Class 31s in 2005
Class 31235 at Dereham station in 2005
Class 31235 in from the platform at Dereham station in 2005
Work is under way in 2005 for the water crane, which is now in use
This class 31235 was built in 1960 at Brush Electrical Engineering and had the number D5662 when new. It was in BR blue with full yellow ends round to the doors and large numbers in 2005.
Another class 31 in unrestored state (class 31530 or class 31530?) at Derham station in very washed out British Rail blue in 2005.
The Mid-Norfolk railway has had at least three class 31s based on the railway.
Class 31530/D5695 left the MNR in 2013 and went to the Mangapps Railway Museum.
Class 31438/D5557 was sold in 2011 and is now at Epping Ongar Railway.
The Mid-Norfolk was mainly a diesel line in 2005. But was in 2005 putting in water cranes and water tanks, so steam could use the line. Each summer now the Mid-Norfolk hirers in a steam locomotive and now has as one or two steam gala's.
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
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