| The 7 1/4" gauge Gorse Blossom Miniature Railway (Devon) seen during a visit in August 1990.
This railway leisure park opened in 1984 and consisted of nearly a mile of track squeezed into a relatively small area. It was located high up on a hill overlooking Newton Abbot. Much of the equipment previously operated on a line at Buckfastleigh. Other attractions here included a G-scale layout, picnic areas, woodland walks, playground and even a separate drive-your-own 7 1/4" train! The park closed in 2006 and the equipment was sold off. |
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This Swiss-style battery loco was built by Don Fifer in 1990 |
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The station area |
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Some of the carriages came from the early 'Ian Allan' miniature railway empire |
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Locomotive 'Yeo' was built by Milner Engineering in 1979 and worked at Buckfastleigh before coming here in 1984 |
The restaurant building |
Yeo pulling into the station |
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