Wells & Walshingham Light Rlwy

On September 10, 2019 I took a trip on the Wells & Walshingham Light Railway. It claims to be the World's Smallest Public Railway. It's laid on part of the Wymondham to Wells branch line. I'd seen it on a BBC TV property program and the point made was that the narrow guage rails were actually used in WWI for supplies to troops at the Somme. As I rode on the train, I couldn't help but think that my grandad who took part in the battle may have seen some of the rails I was using.



The locomotive was "Norfolk Heroine" named after Edith Cavell

	There are things for teh kids bty lineside e.g. elf's hut

or fairy mushrooms	A game bird flees from the train....

Given the earlier use of the track, lineside poppies were evocative	Most of the track is straight, but.........


A previous intermediate station	Many bridges on the line



At Wighton, some of the original platform still exists

	Destination is Walsingham

Where the locomotive uses headshunt and run-round loop. to take the train back

Back at Wells is the signal box...............	.....................other trains....................

	........and carriages, some awaiting renovation, and some in good shape.

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