It was even colder than it looks in all the photos on this Gala. When I drove home that night there was lots of snow from the "Mini Beast from the East" It was to cold to snow while the gala was on.

The class 88's software would not let heat work in the  MNR Mark two's which why the 33 is behind the class 88. All the windows were closed, with just one or two opening them to get a photo of the train I was on and to open the doors when the train stopped.

 

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 next section from Dereham to County School is next. There is a even longer term aim to reach as far as Fakenham. The way they are going, they may well get there.

The Mid-Norfolk Railway has a ever growing collection of heritage diesels, carriages and wagons which just gets bigger each year. When you go back you can see what has been done since last time you came.

Some of other the preserved railways have had things that have been ongoing for years, not The Mid-Norfolk Railway it just gets them done.

 

Diesel Gala on 17th March 2018 pages

 

 Page 1 DRS class 88008 + class 33035 + class 08754 and Class 08847

 

 Page 2 Class 47367 + Class 47596 + D2334