Gartell Light Railway - S&DJR: From an open day in 2011

Saturday, 22 October 2011

From an open day in 2011

Thought i'd add some of these photos from one of the open days in 2011. I cant be certain of when i took them, only it was this year, oops. Please enjoy. I do quiet like the ones showing all the wagons out on show, lots of hard work but worth all that effort.

Looking back to Common Lane Shed, with the footbridge & vistor centre

A selection of GLR box vans

View from the picnic area across to Common Lane. John Gartell in conversation with Julian Birley. Julian lives reasonable local and very often just appears for a chat. Very helpful man with all things railway.

No. 9 - Jean with erm Jean. Mrs White leaning on her namesake with Alan (Chalky) firing for another run to Bournemouth!

Hmm, trains or ice cream, trains or ice cream?

Overview of Common Lane from the Signal Box.

No. 6 - Mr G backing onto the carriages at Common Lane

Amanda waiting for the passenger train hauled by No 6 - Mr G

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Gartell Light Railway

John and Christine Gartell, their family and friends look forward to welcoming you to the narrow gauge Gartell Light Railway. Step back in time to a more leisurely age and ride through the beautiful Blackmore Vale countryside along the route of the old Somerset & Dorset Railway.

Our delightful half-size trains are operated in exactly the same way as their full-size counterparts, with every train movement governed by an array of semaphore and colour-light signals controlled by the signalman in two signal boxes. It is therefore no exaggeration to say that the Gartell Light Railway is a working museum of traditional railway practice.

Visitors often tell us: "We live locally but we had no idea that the railway was here. We shall certainly come again. Everyone is so friendly and it's such good value for money."