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'Class 37 Gala in 2010'
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Class 37 906 in Railfreight Red Strip liverly at the MNR
 
Class 37906 in Dereham station
 
Class 37 906 is in the Railfreight Red Strip liverly in a very wet Dereham railway station during the Mid-Norfolk's Class 37 Diesel gala on the 24th of September 2010. This class 37 was from the Ruston 906 Group, which is based at the Seven Valley Railway.
 
The Mid-Norfolk Railway three day Class 37 Golden Jubilee Gala was from Friday 24th to Sunday 26th of September in 2010. It was to mark the 50 years of the Class 37. The day I went was the very wet Friday. They had 12 class 37s for this event.
 
The Class 37 or English Electric Type 3 as it was called when new, was part of the British Railways Modernision Plan. These locomotives are now up to 50 years old, being built between 1960 and 1965 with around 309 in total being built. This class 37 whos number is 37906 was built in 1963.
 
37906 coming into in Dereham station light engine.
 
Class 37906 coming into in Dereham station light engine.
 
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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Pages on trains in Class 37 Gala in 2010 at the Mid-Norfolk Railway

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   Class 37 275 in BR blue is in a very wet Dereham station
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   Network Rail Class 37 97301 painted in Network Rail yellow at Dereham
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   Class 37 D6729 in British Railways green at Dereham station
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   West Coast Railways Class 37 706 at Dereham station
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   Class 37 5186 was in the bay at Dereham station
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   6737 in British Railway green in a very wet Dereham station
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   Class 37 906 in Railfreight Red Strip liverly at Dereham station This Page
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   Direct Rail Services Class 37 423 into Dereham station
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   Colas Rail Class 47749 is in a very wet Dereham station

 

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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!