Royal Mail NAA 94320 at Dereham in the siddings on Friday 19th of March during the Mid-Norfolk's Diesel gala in 2010.
This Royal Mail NAA 94320 was one of 42 Propelling control vehicles converted for British Rail by Hunslet Barclay in the years 1994 to 1996 from 307 driving trailers for the Rail Express Systems parcel sector of British Rail. They had a cab at one end only.
The Type and number of this NAA be for its conversion was DTCOL 75120.
There are two roller doors on the sides for mail and the standard corrider connection at the other end. There was cab at each of end of the mail train and were not meant for long distance use, like the Driving Van Trailers (DVT) on the ECML or on the the WCML.
Mail trains were only propelled slowly with class 47/7s in push pull mode into the dead end of platforms at terminus stations which had no run round loops so saving a 2nd loco.
From 1996 EWS took over the mail services for Royal Mail, but then lost out to road transport, and these and the rest of the rail mail fleet were then not needed.
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Harsco Mark1V tramper at the Mid-Norfolk in March 2010
The crossing gates at the north end of Derham station at the Mid-Norfolk in March 2010.
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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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