Swaffham – Thetford – 50th Anniversay Event
The Mid-Norfolk Railway is pleased to add an additional event on June 14th & 15th to mark the 50th Anniversary of the Swaffham – Thetford railway which closed in June 1964. This line was one of the...
View ArticleThe Mid-Norfolk welcomes home a local
The Mid-Norfolk Railway is pleased to announce the first acquisition for its Mk1 project in the form of Restaurant Miniature Buffet (RMB) 1842, which was recently retired from its mainline career with...
View ArticleTwo great Steam Gala events for the Mid-Norfolk Railway
The Mid-Norfolk Railway is pleased to say that both our Big Steam events this summer have been a great success, bringing many thousands of visitors to the Heart of Norfolk to see some of the great...
View ArticleThuxton Signal Box – Frame Installation
During August, the railway’s signalling department has been installing the frame into the signalbox at Thuxton. We started on Friday 1st August with the delivery of new metal channel sections required...
View ArticleBeer Festival – Change of Date
It is with regret that we have found out today that we have an issue which we can not resolve in time for the festival, and therefore the festival cannot go ahead on its planned date. We are all pretty...
View ArticleMid-Norfolk Railway hosts the Royal Scotsman
A first for the Mid-Norfolk Railway, we welcomed the Belmond Royal Scotsman luxury train onto the MNR, staying overnight with us at Dereham as part of a 4-day tour from Edinburgh covering York, Ely...
View ArticleMNR Introduces Online ticketing for our Popular Santa Trains
This Christmas you can get the festive season off to a great start with a special visit to see Santa on the Heart of Norfolk Line. All services and timings are subject to rolling stock availability....
View ArticleBook Now for Halloween… Extra Date added!
Don’t miss out on this year’s must-travel-on Scary train. Our popular Halloween train has been overwhelmed with people looking for a fright, so much so, we regret that the train on Halloween night is...
View ArticleMid-Norfolk Railway welcomes Class 108 unit to the line
Today, the Mid-Norfolk Railway welcomes the addition of a Class 108, 2 Car DMU to the line. The unit has been purchased from the Pontypool and Blaenavon Railway and will be restored over time to...
View ArticleMark 1 Coach Appeal
The Mid-Norfolk Railway is pleased to be moving forward with its vision to purchase and operate a set of Mk1 coaches on the line. British Railways Mark 1 Coach was the family designation for the first...
View ArticleThrough trains to Norwich for our Multiple Matters Weekend
This year we finished the main running season with our Multiple Matters weekend, celebrating the success of the humble Multiple Unit. The first generation units, like our Railcars, were built under the...
View ArticleSecond chance to buy a Fakenham railway
A charity is appealing for funds to buy land for future rail service. A section of former railway at Pudding Norton, Fakenham is up for sale for the second time and could be an important factor in the...
View ArticleP Way Update
Since the last update in August from the Signalling/Permanent Way departments (mostly the same people, but augmented for technical signalling jobs by expert volunteers), the team have continued...
View ArticleCharity succeeds in buying key site for Fakenham railway revival
In 2009 the Melton Constable Trust, the registered charity behind the Norfolk Orbital Railway project, was unsuccessful in its attempt to buy a key section of former railway line at Pudding Norton,...
View ArticleNews items over last month
Over the last month, it has been a very busy time for the Railway. We have played host to Santa and his elves, as well as the Christmas Carols and Jazz trains and our Winter Diesel Gala all proving...
View ArticleClosed Season Engineering Work
Over the closed season, we often use this time to carry out necessary work to upgrade and to carry out routine maintenance work to ensure we have a safe railway. Over the last few weeks, the P-Way...
View ArticleStation Improvements take shape at Dereham
Work to improve the layout of the buffet counter at Dereham continues this week with our in-house volunteer buildings team working to create a second door way to the buffet. During peak times, the...
View ArticleShed News – Clearance work is being undertaken
Following on from the clearance work in the yard over the last few weeks, our stock of spare concrete level crossing gate posts was loaded onto the Tench wagon for relocation elsewhere along the line....
View ArticleMid-Norfolk Railway welcomes TXM Plant to the line
The Mid-Norfolk Railway has been pleased to welcome the TXM Plant team to the line over the last few weeks, while they test and commission some Road/Rail Vehicles. For those of you interested in Plant...
View ArticleDay of work at Thuxton
A week behind schedule, a small band of volunteers have been out in the rain and snow today. Dereham yard clearance train (making space for shed construction to begin) dropped items for storage along...
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