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<div>{{short description|Steam railway in Somerset, England}}<br />
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}<br />
{{Use British English|date=March 2015}}<br />
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|image=Gartell_Light_Railway-by-TIM-CHAPMAN.jpg<br />
|railroad_name=Gartell Light Railway<br />
|gauge={{Track gauge|2ft|lk=on}}<br />
|system_map =<br />
|start_year=1990<br />
|end_year=Present<br />
|length={{convert|3/4|mi|km}}<br />
|hq_city=Templecombe<br />
|locale=England<br />
}}<br />
{{Gartell Light Railway}}<br />
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The '''Gartell Light Railway''' is a privately run [[narrow gauge railway]] located at [[Yenston]] in the [[Blackmore Vale]], south of [[Templecombe]], in [[Somerset]], England. It operates a {{Track gauge|2ft|lk=on}} [[narrow gauge railway]] running for {{convert|3/4|mi|km}}, partly along the track of the old [[Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Gartell Light Railway|url=https://www.steamheritage.co.uk/museums_and_attractions/listing/gartell_light_railway|publisher=Steam Heritage|access-date=15 September 2016|archive-date=4 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804052927/https://www.steamheritage.co.uk/museums_and_attractions/listing/gartell_light_railway|url-status=dead}}</ref> The railway has 4 stations – Common Lane, Pinesway Junction, Park Lane and Tower View.<br />
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The railway is controlled using a comprehensive signalling system operated from two signalboxes – Common lane and Pinesway Junction. Both signalboxes control a mix of semaphore and colour light signals with mechanically operated points.<ref>{{cite web|title=Gartell Light Railway|url=http://www.steamrailwaylines.co.uk/other_railways-south_west2.htm|publisher=Steam Railway Lines|access-date=15 September 2016}}</ref><br />
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The railway is open to the public on selected dates through the year when it normally operates an intensive 3 train operation with departures from Common Lane station every 20 minutes through the day between 10:30 and 16:30.<br />
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==The route of the GLR==<br />
* Park Lane<br />
* Pinesway Junction<br />
* Tower View<br />
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== Locomotives ==<br />
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{|class="wikitable"<br />
!Number<br />
!Name<br />
!Builder<br />
!Type<br />
!Date<br />
!Works number<br />
!Notes<br />
|-<br />
|1<br />
|''AMANDA''<br />
|Gartell Light Railway<br />
|Bo-BoDH<br />
|2000<br />
|<br />
|Ex [[Southend Pier Railway]], rebuilt on the railway<br />
|-<br />
|2<br />
|''ANDREW''<br />
|[[Baguley-Drewry]]<br />
|4wDH<br />
|1973<br />
|3699<br />
|Acquired in 2007, Sold to Amberley Museum in 2025<br />
|-<br />
|5<br />
|''ALISON''<br />
|[[Alan Keef]]<br />
|4wDH<br />
|1993<br />
|10<ref name="IRS 14EL" /><br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|6<br />
|''Mr. G''<br />
|North Dorset Locomotive Works<br />
|0-4-2T<br />
|1998<br />
|698<ref name="IRS 14EL">{{irs-el |el=14}}</ref><br />
|Newly built for the line, based on the design of [[W.G. Bagnall]] locomotive ''Polar Bear''<br />
|-<br />
|8<br />
|''Faith''<br />
|North Dorset Locomotive Works<br />
|0-4-2T<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|9<br />
|''Jean''<br />
|Alan White<br />
|0-4-0T+T<br />
|2008<br />
|<br />
|<ref name="GLR Guide">{{cite book | author = Gartell Light Railway | title = Official Guide 2008 | publisher = Gartell Light Railway | year = 2008 }}</ref><br />
|}<br />
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==Accidents and incidents==<br />
In April 2025 a volunteer worker was seriously injured when alighting from a moving train, a practice forbidden by the [[Glossary of United Kingdom railway terms#Rule Book|rule book]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Person struck by train on Gartell Light Railway, Somerset, 17 April 2025 |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/safety-digest-042025-gartell-light-railway/person-struck-by-train-on-gartell-light-railway-somerset-17-april-2025 |website=Rail Accident Investigation Branch |publisher=GOV.UK |access-date=23 July 2025}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[British narrow gauge railways]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
<references /><br />
* {{cite book| author=Thomas, Cliff| title=The Narrow Gauge in Britain & Ireland| publisher=Atlantic Publishers| year=2002| isbn=1-902827-05-8| url-access=registration| url=https://archive.org/details/narrowgaugeinbri0000thom}}<br />
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== External links ==<br />
{{commons category|Gartell Light Railway}}<br />
*[http://newglr.weebly.com/ The Railway website]<br />
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