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...

It's National Volunteers' Week, so it's time to highlight the vital role that the Dean Forest Railway Society's volunteers play in...

The Dean Forest Railway Society is pleased to announced that it has purchased 50% ownership in Austerity locomotive ‘Wilbert’, in...

The Dean Forest Railway Society is delighted to announce a major funding boost to its ongoing project to restore the DFR's first ever...

The draw for the 2020 DFR draw has taken place, and now all of the winners have been contacted, I am happy to share the results with you!...

Increasingly we are all being urged to reduce, reuse or recycle, and the DFR does this wherever possible - witness our latest project...

The Dean Forest Railway Society is very pleased to announce that our Emergency Fund, launched at the height of the Coronavirus pandemic...