A well anticipated weekend with A1A Locomotives 31271 being invited early in 2015 to the Mid Norfolk Railway Gala; and what a weekend to pick after some 31 basher had decided to get married that weekend! The full gala line-up was as follows: 31271 (A1A), 31601 (DCR) and resident locos 47367, 47596 & 73210 31271 Read the Rest…
At short notice the Mid Norfolk Railway (MNR) announced that they’d be running a joint weekend event with the North Norfolk Railway (NNR) with 31207 operating 5 round trips at the North Norfolk on Saturday 10th May and 31235 operating 5 round trips at the Mid Norfolk on Sunday 11th May. Unfortunately for the second Read the Rest…
The Mid Norfolk Railway Spring Gala almost went partly down the pan, as far as those interested in class 31’s were concerned, when A1A Locomotives 31108 almost didn’t make it to the gala at all; thanks to 50007 having an issue prior to departing Washwood Heath in the convoy hauled by D1015. As a result of Read the Rest…
This weekend should have seen a full weekend of class 31 haulage in Anglia but unfortunately 31207 let the side down at the North Norfolk Railway on Sat 22nd March and was out of service! 31235 certainly didn’t let the side down at the Mid Norfolk Railway on Sunday 23rd though. The Mid Norfolk Railway Read the Rest…
The Mid Norfolk Railway is always a bit of a challenge, with it being so far away more than any other reason, but thanks to 37003 failing for the railway’s Stratford Depot themed gala and the fact that DRS couldn’t provide replacement 37087 until the Sunday, there was more than enough reason to make the Read the Rest…
The Mid Norfolk Railway (MNR) Gala on 23rd-25th September 2011 was to be the last time 31438 worked at the MNR, it having just been sold and would make its way to the Epping & Ongar Railway immediately after the gala on the Monday! 31438 had been a bit of a poor example in its Read the Rest…