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2006
DAY RETURN

24th September  Mid Norfolk Railway Diesel Gala

Class 37
Leaving Dereham
Dereham station
56040
Loco: 37259
Location:
Leaving Dereham
Loco: 37259
Location:
Leaving Dereham
Subject: Dereham station
Location:
Dereham
Loco: 56040
Location:
Dereham
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56040
DRS
Inter-City
50019
Loco: 56040
Location:
Dereham
Locos: 37259 and 31538
Location:
Dereham
Caption: Inter-City
Location:
Dereham
Loco: 50019 Ramillies
Location:
Dereham
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1st September  Keighley and Worth Valley Railway
The Keighley and Worth Valley Railway was one of the early comers to the preservation scene, reopening in 1968. But the line is perhaps best know for its staring roll in the 1970 film adaptation of Edith Nesbit's The Railway Children. We took a de-tour on the way back to Norfolk, to take a ride on Britain's only 'complete' preserved branch line, you can still start your journey from the junction at Keighley and travel the four and three-quarter miles to Oxenhope. In steam was Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Class 25 No 957.  
       
957
L&Y
Keighley
K&WVR
Loco: 957
Location:
Keighley
Loco: 957
Location:
Keighley
Loco: 957
Location:
Keighley
Subject: Train crew
Location:
Keighley
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Oxenhope
Haworth
4MT
Pug
Loco: 957
Location:
Oxenhope
Subject: Station sign
Location:
Haworth
Loco: 80002
Location:
Haworth shed
Loco: 68
Location:
Haworth shed
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29th August  Thirsk
Situated north of York on the East Coast Main Line is Thirsk. We stopped for about an hour on our trip across country from the Lakes to Pickering. It is the first time I've been to Thirsk since 1997, when the traction was a little more varied! (I later found out that we left 20 minutes before a Deltic came through, Doh!)  
       
Voyager
Class 91
225
158
Train: Voyager
Location:
Thirsk
Train: 225
Location:
Thirsk
Train: 225
Location:
Thirsk
Loco: 158807
Location:
Thirsk
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27th August  Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway
The Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway is one of Britain's most famous narrow gauge railways. The line runs for 7 miles, from Ravenglass on the coast to Dalegarth in the center of Eskdale. The line has a very interesting history, originally being 3 foot gauge, it become (its current) 15" gauge in 1915. The R&ER has also carried freight in its time, even the Royal Mail! Today it is defiantly a tourist railway, with over 120,000 passengers every year. Five locos (four steam and one diesel) were in operation during my visit, all pictured below.  
       
Douglas Ferreira
River Esk
River Mite
River Irt
Loco: Douglas Ferreira
Location:
Dalegarth
Loco: River Esk
Location:
Dalegarth
Loco: River Mite
Location:
Dalegarth
Loco: River Irt
Location:
Miteside loop
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Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway
R&ER
Ravenglass
Northern Rock
Loco: Northern Rock
Location:
Ravenglass
Locos: Northern Rock and River Mite
Location:
Ravenglass
Loco: Northern Rock
Location:
Ravenglass
Loco: Northern Rock
Location:
Ravenglass
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26th August  Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway
First on our tour of the Lake District and Yorkshire was the Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway. After a very pleasant boat trip across Lake Windermere we stepped onto the train at Lakeside station. The line meanders for three and a half miles through the picturesque Cumbrian countryside with an intermediate stop at Newby Bridge (Halt), before reaching the southern terminus at Haverthwaite. I was hoping (being August) that the railway would have one of their two surviving Fairburn tanks (42073 and 42085) hauling the trains, but we had to make do with Hunslet Austerity 150 Cumbria.  
       
Subject: Taking on water
Location:
Haverthwaite
Loco: 150 Cumbria
Location:
Haverthwaite
Loco: Haverthwaite station
Location:
Haverthwaite
Loco: 150 Cumbria
Location:
Haverthwaite
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Loco: 20
Location:
Haverthwaite shed
Loco: 42073
Location:
Haverthwaite shed
Loco: Haverthwaite station
Location:
Haverthwaite
Loco: 150 Cumbria
Location:
Haverthwaite
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29–30th April  East Anglian steam weekend
The bank holiday weekend saw three days of steam specials depart from Norwich, all hauled by LNER B1 61264. Over the weekend, steam returned to the mid Suffolk and Cromer lines for the first time in over 40 years. Pictures below show specials from Saturday (three shots taken at Brundall station, when the loco worked The Easterling) and Sunday (nine pictures round Cromer, on The Broardsman). On both days, the trains were toped and tailed by 47245 and 33025 respectively.  
       
Brundall station
Special train at Brundall
61264 at Brundall
Class 156
Loco: 156422
Location:
Brundall
Loco: 47245
Location:
Brundall
Loco: 61264
Location:
Brundall
Loco: 156416
Location:
Near Gunton
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Class 33
B1 near Gunton
B1 61264 on the Cromer line
LNER B1 61264
Loco: 33025
Location:
Near Gunton
Loco: 61264
Location:
Near Gunton
Loco: 61264
Location:
Away from Cromer
Loco: 61264
Location:
Away from Cromer
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B1 on the M&GN
61264 at Beeston Regis
B1 heading out of Cromer
B1 61264
Loco: 61264
Location:
Beeston Regis
Loco: 61264
Location:
Beeston Regis
Loco: 61264
Location:
Away from Cromer
Loco: 61264
Location:
Away from Cromer
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