stratton

00, Southern Railway/British Railways (Southern), 4 @ 12 feet

Stratton     is a halt on the imaginary Lechmere Valley Railway {LVR} that joined the S&D Mainline in the West to the GWR Bristol and North Somerset Railway in the East. The nominally independent LVR had a working arrangement with the LSWR and the line was operated from the outset by a mix of GWR and S&D (by our time LMS & SR stock) trains. After the 1 January 1923 Grouping ownership of the LVR passed to the Southern Railway.

Halt    East bound passenger    West bound passenger

Goods train    Quarry    Blockworks

Panoramas of the layout


The distinctly basic halt



The west bound passenger train comes on scene

The west bound trains are heading to the GWR Bristol and North Somerset Railway

The Junction with the GWR is at Mells Road

The train with terminate at Frome



Over the bridge



Passing the block works




The east bound passenger train comes on scene

The block works

Over the bridge

The east bound passenger trains head towards the S&D Mainline

The Junction with the S&D is at Chilcompton

Trains then run through to Radstock




An east bound local goods train

The goods shunts the quarry

Swapping empty for full wagons







Over the bridge

Stopping at the blockworks

Shunting the blockworks

Coupling up



Gurney Slade Quarry is owned by Stratton Limestone Ltd

Limestone is quarried, trucked to the railway, dumped into the receiver, moved by conveyor, and dumped into the hopper.

From the hopper limestone goes down the shoot in to railway wagons.

The dump (top) and ramp (bottom). The ramp is used to move plant by rail.



Stratton Cast Stone makes blocks from cement and local aggregate.