Gauge Museum Blue Anchor
Open on all running days of the railway, visitors can appreciate the history and traditions of the railway.
Be sure to say hello to the lady and child who are waiting for the train to Minehead. Walk around and read the social history of the WSR line from Taunton to Minehead – “The Seaside Line”.
Discover items associated with a Seaside holiday in the discovery boxes. Try on the dressing up clothes or make up your own puppet story using the hand puppets in the puppet theatre.
Tryout the interactive TV with games, quizzes, stories of the WSR, you can also meet some of the 900+ volunteers who work on the WSR. Just tap on an icon to view and listen.
See an original Edmundson Ticket Printing machine. This was the way tickets were printed and issued at stations last printed on the WSR for BR in 1987.
Look up to see an array of railway lamps.
Stop off at Blue Anchor Station on your travels, close to the seaside, come and enjoy, fun for everyone.
The Museum is on the down platform at West Somerset Railway’s Blue Anchor Station TA24 6LG.
Sep-free access via the platforms, accessible by ramps booking office sells the full range of tickets for the railway. Toilets are available but currently no disabled toilet facilities. Refreshments are also available from the booking office.
The museum is financed by donations from visitors and admission is free.
