![]() Class 37 706 at Dereham
This West Coast Railways Class 37 706 was at Dereham station during the Mid-Norfolk's Class 37 Golden Jubilee Diesel gala onwhat was a very wet, Friday the 24th of September 2010. This class 37 was from West Coast Railways which base this class 37 at Southall for use on the main lines on railtours.
![]() Class 37 706 into Dereham station during the 37 Gala.
The Class 37 or English Electric Type 3 was part of the British Railways Modernision Plan. This one was numbered D6716 when new by the English Electric Co. Ltd at its Vulcan Foundry in Newton-le-Willows in June 1961.
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.
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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 taken photos.
This page is about the Mid-Norfolk Railway class 37 Diesel Gala in 2010.
Today EWS, East Coast, Central trains and EWS are just some of the names on the trains. The name on the train does not mean, thats whos train it is these days. These names keep changing, but that means I have to keep taking photos. I also take photos of preserved railways with steam diesel and electric trains.There is lots more to add and I keep taking More!