The United States Army Transportation Corps USATC S160 2-8-0's, some of which were shipped to Britain, ready for the D-Day invasion of France in 1944. Some were used on the railways in the UK while waiting for D Day.

 

2,120 of these S160s were produced in the USA  by Lima, Alco (American Locomotive Co) and Baldwin. Of these, nearly 800 came to the UK ready for D-Day.

 

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.