West Coast Class 37 706
Class 37 706 at Dereham
Class 37 706 Class 37518 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.
Class 37518 at Dereham
Class 37 5186 was in the bay at Dereham station during the Mid-Norfolk's Class 37 Golden Jubilee Diesel gala on what was a very wet, Friday the 24th of September 2010.
This class 37 was D 6776 and was one of the 37s built at Robert Stephenson & Hawthorn and was built in 1962. It is now painted in the Railfrieght Red Strip liverly with the large BR arrows. It is privately owned and it is now based (2011) at the East Lancs Railway. It was for a time at the Nene Valley Railway.
Class 37 Golden Jubilee Gala
The Mid-Norfolk Railway held a 3 day Class 37 Golden Jubilee Gala from Friday 24th to Sunday 26th of September to mark 50 years of the Class 37. I went on what was a very wet Friday. The MNR had got 12 class 37s for this event.
The Class 37 or the English Electric Type 3, as it was known when new, was part of the British Railways Modernision Plan. The class 37s are now up to 50 years old, being built between 1960 and 1965 with around 309 built.
Class 37 360 at the MNR class 37 gala.
Class 37360 was painted in the DCE grey and yellow or "Dutch" colours and is owned by Class 37 Locomotive Group and was based at the Mid Norfolk.
Class 37 6737
6737 is in British Railway green at Dereham
6737 is in British Railway green, in a very wet Dereham station, during the Mid-Norfolk's Class 37 Diesel gala on the 24th of September 2010. I think this class 37 had come from the South Deven Railway.
The Mid-Norfolk Railway held a 3 day Class 37 Golden Jubilee Gala from Friday 24th to Sunday 26th of September 2010 to mark 50 years of the Class 37. I went on what was a very wet Friday. They had 12 class 37s for this event not all of which ran on the Friday.
The Class 37 or English Electric Type 3 as it was known when new was part of the British Railways Modernision Plan. Some are now over 50 years old being built between 1960 and 1965.
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 an 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.
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.
