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31st August 2010  North Norfolk Railway

With a reasonable morning's weather forecast and a day off between firing turns, I decided that it might be a good idea to beat the rush and get some pictures of 5619 and 44767 before this weekend's Steam Gala. However, with the failure of the Black 5 (the main attraction in my eyes), the wind had been taken out of my sails. Anyhow, four pictures of the Taff tank have been uploaded as a prelude to this weekend's events. Click to view.

23rd August 2010  RH&DR and K&ESR

During my busman's holiday to the Kent & East Sussex Railway (where I joined as a volunteer earlier this year) I had a 'day off' to explore the captivating Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway. Where I took a ride behind some of their awesome 15 inch gauge Pacific and 4-8-2 locomotives. There is also a small selection of pictures taken at Rolvenden (on the K&ESR) on Thursday, after completing my cleaning duties earlier that day. Click to view.

A brief introduction

32G was the shed code of the former railway village of Melton Constable (Norfolk's answer to Crewe). Melton was a major railway junction on the former M&GN (Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway), with lines to Kings Lynn (South Lynn, and the Midlands), Cromer (Beach), Norwich (City) and Yarmouth (Beach). It was also home to the M&GN's locomotive, carriage and wagon workshops, where repairs to the company's locos and rolling stock would have been carried out. The M&GN was the first major casualty of the railway closures which took place in the late 1950s and 1960s. On 28th February 1959 the majority of the 161 mile M&GN network was closed. Melton remained open until 1964 when the Cromer branch was cut back to Sheringham. If you drive through Melton today you would be forgiven for thinking if there was actually a railway there at all, let alone a once busy railway junction. However some the buildings still remain, including: the engine shed, water tower, goods shed. These are now utilised as part of Melton Constable Industrial Estate.

This site is predominantly a photographic website, and all the photos you will see have been taken by myself. I choose the name 32G because I have a particular fondness for the M&GN, and Melton Constable would have been the closest engine shed to my home had it still been there today.

For those that are interested, I'm currently using a Canon 50D with a Canon 24–105 L IS USM lens. (Older photos were taken with Canon G2 before I upgraded to a Canon 300D using a Canon 28–135 IS USM lens or 18–55 EF-S.) All photos are copyright to Benjamin Boggis. Please feel free to view and download as many images for your own personal use as you wish, however they may not be reproduced under any other circumstance without permission from myself.