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 1600 trouble free miles. Chairman of the Mid Norfolk Railway Barry Woodgett said………. “On behalf of everyone at the MNR I wish to express our gratitude to the Great Western Society for entrusting the MNR with the important task of “running in” King Edward II. The memory of its eye-catching BR Experimental Blue livery and the sound of its exhaust beats will remain with us for a long time to come.
King Edward II has helped demonstrate that MNR already had a very credible Steam Operations Department, which is now reinforced by the appointment of Dennis Howells, M.B.E. as Traction Inspector—Steam and Bruce Murray as Chief Mechanical Engineer—Steam.
Finally I would again appeal to the people of Swaffham to discover and return King Edward’s Safety Valve Bonnet [see photo] which was dislodged during the King’s delivery journey by road, on 1st June, by a tree hanging over the A47.”
Click to enlarge – Photo by:- Fred Chapman, you are free to copy.
Ian Elvar, David Horsley, Rod Eastman, Leslie Dale.
Standing L to R
Oliver Hannam, Martin Ashworth, Bernie Bland, John Antell, Roger Paddison, Richard Varley, George Saville, Dennis Howells MBE, Alan Pearce, James Francis.
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