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The Mid-Norfolk Railway
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'Diesel Gala April 2014'
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Class 47 James William Nightall GC
Class 47 James William Nightall GC at Thuxton station with a train to Wymondham on Friday 4th of April 2014
It was a dull day and damp April day
This class 47 is named after the James William Nightall who was killed when a wagon caught fire on a ammunition train at Soham in WW2 . He and his driver Benjamin Gimbert uncoupled the wagon from the rest of the train, but the wagon then exploded, killing Nightall instantly.The George Cross was awarded for his braverly, that saved many lives in Soham, had the rest of train also exploded Soham would have been wiped off the map
Class 47 James William Nightall GC at Wymondham Abbey station on Friday 4th of April 2014.
D 1015 Western Champion
D 1015 Western Champion at Dereham station on Friday 4th of April 2014
D 1015 Western Champion had brought the visiting locomotives, Class 37219 Demelza and D306 Atlantic Conveyor and Class 50007 Hercules was not part of the gala, but was still one of the stars of the event. Westerns were not seen in Norfolk and were used on the western region of British Railways.
The Mid-Norfolk Railway Preservation Trust
It was only around 1995 that The Mid-Norfolk Railway Preservation Trust started to restore this line between Dereham and Wymondham. It now has 17.5 miles of track (11.5 miles is in use) which when its is all in use, will be one of longer preserved railways in the UK. A lot of the other preserved railways had already had a twenty year start when they started.
Trains run now between Dereham and Wymondham. The next section from Dereham to County School is next. There is a even longer term aim to reach as far as Fakenham. The way they are going, they may well get there.
The Mid-Norfolk Railway's own web site is at
