| 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.
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| The locomotive was "Norfolk
Heroine"
named after Edith Cavell |
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There are things for teh kids bty
lineside e.g. elf's hut |
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| or fairy mushrooms |
A game bird flees from the train.... |
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| Given the
earlier use of the track, lineside poppies were evocative |
Most of the track is straight,
but......... |
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| A previous intermediate station |
Many bridges on the line |
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| At Wighton, some of the
original platform still exists |
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Destination is Walsingham |
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| Where the locomotive uses
headshunt and run-round loop.
to take the train back |
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| Back at Wells is the signal
box............... |
.....................other
trains.................... |
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........and carriages, some awaiting
renovation, and some in good shape. |
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