A lost section of Brunel's Great Western Railway is being brought to life by volunteers, more than 160 years after work first started.
A team at Yeovil Railway Centre have been busy laying a new track extension as part of Project South Chord, which will also see a brand new station put in place.
The heritage railway, which currently runs steam and diesel-hauled passenger trains along a short section of line, is looking to raise £100,000 to finish the project.
Neil Coultas, project manager for the scheme, said the "unique" project was "very much linking back to the past and very much in line with keeping history alive".
The railway centre currently has a third of a mile of running line.
"We are a little bit of the Great Western Railway living on, which is fantastic," Mr Coultas said.
Due to a period of economic downturn the original track was never laid. Thanks to the work of heritage rail enthusiasts volunteering on site, that is about to change.
"When I'm working down there, I like to think back to the navvies of 1864, those guys who did all the hard work preparing the track bed," Mr Coultas said.
"We are finally, finally putting some track down there - building on their legacy."   

 


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