NNR Steam Gala Organising Team

For those who have been patiently waiting…

Keighley Ivatt to Appear at North Norfolk Gala - The Railway Hub Ivatt 2-6-2T No 41241 is set to make a rare appearance away from Keighley & Worth Valley Railway metals as guest locomotive at the North Norfolk Railway’s Spring Steam Gala on 1, 2 & 3 April.

We are gala ready! What loco are you wanting to see the most? 🚂🚂

📸 Jamie Ringwood

Timetable for our gala now available.

AUTUMN STEAM GALA - 3 - 5 SEPTEMBER - 🚂 TIMETABLES RELEASED!

Today's featured locomotive is No. 90775. The rugged loco is one of 935 built to a wartime design and dates from 1943. She will be one of six engines in action as our steam gala returns for 2021 on 3, 4 and 5 September.

See https://www.nnrailway.co.uk/steam_gala/ for details and tickets. ADVANCE BOOKING STRONGLY RECOMMENDED. Passenger services and detailed timetables are now available

Who doesn’t like a 9f?

Who's looking forward to seeing Black Prince🚂 run at the Gala?

Tickets are on sale now.

https://shop.nnrailway.co.uk/AGevent_tickets.php
£20 for an Adult & £12 for a child. Under 3 years old are free.

We can’t wait.

Steam Gala News!

Our annual Autumn gala is almost upon us, and it’s scheduled to be three days of jammed packed steam fun and excitement.

We shall be running 6 home fleet locomotives which are as follows:-
LNER B12 8572
BR Standard 9F 92203 “Black Prince”
BR Standard 4MT 76084
S&D 7F 53809
GER Y14 564
War Department 90775 “The Royal Norfolk Regiment”

Tickets are on sale now which are available at
https://shop.nnrailway.co.uk/AGevent_tickets.php

£20 for an Adult & £12 for a child. Under 3 years old are free.

All three stations will be open so you can hop on and off as you please. Some train will stop at Kelling Heath Halt in the down direction only!

The timetable will be published soon.

We shall have catering available at each station and onboard some of our trains for breakfast and lunch.

Back by popular demand will be Nonstop running, double heading & freight trains. Our Quad Art set, Suburban Set and Mk1 sets will be in action, Plus a diesel pilot for shunting duties at Sheringham.

We look forward to seeing you all soon.

Photo Adam Sanders

Steam Gala Announcement 🚂

We are pleased to announce that after nearly 2 years away the NNR steam galas are back.

This years summer gala is from Friday 3rd September to Sunday 5th September 2021.

Tickets are available for sale via the shop website https://shop.nnrailway.co.uk/AGevent_tickets.php
Or you can pay on the day.
£21 for a adult day rover
£13 for a child
Under 3 year olds are free.

It will be a home fleet gala featuring Locos rostered (Subject to normal T’s and C’s)

92203 Black Prince BR standard 9F
8572 LNER B12
564 GER Y14
53809 S&D 7F
76084 BR Standard 4MT
90775 Royal Norfolk Regiment WD

Coaching stock will be
Two Mark 1 sets including Breakfast & Lunch trains
Quad Set
Suburban Set
And a mixed passenger/Freight set.

Timetable to follow, but will include double heading & non stop trains.

All 3 stations will be open. Some trains will stop at Kelling Heath Halt.

We look forward to seeing you all soon.

Sad to see another event be cancelled, but not a surprise.

The NNR has decided to cancel the 2020 Mixed Traction Gala due to take place in June. While this will be a disappointment to many I'm sure it won't come as a surprise given the current circumstances, especially with regard to ongoing social distancing requirements.

The event will return in 2021! In the meantime the photo shows a previous gala visitor making friends with one of the residents!

The previously advertised diesel loco turns for May have also been cancelled with the NNR not expecting to run any services at all during May.

Stay safe everyone and we hope to see you later in the year when services can resume.

You can now help support the North Norfolk Railway PLC in this difficult time by donating online. Anything you can spare to ensure the NNR is still here when the pandemic restrictions are lifted will be a huge benefit.

To donate visit: https://shop.nnrailway.co.uk/

⚠️ 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗-𝟭𝟵 𝗘𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗬 𝗔𝗣𝗣𝗘𝗔𝗟 𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘 - 𝟬𝟲/𝟬𝟰/𝟮𝟬 ⚠️

Over the past few weeks the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus has impacted businesses very severely. No corner of our lives seems untouched or immune to its effects – this includes the Heritage Railway Movement. Following Government instructions we have had to close the railway and we do not know when we will be permitted to reopen. This is hitting the North Norfolk Railway particularly hard coming at the start of our season.

Although there are Government initiatives in place to soften the blow, these are slow in coming through. We have taken actions to limit our outgoings, including furloughing the staff. But, in the meantime we need to pay the staff and subsequently claim the refund from HMRC – that means having cash available at a time when our income is zero.

We therefore need to ask for your help: – we understand it may be difficult for many given employment and financial uncertainties. Our Emergency Appeal (see below) is to help see our Railway through this difficult time, and make sure we’re in good shape and ready to open again as soon as possible. We are hoping to have a Virgin Money Giving page soon but here is how you can help in the meantime.

How to Help:

‼️𝗡𝗘𝗪‼️Donate online to North Norfolk Railway Plc by going to: https://shop.nnrailway.co.uk/

• Donate by making a bank transfer to North Norfolk Railway Plc Sort code 20-03-26, Account No 40671169 marking the payment as ‘NNR Appeal’ and adding your name and postcode if space permits. Alternatively please let us know you have made a bank transfer by email to [email protected] or send via the enquiry form on the nnrailway.co.uk website.

• Send a cheque donation made payable to North Norfolk Railway Plc to Accounts Department, North Norfolk Railway, Station Approach, Sheringham Norfolk NR26 8RA. (please include your name and address on the back).

• Shares can be purchased - initial holding has to be £25 (lowered from the £250 it says on the form), and can be up to £500,000. PDF can be printed off from here:https://www.nnrailway.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Share-Application-Form.pdf
Please complete the form and send to: Accounts Department, North Norfolk Railway, Station Approach, Sheringham NR26 8RA. Due to current circumstances it may be several weeks before share certificates are issued.

Please take care and keep safe and well. Together with your help we will make sure that the North Norfolk Railway we all love will be back open as soon as we can.

Thank you for your support in our time of need.

Steve Allen
Chairman
North Norfolk Railway plc

NORTH NORFOLK RAILWAY COVID-19 EMERGENCY APPEAL

Over the past few weeks the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus has impacted businesses very severely. No corner of our lives seems untouched or immune to its effects – this includes the Heritage Railway Movement. Following Government instructions we have had to close the railway and we do not know when we will be permitted to reopen. This is hitting the North Norfolk Railway particularly hard coming at the start of our season.

Although there are Government initiatives in place to soften the blow, these are slow in coming through. We have taken actions to limit our outgoings, including furloughing the staff. But, in the meantime we need to pay the staff and subsequently claim the refund from HMRC – that means having cash available at a time when our income is zero.

We therefore need to ask for your help: – we understand it may be difficult for many given employment and financial uncertainties. Our Emergency Appeal (see below) is to help see our Railway through this difficult time, and make sure we’re in good shape and ready to open again as soon as possible. We are hoping to have a Virgin Money Giving page soon but here is how you can help in the meantime.

How to Help:

• Donate by making a bank transfer to North Norfolk Railway Plc Sort code 20-03-26, Account No 40671169 marking the payment as ‘NNR Appeal’ and adding your name and postcode if space permits. Alternatively please let us know you have made a bank transfer by email to [email protected] or send via the enquiry form on the nnrailway.co.uk website.

• Send a cheque donation made payable to North Norfolk Railway Plc to Accounts Department, North Norfolk Railway, Station Approach, Sheringham Norfolk NR26 8RA. (please include your name and address on the back).

- Shares can be purchased - initial holding has to be £25 (lowered from the £250 it says on the form), and can be up to £500,000. PDF can be printed off from here:https://www.nnrailway.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Share-Application-Form.pdf

Please complete the form and send to: Accounts Department, North Norfolk Railway, Station Approach, Sheringham NR26 8RA. Due to current circumstances it may be several weeks before share certificates are issued.

Please take care and keep safe and well. Together with your help we will make sure that the North Norfolk Railway we all love will be back open as soon as we can.

Thank you for your support in our time of need.

Steve Allen
Chairman
North Norfolk Railway plc

In 2012, a Tornado hit North Norfolk for our 2012 gala!

LNER A1 60163 ‘Tornado’ visited and headlined our Autumn Gala. Tornado was the first mainline steam engine to be built from scratch. Arguably, the engine is one of the most famous engines and it left a great impression on staff, volunteers and visitors alike!

Surely, it must be time for a return visit?

Tornado Hits North Norfolk Railway Peppercorn class A1 Pacific steam locomotive: No. 60163 Tornado. Watch the Tornado as it travels from Sheringham to Holt, through the North Norfolk countryside.

Talking of famous visitors, we’ve had a locomotive that claims it was the first to go 100mph! Obviously, we didn’t try it on the NNR but even at 25mph, it was certainly was a great engine and we had to have it back!

GWR 4-4-0 ‘City of Truro’ came once for our Autumn Gala in 2009 and again for our Spring Gala in 2011. The locomotive is now on static display, so we were definitely lucky to host it!

📸 Ben Boggis - 32G

We’ve had some famous guests at the North Norfolk Railway... This one is a firm favourite of visitors and volunteers...

V2 60800 Green Arrow

NNR 31-12-04 North Norfolk Railway New Year Gala Over the New Year period 2004/05 the North Norfolk Railway organised a New Year Gala featuring a guest locomotive LNER V2 2-6-2 60800 Green Arrow. It worked ...

It’s not often our little engines come out to play, but at the Spring 2016 gala, both ‘Wissington’ and ‘Ring Haw’ came out to play. There some great shots below!

North Norfolk Railway Spring Steam Gala 2016 (Day 2) Footage from the Saturday of the NNR's 2016 Spring Steam Gala - a stark contrast to the weather conditions on Friday! Locos in action were: Visiting Locomoti...

We’ve had some great visiting engines over the years.... here’s a selection of more recent guests.

What’s been your favourite? Comment and post your pictures below 👇

Ever wondered what it’s like to be the fireman on the NNR?

Now is you chance to do this, from the comfort of your own home!

North Norfolk Railway-Spring Steam Gala 2015-76084 Through The Firemans Eyes Ever wondered what its like to fire a locomotive? well now you get a little glimpse of what it's like as we look through the firemans eyes! We fitted a camer...

We miss the sound of steam engines chuffing along, so we’ve dug out some footage from the Spring Gala in 2011.

Featuring GWR 3717 ‘City of Truro’, GWR 5619, GWR L99, J72 ‘Joem’, Jinty 47406, J15 65462 and everyone’s favourite industrial ‘Ring Haw’.

North Norfolk Railway's 2011 Spring Gala.mp4 A medley of non sequential shots featuring; the North Norfolk Railway's 2011Spring Gala. Both passenger and goods trains could be seen working the Poppy Line...

As we can’t operate trains at the North Norfolk Railway at the moment and the gala has been postponed, from tomorrow till Sunday there will be various posts with different videos and pictures.

We hope that in this time of great uncertainty and worry for many people, that these posts may help raise some spirits.

Here’s a picture of LNER 4-6-0 B1 ‘Mayflower’ on it’s first visit in 2009.

📸 Ben Boggis

So our gala this year hasn’t gone to plan, but everyone’s safety is paramount.

Normally on a Thursday, we’d have a loco cleaning day to prep the engines for a weekends activity’s including the engines getting a deep clean.

Thanks to Leigh Caudwell, I’m please to share this selection of our volunteers on previous pre gala Thursday prep days!

For now, the engines lie silent, but let’s enjoy some pictures!

Further update on behalf of the NNR

SPRING GALA POSTPONEMENT

In view of the rapidly developing public health emergency created by the spread of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and the constantly changing official advice coupled with the possibility of social distancing measures being implemented in the coming weeks, the Railway has taken the decision to postpone the full Spring Steam Gala planned for the 27 – 29 March.

We understand that many people who were planning to attend will be disappointed but we feel that this is the responsible approach to minimise risk to our visitors, staff and volunteers. The Railway is however planning to operate a special weekend with the LNER Quad-Art set, the BR Suburban set both of which comprise compartment coaches and our Mark 1 coaches which have compartments. A goods train will also run and the locomotives in use will be LNER B12/3 4-6-0 No 8572, GER Y14 0-6-0 No 564, WD 2-10-0 No 90775 and BR Standard Class 9 2-10-0 No 92203. The Saturday evening fish and chip train will still run.

The North Norfolk Railway continues to operate normally and is open to visitors on the dates published on our timetable page.

All gala tickets will be available for the weekend and anyone who has already booked will be entitled to a reduction to our normal Rover ticket price of £14.00.

We can’t think of an idea much better - a way of riding the rails and having a pint of real ale as you go along! It would be rude not too...

That’s right - only one more week to take advantage of discounted gala tickets!!!

Book tickets before the 17th March to receive a 10% discount.

https://nnrailway.digitickets.co.uk/category/21720

Only two weeks away from the start of our Spring Steam Gala! Who’s coming?!

If you are attending, make sure you beat the queues and save 10%, by booking in advance. This offer is only valid till the 17th March. With kids for a quid as well, it truly is an event for all the family.

Head to the website below to see timetables and to purchase advance tickets:

https://www.nnrailway.co.uk/spring-gala/

Alongside the Quad Art set, we are running our 4 coach Suburban Set. This set of coaches have been lovingly restored by our Carriage and Wagon Department and were launched into service in April 2017. Unlike the Quad Art set, these coaches have steam heat fitted!

The Suburban set will be running as Set B throughout the gala weekend. To book your tickets now and receive 10% discount until 17th March or to view the timetables, please visit the link below:

https://www.nnrailway.co.uk/spring-gala/

What’s the point of having lots of freight engines if you don’t run a demonstration goods train! The goods train only runs at certain events, so seeing it operating is quite rare. It is running throughout the gala weekend with various different engines pulling them. It’s quite a sight to see and our crews enjoy operating them.

The goods train will be running as GDS on the timetable throughout the gala weekend. Unfortunately, this is non passenger train. To book your tickets now and receive 10% discount until 17th March or to view the timetables, please visit the link below:

https://www.nnrailway.co.uk/spring-gala/

Due to popular demand, we are running the Quad Art set at our gala. These vintage coaches do not come out very often, especially before April as they have no heating! Wrap up warm if you’re intending to travel on this set.

The Quads will be running as Set D throughout the gala weekend. To book your tickets now and receive 10% discount until 17th March or to view the timetables, please visit the link below:

https://www.nnrailway.co.uk/spring-gala/

Timetables for all three days have now been published for our gala weekend. Follow the link below:

https://www.nnrailway.co.uk/spring-gala/

Remember, you only have till the 17th March to get your 10% discount on your gala tickets!

Spring Steam Gala Dates: 27th to 29th March 2020 Our first gala of the year! Our resident locomotive collection plus guests steaming for a long weekend. BOOK TICKETS BACK TO EVENTS Join us for the first steam extravaganza of 2020 Our spring gala is

This is going to be noisy!

Haulage for the fish and chip special - departing at 1820 from Sheringham for a round trip.

9F 2-10-0 92203 ‘Black Prince’ on Friday
Guest engine 28xx 2-8-0 2857 on Saturday

Buffet car on the train with various alcoholic and non alcoholic beverages.

Spring Gala Fish and Chips (With Travel Ticket) £10.00
Spring Gala Fish & Chips (Stand Alone) £20.00

(Please note, there are no discounts on these tickets)

To buy, simply follow the link below!

https://nnrailway.digitickets.co.uk/category/21720?navItem=132768

The line up for the Spring steam gala has been announced in full. Timetables should be released in the next couple of days. The gala features the following engines:

- GWR 28xx 2-8-0 2857 courtesy of the 2857 Society and Severn Valley Railway
- GWR 42xx 2-8-0 4270 courtesy of Icons of Steam and Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway
- LNER B12 4-6-0 8572
- GER Y14 0-6-0 564
- WD 2-10-0 90775 ‘The Royal Norfolk Regiment’
- BR 9F 2-10-0 92203 ‘Black Prince’

All day breakfast train in operation.
Gresley Buffet Car serving real ale.
Suburban set in operation.
Rare use of the quad art set (wrap up warm! There’s no heat on this set!)
Freight trains running throughout the day.
Friday and Saturday evening fish and chip train (Advance booking only!)

A few people are asking for prices on tickets for this event. Please see below:

Available Tickets
Kids For a Quid £1.00
1 Day Ticket Adult £21.00
1 Day Ticket Senior £20.00
2 Day Ticket Senior £36.00
2 Day Ticket Adult £38.00
3 Day Ticket Adult £55.00
3 Day Ticket Senior £52.00
Dog £2.00

All the above prices, if brought before 17th March receive a 10% discount

Spring Gala Fish and Chips (If you already have a valid Day Rover and would like Fish and Chips) £10.00
Spring Gala Fish & Chips (If you do not have a valid Day Rover and would like to travel on the 1820 Fish and Chip special) £20.00

There are no discounts on these tickets.

To buy, simply follow the link below!

https://nnrailway.digitickets.co.uk/category/21720?navItem=132768

Buy Gala Days online - North Norfolk Railway View Gala Days for North Norfolk Railway online. Digitickets is the Official Online Seller for North Norfolk Railway tickets and we can save you both time and money when buying in advance online.

On Friday we shall announce the locomotives hauling our Fish and Chip trains. Different engine each night.

Advance booking is essential
Book now to avoid disappointment

If you buy your gala rover tickets now, you can get a 10% discount! Only valid till the 17th March.

We are pleased and excited to announce our second and final visiting engine.

Great Western Railway 42xx 2-8-0 4270 is visiting courtesy of Gloucestershire and Warwickshire Railway and it’s owners, Icons of Steam.

With 4270 and 2857 visiting and a home fleet of 92203, 90775, 76084, 53809 and 564, Weybourne will have a real freight engine feel, especially with two 2-10-0’s and three 2-8-0’s on shed.

For tickets please see https://nnrailway.digitickets.co.uk/category/21720 and get 10% off on advance tickets