainage project was designed, planned and lead by one of our Trustees and Directors. Phase 1 nearing completion in...

The Dean Forest Rail announced on the 27th February the purchase of a small rake of Vanwide VEA’s for preservation. Several of these vans...

On Sunday 23rd March 2025 the Pannier tank 9681 was required to power a driver experience day so Uskmouth was called in to work the...

Lineside Volunteers needed - Chris Bull Our Lineside Team was formed in 1996, when we had a problem with vegetation at Lydney Junction. A...

After an item was posted in issue 68 of our Dean Forest Magazine. (Time for a change) We were very pleased to hear from long time member...

Coming soon to Society members - Issue 67 of the DFR Magazine! As mentioned previously, we’re aiming to release the issue electronically...

Our winners for the second 2023 raffle have now been drawn! We have had another successful year with, at the time of writing, over...

It's come to our attention that we haven't updated the website for a while, particularly in regard to our June raffle winners...so here...

2022 marked the first time we have ever made two raffle draws in a year, and in November we pulled the names of the second selection of...

We have drawn our first ever June raffle and the results are in. Congratulations to our lucky winners! 1st Prize - £250: David Franklin...

Thanks to the DFR's mainline connection, the railway benefits from being able to train technicians from Network Rail on their track...

The Dean Forest Railway Society is delighted to announce that this year's Fundraising Raffle has raised a record-breaking total of...

The Dean Forest Railway Society is very pleased that our wonderful volunteers have been recognised for their amazing contribution, by...