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Encyclopedia > East Somerset Railway
Locomotive 30075 pulls into Cranmore station

The East Somerset Railway operates a 2.5 mile preserved railway on standard gauge. Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... A scene on a heritage railway. ... As railways developed and expanded one of the key issues to be decided was that of the rail gauge (the distance between the two rails of the track) which should be used. ...

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History

The line was built in 1855 as a broad gauge line. The line was originally between Witham railway station and Shepton Mallet and this line opened on 9th November 1858. It was later extended to Wells, this part of the line was opened on 1st March 1862. The East Somerset Railway was bought by the Great Western Railway in 1874. It remained in use with the GWR and later BR until passenger service finally ceased in 1963. Great Western Railway broad gauge steam locomotives awaiting scrapping in 1892 after the conversion to standard gauge. ... Witham Friary is a small villiage between the Somerset (England) towns of Frome and Bruton. ... Witham (Somerset) railway station was a station serving the Somerset village of Witham Friary and was located on the Frome to Yeovil section of the Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway that opened in 1856. ... Shepton Mallet is a small rural town in Somerset, England, situated five miles to the east of Wells and just south of the Mendip Hills. ... Wells is a small city and civil parish in the Mendip district of Somerset. ... The original Bristol Temple Meads station, first terminus of the GWR, is the building to the left of this picture The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company, linking South West England, the West Country and South Wales with London. ... This article is about the defunct entity British Railways, which later traded as British Rail. The History of rail transport in Great Britain is covered in its own article. ... Many railway lines were closed as a result of the Beeching Axe The Beeching Axe is an informal name for the British Governments attempt in the 1960s to reduce the cost of running the British railway system. ...


Preservation

Today the railway plays host to a variety of preserved diesel and steam locomotives. A modern Diesel locomotive. ... Union Pacific Big Boy #4012 at work on a cold November 29, 1941 A steam locomotive is a locomotive powered by steam. ...


The East Somerset Railway only operates the line between Cranmore and Mendip Vale, the section between Cranmore and the mainline is used for heavy quarry traffic to the nearby Merehead Quarry. Cranmore is a village and civil parish east of Shepton Mallet, in the Mendip district of Somerset, England. ... Heart of Wessex Line branding on a Class 31 locomotive The Heart of Wessex Line is a United Kingdom railway line that runs from Bristol to Westbury to Weymouth. ... Introduction Mendip Rail is an independent freight operating railway company in the Great Britain. ...


On the 25th of March 2007 the East Somerset Railway announced that it had received a £7,500 grant from Shepton 21 Group, a local organistation, set up to regenerate the area around Shepton Mallet. The money will be spent on conducting a feasibility study into extending the line towards Shepton Mallet, with a possible new terminus at Cannards Grave, on the outskirts of Shepton Mallet.


Stations

Cranmore is the main railway station of the East Somerset Railway. ... Cranmore West is a railway station on the East Somerset Railway. ... Merryfield Lane Halt is a railway station at the summit of the East Somerset Railway. ... Mendip Vale is the terminus of the East Somerset Railway. ...

Locomotives

AB1719 'Lady Nan'
AB1719 'Lady Nan'

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Operational Steam

  • Andrew Barclay 0-4-0ST No.1719 - Austerity Blue
  • Duro USA Tank No.30075 - BR Black
  • GWR 5600 Class No.5637 - BR Black
  • No 813 0-6-0ST - GWR green - Great Western Green

ex-USATC S100 No. ... No. ...

Undegoing Overhaul

These 0-6-0 steam locomotives were designed by William Stroudley, in 1874 for short-distance goods and piloting duties on the London Brighton and South Coast Railway (LBSCR). ...

Awaiting Overhaul

Steel Company of Wales No. ...

Operational Diesel

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External links

  • The Railway website

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Somerset - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article (1113 words)
Somerset adjoins the counties of Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north east, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south east and Devon to the southwest.
Somerset is a largely rural county famous for its rolling hills and downland, the large flat Somerset Levels, and the Exmoor National Park which straddles the border with Devon.
In the north east the Mendip Hills are high, often bare mountain limestone hills with an extensive network of caves and underground rivers and a number of gorges, famously Cheddar Gorge.
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