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.

Spreewald seen on BBC Norfolk!!

A picture of our LGB Spreewald can be seen on the BBC Norfolk website, in the Winter 2008/09 Gallery.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/norfolk/content/image_galleries/norfolk_winter_2008_2009_gallery.shtml

New locos arrive at the S&NLR!

Over the last fortnight three new locos has arrived on the railway. Two weeks ago the boiler and cab of a Playmobil tank engine arrived on the railway - this has now been painted into a crimson lake and gold livery, once completed it will be a fully working loco and will be named "Lilly".
The second loco to arrive was the Playmobil diesel shunter below, this is in working order and will be painted into BR Brunswick green over the coming weeks.
The third loco to arrive (not pictured) is another but very unusual Playmobil tank made up especially for the railway.

Isle of Man stock for S&N

Three Accucraft Isle of Man passenger carriages are due to arrive on the S&NLR this year, the brake/Guards carriage is due to arrive first while the two passenger carriages will follow later in the year - approximately during the summer.

Picture courtesy of the Foxdale & St. Marks Railway on Isle of Man

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Update

The railways Playmobil diesel has started to have its repaint with the yellow warning panels being painted onto both ends of the loco below the cab just before Christmas. Its still being decided as to which livery the loco will be painted into - either GNER or most likely National Express East Anglia. This will be done in the Spring.

The railway has received a large wooden station sign in Eastern dark blue, this has been made especially for us and says Sprowston. The sign will be over looking the patio on the garage wall during open days.