(Photos courtesy Mike Lucas)
Five lovely Gartell shots that really capture the atmosphere of this S&D narrow gauge line.
All show steam loco no 6 pulling the Prussian blue set.
Check out the Gartell blog - the S&D must be the only route in the UK with two blogs dedicated to it!
This Railway is brilliant. They have done a really good job a real railway! If or when the S&D is rebuilt we should leave this stretch to Gartell? Maybe divert the railway north of Stalbridge go underneath Stalbridge Park and serve Milborne Port! Before going into Templecombe Upper station.
ReplyDeleteThe Gartell will always be safe! This will probably be the last stretch of the main line to be rebuilt (Templecombe to Blandford). It will of course be up to the Gartell what it wants to do when the main line is back. I always quite liked the idea of the Binegar-Oakhill line being reopened as narrow gauge, with a real purpose of course! I suspect narrow gauge railways and tramways are going to undergo a huge increase in popularity in the future as they can serve areas where a standard gauge line is not economic.
ReplyDeleteI love the way the Gartell is staying true to the S&D.