New diesel and steam loco enters service

Two of the railways newest locos have now entered service.

The diesels repaint into BR Brunswick green is finished and entered service last week while "Lilly" which has recently been restored to working order after we receive the boiler and cab entered service this week.

North Norfolk Railway Mega steam gala

The North Norfolk Railway will be staging a mega steam gala over two weekends in February/March 2008 Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the closure of the M&GN (Midland & Great Northern Railway). This event is a must for any rail enthusiast and is being supported by Steam Railway magazine.

There will be 5 guest locos and with 3 of the railways home fleet will make up a total of eight steam locos in steam and running on the railway each gala day. There will also be a freight/demolition train featuring the railways PW steam crane.

There will also be a free vintage 'rail replacement' bus service, dining train and much more.

See NNRs website for more details:

http://www.nnrailway.co.uk/steam_gala.htm

Locomotive Updates

The annual winter maintenance program is underway on the locos with each loco being checked, oiled and cleaned ready for the spring.

One of the railways newest locos - Annabel (below) will soon go into the workshops to be painted into dark blue livery and is also due to have side skirts fitted and so will run as a tram type loco.

The railways newest diesel loco is in the workshops having its new BR dark Brunswick green livery applied - this is almost complete with just the cab that needs finishing.