Owners of the Gartell Light Railway John and Christine Gartell and also their family and friends who operate the railway on open days, all look forward to welcoming you to the narrow gauge Gartell Light Railway (GLR). The GLR opened its doors to the public in 1991 and from its humble beginnings has steadily expanded its operations to become a popular Somerset tourist attraction. Step back in time to a more leisurely age and ride through the beautiful Blackmore Vale countryside along the route of the old Somerset & Dorset Railway - sadly closed to 'main line' trains in 1966. Our delightful trains are operated in exactly the same way as their full-size counterparts, with every train movement safely governed by an interesting array of semaphore and colour-light signals controlled by the signalmen in two signal boxes. It is therefore no exaggeration to say that the Gartell Light Railway is a working museum of traditional railway practice with its steam engines, signal boxes and 'old fashioned' signals!