MNR East Coast Steam Gala

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The Mid-Norfolk Railway

'East Coast Steam Gala 29th June 2014'

East Coast Steam 29th of June 2014

A4 60009 Union of South Africa and GNR N2 no.1744 at Dereham on Sunday the 29th of June 2014

The Mid-Norfolk Railways East Coast Steam Gala was held between the 26th and 29th of June in 2014

Four steam locomotives were in use. LNER A4 no. 60009 Union of South Africa and LNER K4 61994 The Great Marquess. Also GNR N2 no.1744 and NER H (LNER Y7) no.1310. Plus a Cockrill 0-4-0 VBT steam Tram engine.

Also at Yaxham along the line, The Yaxham Light Railway was open.

NER H (LNER Y7) no.1310in the yard at Dereham

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 Mid-Norfolk Railway's own web site is at

http://www.mnr.org.uk/

Page updated 7/8/2019

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