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The Mid-Norfolk Railway
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'Tanks and Tankards Steam Gala'
27th August 2016'
( Steam Gala page 3 of 4 )
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Saturday 27th August 2016
Metropolitan No.1
Metropolitan No.1 in Dereham Mid-Norfolk station on Saturday 27th August in 2016
Metropolitan No.1 in Dereham Mid-Norfolk station on Saturday 27th August in 2016
The Metropolitan Railway E Class . There was a total of 7 of these 0-4-4T steam locomotives built between 1896 and 1901 for The Metropolitan Railway.
Number 1 is based at the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre.
Mid-Norfolk Railway Tanks and Tankard steam gala 28th August 2016 pages.
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.
The Mid-Norfolk Railway's own web site is at
