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The Mid-Norfolk Railway
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'Diesel Gala 9th September 2016'
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Class 20s D8059 and D8188
This MNR Diesel Gala was a three day event over the weekend of the 9th to 11th September 2016
Friday 9th September 2016
Two very clean class 20s with D8059 and D8188 at Dereham on September 9th 2016 at the Mid-Norfolk Railway. This two class 20s were from the Severn Valley Railway
The two class 20s with D8188 and D8059 at Thuxston station on 9th of September 2016 at the Mid-Norfolk Railway.
"The Jolly Fisherman" were summer weekend passenger trains which ran from Nottingham to Skegness with pairs of class 20s, not needed on coal trains at the weekend in BR days.
Two Class 20s with D8059 leading and D8188 coming into Thuxston from Wymondam on the Mid-Norfolk Railway station.
The British Rail Class 20 which was known when new, as an English Electric Type 1. 228 of these locomotives were built by English Electric between 1957 and 1968. They were more often used in pairs with the cabs on the outside. One class 20 on its own was rare.
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.
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.
Pages on this Gala on 9th of September in 2016
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