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Mid Norfolk Railway Pictures.

Discussion in 'Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK' started by 45669, Oct 8, 2017.

  1. 45669

    45669 Part of the furniture

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    Afternoon All,

    I paid my first visit to the Mid Norfolk Railway in August and have now uploaded my pictures to Flickr. If anyone would like to have a look, this is the link:

    https://www.flickr.com/photos/train-pix/albums/72157685933139473

    Hope they're of interest.
     
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    30854 Resident of Nat Pres

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    Gorgeous set of photos. Query.... did 9466's numberplate have a red background in BR service, or is that a preservation era embellishment?
     
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    GWR / Western Region numberplates were usually black, but there may have been exceptions. Can't say I dislike them in red!
     
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    I was sure I'd heard George melly had died but seemingly hes alive and well crewing 9466 in Norfolk....!
     
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    IIRC red backed name and numberplates were originally part of the 1949 B.R. lined black livery for mixed traffic locos but later spread to some unlined black locos. Off hand I can't remember the date the practice was discontinued but possibly early 50's. Some of the early panniers (2021 class?) overhauled at Crewe also had red plates but I think that was more of nod to the LNWR.
    Ray.
     
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