TRIP 555 Norfolk & Suffolk Weekend 21-22/09/19

Bristol Parkway Station (VIEW) :
IEP’s ; 800006, 800034, 800311{NSBA}, 800313{NSBA}, 800320.
 
MAT Waste Recycling, Langhorns Lane, Outwell (VIEW) {NSBA} :
Locomotive ; 5 / D 1995 `HEATHER’ – Vulcan Foundry-Drewry Car Co 0-4-0DM, D293-DC2566/1955.
 
Wells & Walsingham Light Railway, Wells-Next-the-Sea (VISIT) {NSBA} :
Standard Gauge :
Carriages ; GER 986T – 6wh 6 Compartment 3rd, GER 995T – 6wh 6 Compartment 3rd, GER 1390 – 4wh 5 Compartment 3rd, GER 1560 – 4wh 5 Compartment 3rd (All are grounded bodies only).
10.1/4 Inch Gauge :
Locomotives ; 2 `WEASEL’ – Alan Keef 0-6-0DH, S/O 16/1985, re-built by A. Martin in 1998 as a replica Wisbech & Upwell Tramway locomotive.
3 `NORFOLK HERO’ – Simkins 2-6-0+0-6-2/1986 (Dismantled undergoing overhaul).  No.6 `EDITH CAVELL 1865-1915 NORFOLK HEROINE’ – TMA Engineering 2-6-0+0-6-2/2010 (Working the train).  Unnumbered (`NORFOLK HARVESTER’ not carried) – A. Mills,  4w-4wDH/1993, re-built by A. Martin in 2005.
Carriages ; WWCC 1 [Articulated Bogie Covered 3 Compartment 3rd].
WWCC 2 [Articulated Bogie Covered 3 Compartment 3rd].  `IGNATIUS’ [Articulated Bogie Enclosed Saloon Brake 3rd].  `KATHLEEN’ [Articulated Bogie Enclosed Saloon 3rd].  `PHILIP ADRIAN BAIRD – BENEFACTOR’ [Articulated Bogie Covered 2 Compartment Brake 3rd](On the train).
`SAINT RAPHAEL’ [Articulated Bogie Covered 2 Compartment Brake 3rd](On the train). `W&W LT RLY’ [Bogie Balcony Saloon 1st].
Unnumbered Articulated Bogie Open 3 Compartment 3rd x 3 (On the train).
Wagons ; `WWLR’ [Bogie 2 Plank Long Open]. `WWLR’ [4wh 1 Plank Open].
Unnumbered [4wh 2 Plank Open]. Unnumbered [4wh Flat with Handled ends].
Unnumbered [Bogie Flat].
 
Thanks go to Jo Meakin for arranging our visit.
 
Wells Harbour Railway, `Pinewoods Caravan Park’, Beech Road, Wells-Next-the-sea (VIEW) {NSBA}.
10.1/4 Inch Gauge :
Locomotive ; `THE DUKE’ – Alan Keef 0-6-0DH, 95/2014 (Working the train).
Carriages ; `GEORGE’ [Articulated Bogie Covered 3 Compartment 3rd (On the train).  `HANNAH’ [Articulated Bogie Covered 3 Compartment 3rd (On the train).  `JAMES’ [Articulated Bogie Covered 3 Compartment Brake 3rd](On the train).  `THE DUCHESS’ [Articulated Bogie Covered 3 Compartment 3rd (On the train).
Despite numerous attempts made to contact the railway prior to the trip, a request to visit the sheds was bluntly refused.
 
M. Mayes, Station Yard, Yaxham (VIEW) :
Standard Gauge :
Locomotives ; 2 `CASTLE DONNINGTON POWER STATION’ – Robert Stephenson Hawthorn 0-4-0ST, 7818/1954 (Dismantled).  Unnumbered  - Sentinel 4wVBT, 9596/1955.
Wagons ; W 126977 {GWR Planked `Mogo’ Van}(Grounded body).  B 95xxxx [Brake Van].
1ft 11.1/2 Inch Gauge :
Wagons ; Unnumbered [4wh Brake Van]. Unnumbered x 4 [4wh Flat].
 
Yaxham Light Railway, Railway Station, Yaxham (VISIT) :
2ft Gauge :
Locomotive ; Unnumbered – Lister Blackstone 4wDM, 54684/1965 (Dismantled dumped in the bushes).
1ft 11.1/2 Inch Gauge :
Locomotives ; No.3 – Lister 4wDM, 40011/1954.
No.4 `GOOFY’ – O&K 4wDM, 6501/1936.
No.6 ¬COLONEL’ – Ruston Hornsby 4wDM, 202967/1940.
No.10 `OUSEL’ – Motor Rail 4wDM, 7153/1937.
No.13 – Motor Rail 4wDM, 7474/1940.
No.14 `ARMY 25’ – Ruston Hornsby 4wDM, 222100/1943 (Working the train).
No.18 – Hibberd 4wDM, 3982/1962.
No.19 `PENLEE’ – Hunslet 4wDM, 2666/1942.
Unnumbered – Moes (44 not carried) 4wDM/1955.
Unnumbered – Ruston Hornsby 4wDM, 170369/1934 (Dismantled).
Carriages ; Unnumbered [Bogie Open 3 Compartment 3rd](On the train).
Unnumbered [Bogie Enclosed 5 Compartment 3rd].
Wagons ; 27 [4wh Bolster Wagon] (Dumped in bushes).
171 [4wh Wooden Slatted Open].
Unnumbered [4wh Flat] x 11 (1 – Covered with tarpaulin, 3 – Dumped in bushes, 1 – Chassis only no wheels carrying square tank).
Unnumbered [4wh `V’ Skip Side Tippler] x 3 (2 – Dumped in bushes).
Unnumbered [4wh Wooden Slatted Open] (Dumped in bushes).
Unnumbered [4wh Double Beer Barrels].
Unnumbered [4wh `U’ Skip Side Tippler] (2 – Chassis only, bodies dumped in bushes).
Unnumbered [4wh 2 Plank Headboards Flat].
Unnumbered [4wh 4 Plank Open] (Chassis only).
Unnumbered [4wh Water Tank].
Unnumbered [4wh Steel Open End Tippler].
 
Thanks go to Chris Fisher for arranging and hosting our visit.
 
Mid-Norfolk Railway, Yaxham Station (PASSING) :
Locomotive ; `WD 75008 SWIFTSURE’ – Hunslet 2857/1943 (Working the train).
Carriages (in train order); 13446, 9369 (9010), 1842, 5211, 9409.
 
Mid-Suffolk Light Railway, Wetheringsett (VISIT) :
Locomotives ; `LNER 985’ – NER 0-4-0T, 1205/1923.
(`SIRAPITE’ not carried) – Aveling & Porter 4wTG, 6158/1906 {Pg    - 18EL}.
Unnumbered – Bagnall 0-4-0ST, 2565/1934.
Unnumbered – Cockerill 0-4-0VBT, 2525/1907.
Unnumbered – Hudswell Clarke 0-6-0ST, 1604/1928 (Dismantled undergoing overhaul).
`ALSTON’ – Ruston Hornsby 0-4-0DM, 304470/1951.
`LNER’ – Wickham 2w-2PMR, 1949/1933.
`THE SHREDDED WHEAT CO LTD’ – John Fowler 0-4-0DM, 20337/1934.
Unnumbered – Ruston Hornsby 4wDM, 294266/1951.
Unnumbered – Wickham 2w-2PMR, 1737/1934 (Dismantled to an unpowered trailer).
Carriages ; GER 13 [4wh 2 Compartment Brake 3rd] {Carries MSLR  No.12} (Body only mounted onto the underframe of UI LNER “QUEEN MARY” goods brake van).
GER 140 [4wh 3 Compartment 1st] {Carries legend `SMOKING CARRIAGE`} (Body only mounted onto an unknown UI underframe).
GER 278 [4wh 5 Compartment 3rd] (Grounded body only).
GER 287 [4wh 5 Compartment 3rd] {Carries M.S.L.R. No.13} (Body only mounted onto the underframe of a UI tube wagon).
GER 424 [6wh 6 Compartment 3rd] (Grounded body only).
GER 472 [6wh 4 Compartment Luggage Composite] (Grounded body only – Ex Mangapps Farm Railway) – Will possibly be moving to Brockford Green Sidings as holiday accommodation in the future.
GER 506 [4wh 5 Compartment Brake 3rd] (Grounded body only).
NPCCS ; GER 180 [4wh Horse Box] {Carries Mid-Suffolk Light Railway No.15} (Body only mounted onto the underframe of a UI BR conflat wagon).
On-Track Plant ; RT4 [4wh Collapsible Trolley].
Wagons ; GER 11873 (LNER 611873) [4wh Ventilated Goods Van] {Unnumbered carries chalked number 64 on the underframe, in red & white livery}.
GER 12404 (LNER 612404) [4wh Ventilated Goods Van].
GER 20262 (LNER 620262) [4wh Ventilated Goods Van] (Unnumbered ground body only).
GWR 139455 [4wh Ventilated Goods Van] (Underframe only with a new build replica body mounted onto it).
E 157787 [LNER Goods Brake Van].
RNAD 205 [4wh Flat] {Carries branding `LOCO DEPT’}.
106 [Unknown 4wh Wagon] (Underframe only with the replica body of GER 5 Plank Open mounted onto it).
Unnumbered [UI LNER “QUEEN MARY” Goods Brake Van] (Underframe only with the body of GER 13 mounted onto it).
Unknown [BR 12t Planked Goods Van] {Carries fictitious number of B 758093 and `LOCO DEPT’ branding} (Grounded body only).
Unknown [BR 12t Plywood Goods Van] {Carries fictitious number of B 758094 and `WORKS DEPT’ branding} (Grounded body only).
Unknown [BR Conflat Wagon] (With the body of GER 180 mounted onto it).
Unknown [UI Tube Wagon] (Underframe only with the body of GER 287 mounted onto it).
Unknown [4wh 5 Plank Open] {Carries fictitious number of 9431 and `MOY COLCHESTER’ branding}.
Unknown [UI 4wh Wagon] (Underframe only with the replica body of MSLR Goods Brake Van on it).
Brand New [5 Plank Open] {Carries 28681 in error} (Body only replica of GER 5 Plank Open number 28601, mounted onto the unknown wagon underframe number 106).
Brand New [Ventilated Goods Van] (Body only mounted onto the underframe of GWR 139455).
Brand New [Goods Brake Van] {Carries No.2 and `MID-SUFFOLK RLY BRAKE VAN’ branding} (Body only replica of a MSLR Goods Brake Van).
 
Thanks go to Rose Weller for arranging our visit and to Malcolm and Roy and Rose for co-hosting and providing the party with refreshments.
 
Bure Valley Railway, Norwich Road, Aylsham (VISIT) :
1ft 3 Inch Gauge :
Locomotives ; 1 `WROXHAM BROAD’ – Guest Engineering 2-6-2DH, 20/1964 {re-built Winson Engineering/1991 as a 2-6-2T}.
3 `2nd AIR DIVISION USAAF’ – Bure Valley 4w-4wDH/1989.
4 `B.V.R.’ – Hunslet 4wDH, 4556/1954.
5 – Lister 4wDM, 51989/1960.
6 `BLICKLING HALL’ – Winson Engineering 2-6-2, 12/1994.
7 `SPITFIRE’ – Winson Engineering 2-6-2, 14/1994 {partially re-built Bure Valley/2005} (Working the train).
8 `JOHN OF GAUNT’ – Winson Engineering 2-6-2T, 16/1997 (Undergoing overhaul).
9 `MARK TIMOTHY’ – Winson Engineering 20/1998 {re-built Alan Keef A69R/2003}.
PW 7 – Greenwood & Batley 2-2w-4BEF, 6132/1966 (Converted to an unpowered permanent way wagon).
Carriages (stabled in the station/vicinity) ; 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 15, 16, 18 [Bogie Enclosed 5 Compartment 2nds]. 20 [Bogie Enclosed 2 Compartment Luggage Guards Brake 2nd]. 31, 32, 34 [Bogie Enclosed Disabled Access Special Saloons].  81 [4wh Enclosed 1 Compartment Passenger Brake].
11811 [Bogie Fully Open 4 Compartment 3rd], built by Uerdingen, Germany in 1937.
Carriages (on the train) ; 8, 10, 12, 13, 14, 19 [Bogie Enclosed 5 Compartment 2nds].  33, 35 [Bogie Enclosed Disabled Access Special Saloons].  82 [4wh Enclosed 1 Compartment Passenger Brake].
Carriages (stabled in the far sidings) ; 30 [Bogie Enclosed Disabled Access Special Saloon] (missing roof and interior).  9317 [Bogie Enclosed 5 Compartment 2nd] (metal framework only).  Unnumbered [Bogie Fully Open 4 Compartment 3rd], built by Uerdingen, Germany in 1937 (covered with tarpaulin).
Wagons ; 40, 41 [4wh Generator Wagons].  PW 1 [Bogie “MONSTER” Tool Van].
PW 2 [Bogie Ballast Steel Hopper].  PW 3, PW 5, PW 8, PW 9 [4wh 2 Plank Opens].  PW 4 [Bogie Raised Sides & Ends Well Wagon].  PW 6 [Bogie Flail & Weedkilling Unit Wagon] (Covered with tarpaulin).  PW 8 [4wh Flat].
PS 31380 [4wh Steel Ballast Hopper] (Under construction).  Unnumbered [4wh Flat Trolley] (formerly PW 7).  Unnumbered [4wh Flat Trolley].  Unnumbered [4wh Flat] (Base used for plastic steam outline cover `PICNIC PUFFER’).
 
Whitwell & Reepham Station Project, Whitwell Road, Reepham (VISIT) :
Locomotives ; (`AGECROFT No.3’) – Robert Stephenson Hawthorn, 0-4-0ST, 7681/1951.  (`ANNIE’) – Andrew Barclay 0-4-0ST, 945/1904 (Dismantled).
(`MERLIN’) – Hudswell Clarke 0-6-0DM, D1171/1959.  `SWANWORTH’ – Ruston Hornsby 4wDM, 518494/1967.  `VICTORY’/`M.E.D. YD No.8’ – Andrew Barclay 0-4-0ST, 2199/1945.  Unnumbered – Baguley Drewry 4wDH, 3733/1977.
Unnumbered – North British 0-4-0DH, 27426/1955.
Unnumbered – Ruston Hornsby 0-4-0DM, 466629/1962.
DMU Cars ; 51370, 51412.
EMU Car ; 70527.
Carriages ; GNR 3168 (LNER 449/DE 320410) (BR DE 320878) [Bogie Full Brake] {Underframe only used as a runner wagon for crane DRG 80103}.
34712.
NPCCS ; SR 272 [Bogie Full Brake].
On-Track Plant ; Unnumbered [4wh 5t Steam Crane] - Carrick Wardale/1919 (Dismantled).  (DRG 80103) [8wh 10t Steam Crane – Grafton 2837/1952.
Road/Railers ; 741/8092 – Case Poclain 688P, CGG00002351/1989.
Q454 JTT – Mercedes Benz Unimog U1100, 027869/xxxx.
Wagons ; SECR 11902 (SR 55466) [4wh “DANCE HALL” Goods Brake Van].
B 732012 [BR 5 Plank Tube Wagon].
B 772630 [BR 12t Plywood Goods Van].
B 954420 [BR 4wh Goods Brake Van].
DB 989344 [BR 4wh Steel Side Tipper “MERMAID” Ballast Wagon].
ESSO 3929/43929 (BR(W) Registered 340) [4wh Fuel Oil Tank].
(7124/62 WW) [ICI 4wh Ammonia Liquor Tank] (Underframe only).
Unnumbered [Unknown 4wh Bolster Accommodation Flat] x 2.
Unnumbered [Unknown 4wh Flat Trolley].
Unnumbered [Unknown 4wh Flat with Wickham style wheels].
Unnumbered [UI GWR 12t Planked Goods Van] (Grounded body only).
Unnumbered [BR UI 4wh Pallet Van] (Body only mounted onto a UI underframe).
Unnumbered [Unknown 4wh Underframe] (With the BR UI Pallet Van body mounted onto it).
 
Notes : The party searched high and low (looking in every bush etc) for the frame of a Wickham trolley that was supposed to be on site – but to no avail. The body of MR 6wh 5 Compartment 3rd, number 1833 is supposed to be on site and will be mounted onto the underframe of ICI 7124 – however this was not seen by the party, its whereabouts are currently unknown.
 
Thanks go to Richard Bailey for organizing and partially hosting our visit.
 
Norwich Station (VISIT) {NSBA} :
Locomotives ; 37403, 37409, 37558, 90005, 90010, 90013.
DMU’s ; 153330, 156418, 158799, 158865, 170203, 170206, 170272
EMU’s ; 755414, 755417, 755418.
Carriages ; 5919, 5937, 7558, 9521, 10416, 11067, 11070, 11075, 11080, 11090, 11099, 12013, 12030, 12034, 12046, 12049, 12091, 12097, 12103, 12114, 12126, 12153, 12164, 12167, 12170, 12171.
DVT’s ; 82114, 82133.
On-Track Plant ; DB 965208, DB 965219 [BR Independent Snowploughs].
 
Sunday 22nd September
 
Norwich Crown Point Depot & Station (VIEW) :
Electric Units ; 755409, 755412.
 
Great Eastern Traction, Hardingham Station Yard, Wymondham (VISIT) :
Locomotives ; `D.L. 82’ – Rolls Royce 0-6-0DM, 10272/1967.
`HARDINGHAM’ – Ruston Hornsby 0-4-0DE, 512842/1955.
`MAVIS’ – Brush Traction 0-6-0DE, 804/1978.
Carriage ; 14021.
NPCCS ; 87602/(DB 975359/041321) [BR 4wh Fish Van].
87616/041317 (DB 975355) [BR 4wh Fish Van].
On-Track Plant ; 901004-0 – Lesmac 2w-2PMR, LMS014/2006.  901009-9 – Lesmac 2w-2PMR, LMS019/2006.  909246-9 – Bance 4 Seater Alumi Cart, 091/2000.  013003-7 [4wh Lesmac Unpowered Trolley].
Wagons ; W 26726 [GWR 4wh 8 Plank Open](Semi-Derelict).  B 765671 [BR 12t Plywood Goods Van].  B 783264 [BR 12t Plywood Vanwide] (Grounded body only).  B 784802/042129 [BR 12t Plywood Vanwide] (Grounded body only).
B 889018/(21.70 2199 018-9) [BR 4wh Motor Car Ferry Van].  B 905114 [BR 4wh Well Wagon].  B 954597 [BR 4wh Goods Brake Van].  A289923 [Unknown 4wh Flat Trolley].  82 [Unknown 4wh Brake Tender].  Unnumbered [Unknown 4wh Collapsible Flat Trolley] x 2.
2ft 6 Inch Gauge :
Locomotives ; `ICI’ – Alan Keef 4wDH, 18/1985.  `JEFFREY’ – Alan Keef 4wDH, 19/1985.  `RACHEL’ – Byers 4wDH/1998 {incorporates the frame of Andrew Barclay 562/1971}.
 
Thanks go to Ray King for organising our visit and to John for hosting.
 
Danemoor Green Sidings, Dereham Road (VIEW) :
EMU’s ; 745006 plus others not identified.
 
Kimberley Park Sidings, B1108 (VIEW) :
EMU’s ; 755325, 755326, 755329, 755404 plus others not identified.
 
Fred Rout, Broomhill Farm, Old Buckenham, Attleborough (VISIT) {NSBA} :
Locomotive ; No.21 – Hudswell Clarke 0-6-0DM, D707/1950.
Wagons ; Unnumbered [LMS 12t Planked Goods Vans] (Grounded bodies only).
Unnumbered [LMS 12t Plywood Goods Van] (Grounded body only).
 
Caister Castle [including The Caister Car Collection], Caister-on-Sea (VISIT) {NSBA} :
Locomotive ; `RHONDDA’ – Manning Wardle 0-6-0ST, 2010/1921 (Plinthed in the Castle grounds).
Tram ; Unnumbered – London County Council Double Deck Open Horse Drawn] (On display inside the Car Collection Museum).
 
Southwold Railway Trust/Blyth Valley Light Railway, The Steamworks, Blyth Road, Southwold (VISIT) :
3ft Gauge.
Locomotives ; Unnumbered – Peckett 0-6-0ST, 1316/1913.  Unnumbered – Motor Rail 4wDH, 105H006/1969.  Unnumbered – Southwold 2-4-0T/xxxx (Frames only) – Were originally going to be used in the replica of `BLYTH’, however with this now being undertaken by another company, the future of these frames is uncertain.  Unnumbered – (No.3 `BLTYH’) - Sharp Stewart 2-4-0T, 2850/1879 [Fibreglass mock-up of the front end of the new-build replica of this locomotive that is currently under construction at NBR Engineering Services in Scarborough].
Tram ; 7 [Charleroi, Belgium Unpowered Trailer Number 38].
Carriage ;  Unnumbered [Manx Northern Railway N42 – 6wh 3 Compartment Guards Composite].
Wagons ; `P.M. STANLEY SHELTON LOCK No.1’ (RNAD 410) [4wh Non-Ventilated Planked Goods Van].  `SR 40’ [Replica Southwold Railway Goods Van] (Body only, built by S.O.L.D. {Special Objectives for Local Disabled} at Lowestoft on an UI Royal Naval 4wh underframe).  `SR 41’ [Replica Southwold Railway 4wh 3 Plank Open] Built by S.O.L.D.  Unnumbered [UI RNAD 4wh Underframe] (Used by S.O.L.D. to build replica Southwold van body SR 40 on).
Unknown Gauge (2ft assumed).
Wagons ; Unnumbered [UI 4wh 3 Plank Open] {Built onto an Ex-RNAD underframe} (Stored off track).  Unnumbered [UI RNAD 4wh Ammunition Opens] (Stored off track – minus sides and ends) x 2.
7.1/4 Inch Gauge.
Locomotives ; `OPAL’ – Unknown Builder 0-4-0T/xxxx.  `ROSIE’ – Unknown Builder 0-4-0T/xxxx.  06012111 – Unknown Builder 4wPM/xxxx (Ruston style locomotive).  Unnumbered – Unknown Builder 4wBE/xxxx (Planet locomotive).
Unnumbered – Unknown Builder 4w4wDH/xxxx.
Carriages ; `BVLR’ [Bogie 2 Compartment Open].  `BVLR’ [4wh Open Guards Brake].  Unnumbered [4wh 4 Compartment Open] x 2.  Unnumbered [4wh 2 Compartment Open].
5 Inch Gauge.
Locomotive ; Unnumbered – Unknown Builder 2-4-2T/xxxx (In a glass case by the office/shop).
 
Thanks go to Peter Nicholson for organising and to Ian Overton for coming in and opening up especially for the party and for hosting an excellent visit.
 
East Anglia Transport Museum/East Suffolk Light Railway, Chapel Road, Carlton Colville (VISIT) : 
Standard Gauge .
Trams ; Amsterdam 474 [Enclosed Single Deck Electric].  Blackpool 11 [Enclosed Single Deck VAMBAC Electric].  Blackpool 159 [Enclosed Double Deck Electric].  London County Council 1858 [Enclosed Double Deck Electric].  Lowestoft 14 [Open Top Double Deck Electric] (Lower Saloon Body only with new built Upper Deck  & underframe fitted). Lowestoft 21, 22 or 23 [Open Top Double Deck Electric] (Grounded Lower Saloon Body only). Sheffield 513 [Enclosed Double Deck Electric].
3ft Gauge.
Wagon ; SR 14 [Southwold Railway Non-Ventilated Goods Van] (Body only mounted onto a purpose built underframe).
2ft Gauge.
Locomotives ; 2 `ALDEBURGH’ – Motor Rail 4wDM, 5912/1934.  4 `LEISTON’ – Ruston Hornsby 4wDM, 177604/1936.  5 `ORFORDNESS’ – Motor Rail 4wDM, 22211/1964.  6 `THORPENESS’ – Motor Rail 4wDM, 22209/1964 (Working the train).  `ESLR 11’ – Motor Rail 4wDM, 5902/1934 [Frame only converted to a 4h Brake/Disabled carriage] (On the train).
Carriages ; ESLR 10 [Bogie 3 Compartment 3rd] (On the train).
ESLR 12 [Bogie 4 Compartment 3rd] (On the train).
Wagons ; ESLR 21 [4wh 4 Plank Open].
Unnumbered [UI Unknown Bogie Wagon] (Covered with a tarpaulin).
 
Thanks go to the staff for granting us permission to visit so near to closing time.
 
Bristol Parkway Station (VIEW) :
IEP ; 802102.