UK: A selection of clips recorded on the Mid Norfolk Railway over the weekend of Saturday 12th/Sunday 13th September 2015 when the railway held a diesel gala event featuring a number of heritage diesel locomotives. Clips 1 and 2 were recorded on Saturday 12th September. Clips 3 to 7 were recorded on Sunday 13th September. Clip 1 - At Wymondham Abbey, 20314 & 20311 depart from the run round loop to work the 1535 to Dereham. Clip 2 (1.15) - Earlier, the class 20s are seen leaving Wymondham Abbey station to enter the run round loop after arrival on the 1420 from Dereham. Clip 3 (1.55) - At Thuxton 20314 & 20311 are seen arriving on the 1055 Wymondham Abbey - Dereham. Clip 4 (2.27) - 25057 leaves Wymondham Abbey station for the run round loop after arrival on the 1200 from Dereham. Clip 5 (3.08) - 25057 leaves Wymondham Abbey loop to work the 1315 to Dereham. Clip 6 (3.47) - 45133 leaves Wymondham Abbey station for the run round loop after arrival on the 1310 from Dereham. Clip 7 (4.56) - 45133 leaves Wymondham Abbey loop to work the 1425 to Dereham. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ The Mid-Norfolk Railway (MNR) is a 14-mile (23 km) preserved standard gauge heritage railway, one of the longest in Great Britain. Preservation efforts began in 1974, but the line re-opened to passengers only in the mid-1990s as part of the "New Generation" of heritage railways. Regular steam and diesel services run 11 miles (18.5 km) through the centre of Norfolk between the market towns of Wymondham and Dereham via Yaxham, Thuxton and Kimberley Park, and occasional sightseer services continue north of Dereham to the limit of the operational line at Hoe, where there is no station. The line is periodically used for commercial freight operations and staff instruction for mainline railway companies. The MNR is owned and operated by the Mid-Norfolk Railway Preservation Trust (MNRPT, a charitable company limited by guarantee), and is mostly operated and staffed by volunteers. The company owns a further 3½ miles (5.6 km) of line, as far as County School railway station, which will make it the third longest heritage railway in England once restoration is complete. The Mid-Norfolk Railway has long-term ambition to restore the railway as far as Fakenham. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Wymondham is a historic market town and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It lies 9 ½ (15 km) to the south west of the city of Norwich, just off the A11 road from Norwich to London which now by-passes the town. The parish includes large rural areas to the north and south of the town itself. It is the fourth largest civil parish in Norfolk. The station was featured as the "Walmington-on-Sea" station in the popular BBC comedy series "Dad's Army". Wymondham station is the junction for the Mid-Norfolk Railway, although their trains, running 11.5 miles (19 km) north to Dereham operate from the separate Wymondham Abbey station. The town once had another station, Spinks Lane, but this closed only a short time after opening in the 19th century. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Dereham, also known as East Dereham, is a town and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated on the A47 road, some 15 miles (25 km) west of the city of Norwich and 25 miles (40 km) east of King's Lynn. The civil parish has an area of 21.51 km2 (8.31 sq mi) and in the 2001 census had a population of 15,659 in 6,941 households, the population at the 2011 Census increasing to 18,609. For the purposes of local government, Dereham falls within, and is the centre of administration for, the district of Breckland. The town should not be confused with the Norfolk village of West Dereham, which lies about 25 miles (40 km) away. Since 1983 Dereham has been twinned with the town of Rüthen in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is also twinned with Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf, France. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ @FrontCompVids - Follow us on Twitter! More FrontCompVids clips are regularly added to so don't forget to Like and Subscribe! Click www.youtube.com/user/FrontComp... for more details :-)

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