image credit: St Neots Model Railway Club Dereham Model Railway Exhibition Saturday, 25th February 2012 The Exhibition opens at 10am and closes at 4pm. Adults entry is £5 with accompanied children under 14 years gaining free entry. at Neatherd High School, Norwich Rd, Dereham Park&Ride from Dereham Station. Bus travellers from can catch the ‘Konnect […]

  MID-NORFOLK RAILWAY PRESERVATION TRUST The Wymondham-Dereham-North Elmham-County School Line MNR’S Winter Mixed Traffic Event Saturday & Sunday, February 18th & 19th 2012 This winter we celebrate all the different types of trains to be seen on a fully working railway, with Express Inter-city passenger trains and freight trains hauled by our resident fleet of […]

  MID-NORFOLK RAILWAY PRESERVATION TRUST The Wymondham-Dereham-North Elmham-County School Line Chairman Barry Woodgett has e-mailed Working Volunteers with his thanks for their support over the last 12 months……….. “My congratulations and sincere thanks to all volunteers who gave up their time and whose work contributed to the continued success of the MNR, during 2011. Major […]

 Photo supplied by Colour-Rail.com Some few months ago the MNR’s Board of Director’s authorised its Vice-Chairman Mr John Hull to open talks with the newly formed B17 Steam Locomotive Trust. The upshot of this, is that MNR invited the B17 Group to bring their two tenders to the MNR and have offered them a section […]

The Mid-Norfolk Railway is pleased to announce a bumper line up of events for 2012. Following on from the successes of 2011 with the first ever steam gala, the MNR plans a recession-busting season with a number of new events as well as those which the railway is now renowned for. No month is left […]

 GOOD NEWS FOR [GRAND]PARENTS accompanied by their Children HALF TERM HALF FARES TRAIN SERVICE ON 22nd, 23rd, 26th, 27th, 29th and 30th OCTOBER People accompanied by their Children can travel for half the usual fares. Each day the “Orange Timetable” applies, with 3 22 mile round trips from Dereham to Wymondham Abbey Station in Becketswell […]

MNR announces 3 visiting heavy freight locomotives… Mendip Rail are supplying 2 Class 59 locomotives. 56302 is booked to visit. A further major freight operator is likely to supply a 4th locomotive. 31438 and 37219 will be making last MNR appearances before departing. Other resident locomotives booked to run are 31235, 37003 and 50019. Festivities […]

MID-NORFOLK RAILWAY PRESERVATION TRUST The Wymondham-Dereham-North Elmham-County School Line Mid- Norfolk Railway’s FIRST EVER Steam Gala a HUGE Success! Over the weekend of Saturday, July 16th & 17th, the Mid-Norfolk Railway ran it’s first ever Steam Gala event, with three working steam locomotives on site. Building on the successful running of 6023 “King Edward II”, […]

MID-NORFOLK RAILWAY PRESERVATION TRUST The Wymondham-Dereham-North Elmham-County School Line A TASK WELL DONE by KING EDWARD II From its “gauging” test run on 2nd June, through to its last round trip on, Sunday 17th July, King Edward II completed in the order of 75 full return journeys on the Mid Norfolk Railway; equating to over […]

MID-NORFOLK RAILWAY PRESERVATION TRUST The Wymondham-Dereham-North Elmham-County School Line NEWS FROM THE MNR PANNIER TANK 9466 TAKES OVER STEAM SERVICES Commencing Saturday 23rd July and running each weekend until August Bank Holiday Monday, GWR design Pannier Tank No. 9466 is in charge of hauling the MNR’s Steam Services for the remainder of the Summer Season. […]

MID-NORFOLK RAILWAY PRESERVATION TRUST The Wymondham-Dereham-North Elmham-County School Line NEWS FROM THE MNR FINAL DETAILS OF FIRST EVER STEAM GALA ANNOUNCED This next weekend of 16th & 17th July 2011 the MNR will be hosting its first ever Steam Locomotive Gala, featuring exGWR King Edward II [No.6023], GWR design Pannier Tank No.9466 [in its new […]

MID-NORFOLK RAILWAY PRESERVATION TRUST The Wymondham-Dereham-North Elmham-County School Line NEWS FROM THE MNR A SURPRISE VIP VISIT Respected Career Railwayman Richard [Dick] Hardy honoured the MNR, and the Great Western Society Team, by inspecting and riding the footplate of King Edward II on Saturday 2nd July 2011. Of the engine and its MNR based crew […]

MID-NORFOLK RAILWAY PRESERVATION TRUST The Wymondham-Dereham-North Elmham-County School Line 2011 is the Year of Steam at the Mid-Norfolk Railway The Mid-Norfolk Railway will be making 2011 the year that really launched steam at the line with several major headline events. Firstly, newly-restored GWR King 6023 King Edward II has been in service at the MNR […]