King Edward II leaving Dereham station on Sunday 17th July in 2011
This was the Mid-Norfolk Railways first Steam Gala and it was spitting of rain as 6023 left Dereham station. Later on it was going to rain for most of the afternoon. There are two videos of this steam Gala below
Steam Gala Video on Sunday 17th July 2011 Part one
This video is of the first 3 passenger trains on the Sunday of this Gala
You can view this video in the full screen. Use the button on right of the video. To return from full screen press the same button. This video can also be in seen in 720HD for those of you who have a fast conection. For those of you who have a super fast conection the 1080HD setting can also be used
The weather was not kind to the MNR it had rained on the Saturday. On the Sunday it was just about fine in the morning when I took these videos but rained in the afternoon, but the trains were full for the King
There was a steam demonstration freight train at Dereham station on the Sunday morning. This ran between the passenger trains. This 2nd video at the MNR steam gala below is of this frieght train with 9466 and 47406 in charge
You can view this video in the full screen. Use the button on right of the video. To return from full screen press the same button. This video can also be in seen in 720HD for those of you who have a fast conection. For those of you who have a super fast conection the 1080HD setting can also be used
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.
This website is Ukrailways1970tilltoday.me.uk it is on railways but it is not just on trains but all things railways, with photos, which I have taken from the 1970s till now. I take photos of all things railways, steam diesel and electric trains, signal boxes, wagons any thing that is on the National Rail network, which was BR when I started taking photos.
