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The Mid-Norfolk Railway
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'Steam Gala 29th June 2019'
( Steam Gala 2019 page 3 of 4 )
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The Mid Norfolk Railway's Steam Gala on Saturday 29th June 2019
United States Army Transportation Corps
S160 2-8-0
United States Army Transportation Corps USATC S160 2-8-0 number 5197 coming into Yaxham on Saturday 29th June 2019.
United States Army Transportation Corps USATC S160 2-8-0 number 5197 at Yaxham on Saturday 29th June 2019
This locomotive is based at the Churnet Valley Railway.
This Locomotive had only came to Dereham on the Friday afternoon of the gala. The locomotive had been added to the Gala at very last minute. This was very good of Churnet Valley Railway, after The MNR had been let down by others in the last few days.
The United States Army Transportation Corps USATC S160 2-8-0's, some of which were shipped to Britain, ready for the D-Day invasion of France in 1944. Some were used on the railways in the UK while waiting for D Day.
2,120 of these S160s were produced in the USA by Lima, Alco (American Locomotive Co) and Baldwin. Of these, nearly 800 came to the UK ready for D-Day.
USA 2-8-0 number 5197 at Thuxston on Saturday 29th June 2019
The Mid-Norfolk Railway Preservation Trust
It was only around 1995 that The Mid-Norfolk Railway Preservation Trust started to restore this line between Dereham and Wymondham. It now has 17.5 miles of track (11.5 miles is in use) which when its is all in use, will be one of longer preserved railways in the UK. A lot of the other preserved railways had already had a twenty year start when they started.
Trains run now between Dereham and Wymondham. The next section from Dereham to County School is next. There is a even longer term aim to reach as far as Fakenham. The way they are going, they may well get there.
The Mid-Norfolk Railway has a ever growing collection of heritage diesels, carriages and wagons which just gets bigger each year. When you go back you can see what has been done since last time you came.
Some of other the preserved railways have had things that have been ongoing for years, not The Mid-Norfolk Railway it just gets them done.
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