Locomtive Update

Its been over two months since the railways first live steam locomotive arrived in the form of an Accuaft Edrig. Upon the locos arrival, the loco was named "Little Nellie" and the loco has proved to be extremely reliable and popular, and very easy to drive (we're just waiting for a nice cold frosty morning now...).

In other news the manager isn't happy as he's been landed with a pile of paper work after one of our mainline diesels ran off the end of the siding at Weybourne during the Mixed Traffic Gala!

"Nelson" has finally entered the railways workshops for a repaint, the loco will exit the workshops in BR diesel blue livery in which it should look very smart?

TTFN Happy Steamings

Above:"Little Nellie" at WeybourneAbove:"William Marriot" soon after it landed its self in a spot of bother during the Mixed Traffic Gala
Above: Nelson half way through its repaint

Mixed Traffic Gala

Last weekend the railway held its end of season Mixed Traffic Gala, two locos visited from the Old Catton Light Railway, in the form of Otto, and also their new American loco which has been named "Annie". Locos from the S&Ns home fleet was "Little Nellie", "Black Beauty", "Frank S" and "William Marriot".

Above: "Little Nellie" patiently awaits departure from Weybourne in

the autumnal sunshine

Above: Otto having arrived with an early morning train from Sprowston, waits for Nellie to haul the train back so it can shunt into the siding and await its next duty.
Above: OCLRs new loco "Annie" awaits departure from Sprowston with the IoM set
Above: "Frank S" hauls a goods train Above: "Black Beauty" awaits departure from Weybourne

Above: "William Marriot" hauls a short hopper train