West Somerset Railway Spring Gala 2008

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THE WEST SOMERSET RAILWAY SPRING GALA 2008

Another grand Gala weekend at the longest preserved railway in Great Britain. Ernie and I spent four days at the railway. We also met up with our friend from Bridgwater, Ged. Normally we spend two days at the railway and two days making Pictorial Walks of local villages but with the showery weather over the four days we settled down to video and take still shots of trains for the whole weekend.

We rode the train on Thursday taking the 14.30 from Bishops Lydyard and was most impressed with the action staged at Minehead for our arrival. As we had not got the full working timetable with us the sight of the freight train at Crowcombe was also a delight.

Pictures start at Bishops Lydyard station where there is a museum housing lots of interesting items as well as pictures

You will see that there are two sets of pictures for you to view. I thought it would be nice to include some of Ernie's pictures.

You can find lots of information about this railway by clicking on the link below

www.west-somerset-railway.co.uk

Click on the thumbnails to view our pictures.