Mid-Norfolk Railway

Mid-Norfolk Railway restructures its leadership team

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Gareth Evans

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28th September 2022

The management of the Mid-Norfolk Railway (MNR) is to be restructured with new arrangements to be put in place for the beginning of 2023. As part of the plan, the post of general manager is to be made redundant on December 31. The Trust Council of the Mid-Norfolk Railway Preservation Trust, which operates the line,…
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Stadler 755/4 approved for use by ORR

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Sam Hewitt

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6th August 2019

THE Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has approved the use by Greater Anglia (GA) of the Stadler ‘Flirt’ Class 755 four-car bi-mode multiple units. These are the first Swiss trains to be built for the privatised railway, with testing only starting in January. GA has ordered 24 four-car sets (and also 14 three-car, which…
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Two ‘Cromptons’ take centre stage at North Norfolk gala

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Sam Hewitt

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2nd August 2019

THE North Norfolk Railway’s June 14-16 mixed traction event had mixed fortunes regarding loco availability. ‘Deltic’ No. 55009 Alycidon had to be replaced by Spa Valley Railway Class 33 No. 33063 R. J. Mitchell, but the line-up had an unexpected boost by the arrival of another of the type. After delivering No. 33063 on June 11 the lorry…
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Mid-Norfolk Railway gala showcases new sidings

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Sam Hewitt

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25th May 2019

THE Mid-Norfolk Railway’s April 5-7 diesel gala started in glorious sunshine, but the number of passengers was low. Trains ran between Dereham and Wyndham only, but a problem with the signalling installed in connection with the new storage sidings at Kimberley Park led to delays, amounting to about 40 minutes by the end of the…
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Mid-Norfolk preparing to store Greater Anglia stock

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Sam Hewitt

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3rd April 2019

THE Mid-Norfolk Railway has completed track changes and the installation of five sidings in preparation to store rolling stock for Greater Anglia. The project is known as Operation Hedgehog. A 1½-mile-long second track has been laid between Hardingham and Kimberley Park, along with five sidings just north of Kimberley Park. The work has been financed…
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Class 03 returns to Norfolk

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Sam Hewitt

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23rd January 2019

CLASS 03 No. 03197 (right of image, below), stands on newly laid track at Hardingham on the Mid-Norfolk Railway (MNR) in October. It arrived from a gala appearance on the Isle of Wight earlier in the month (RM Nov, p99) and is now assisting with track laying by contractor Sonic Rail Services (SRS), for storing Greater…
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Prototype HST power car works to North Pole

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Sam Hewitt

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23rd January 2019

THE Mid-Norfolk Railway (MNR) has hired in a loco with electric train heating each year for its popular ‘Polar Express’ trains, and for 2018 this was prototype HST power car No. 41001. It arrived by road from GCR (N) Ruddington on November 20 and worked its first train on the MNR on November 24. The…
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