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The Mid-Norfolk Railway
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'West Coast Steam Gala'
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West Coast Steam Gala in June 2014
Three 'West Coast' Steam locomotives were in use on the Sunday 1st June 2014 during this West Coast Gala at the Mid-Norfolk Railway. This page is at Wymondham Abbey Station.
46115 Scots Guardsman at Wymondham
46115 Scots Guardsman on the Sunday 1st June 2014 At Wymondham on the Mid-Norfolk Railway.
Scots Guardsman had just run round its train and was taking back into Wymodham's platform
This steam locomotive was built for the LMS in 1927 by the North British Locomotive Company in Glasgow. In 1928 it was named Scots Guardsman.
This locomotive was the star of the 1936 film Night Mail. This Locomotive was withdrawn in 1965 by British railways
46115 was after being purchased by the West Coast Railway Company restored to main-line running in 2008
8F 2-8-0 48151 at Wymondham
8F 2-8-0 48151 at Wymondham on the Mid-Norfolk Railway on Sunday the 1st June 2014
The 8F had just run round its train and was taking back into Wymodham's platform.
This 8f is certified for mainline use. It was built in 1942 at the Crewe works of the LMS. It was withdrawn in 1968 and ended up at Barry scrap yard and was there for 8 years. It used to have the nameplate Gauge O Guild, but this has now been removed
Jubilee Class 4-6-0 45699 Galatea at Wymondham
45699 Galatea had just run round its train and was taking back into Wymodham's platform
This LMS Jubilee class 4-6-0 45699 was built at Crewe in April 1936 with the number 5699. British railways added the 4.The name Galatea is after HMS Galatea There have been eight Royal Navy ships with this name.
This Jubilee Class 4-6-0 45699 Galatea was withdrawn in 1964 and ended up at Barry scrap yard. In 1980 it was saved and went to the Seven Valley Railway and was only going to provide a spare boiler for preserved Jubilee 45690 Leander.
In 2002 when it was sold to the West Coast Railway Company and moved to Carnforth were it was rebuild
West Coast Gala pages
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.
The Mid-Norfolk Railway's own web site is at
Page updated 7/8/2019
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