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NNR Autumn Steam Gala 2012
Record passenger numbers were recorded in the wake of 'The Tornado Effect' after another superb Steam Gala on the NNR. Alongside the star...

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Sep 12, 20121 min read
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Wissington First Passenger Trains
A momentous step inWissington's history occured on 27th July 2012, after she hauled her first passenger train in preservation on the...

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Jul 27, 20121 min read
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2012 Members' Day Announced
The M&GN Society's annual Members' day will be held on Saturday 6th October, 2012. The day marks 125 years since the line from Holt to...

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Jul 15, 20121 min read
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16T Mineral Wagon Appeal
After an appeal in Joint Line for funds to purchase a 16 ton Mineral Wagon, the Society has now purchased and transported the wagon to...

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Jul 3, 20121 min read
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AGM 2012 Announced
The Midland and Great Northern Society Annual General Meeting has been announced. Details are as follows: To be held at the The Morley...

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May 29, 20121 min read
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Loco Club First Anniversary
The Loco Club celebrated 12 months of operation over the spring Steam Gala in March. After being launched at the 2011 spring gala, the...

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Apr 1, 20121 min read
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B12 'On the Quads'
Following a massively successful 2012 spring Steam Gala, which featured our magnificently restored B12, a selection of photographs have...

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Mar 15, 20121 min read
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B12 Members' Launch Day
To celebrate the return to traffic of our sole-surving Apple Green 4-6-0, B12 8572, the M&GN Society organised a special 'thank you' for...

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Mar 8, 20121 min read
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Wissington Steam Tested
Another milestone inWissington's restoration came when the locomotive was lit and brought into light steam on the 19th February. This was...

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Feb 20, 20121 min read
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J15 into LNER Black
The M&GN Society's J15 celebrates its 100th year in 2012. To mark this, the Stratford-built locomotive's boiler has been retubed to allow...

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Jan 15, 20121 min read
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2011 AGM Announced
The 2011 AGM will be held at Sheringham High School & Sixth Form Centre, Holt Road, Sheringham, NR26 8ND on Saturday 16th July at 13:00....

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Jun 18, 20111 min read
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Class 31 Bodywork Overhaul
Class 31 31207 is undergoing bodywork repairs in Weybourne shed that will eventually see the locomotive outshopped in BR Green with white...

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May 11, 20111 min read
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50 Years of the M&GN Society
Article By David Rees, founder member of the M&GN Society. "We are all aware of the 50th anniversary of the closure of most of the M&GN...

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Oct 14, 20101 min read
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M&GN Society Members' Day 2010
The M&GN Society held its first annual 'Members Day' on the 1st October. A Society Special consisting of the newly launched Wisbech and...

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Oct 2, 20101 min read
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NNR Autumn Steam Gala 2010
The NNR's Autumn Steam Gala saw another big gala for the Railway with four visitors joining the home fleet for the event. The NRM's SR...

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Sep 5, 20101 min read
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Wissington Returns to the NNR
The M&GN Society's Hudswell-ClarkCountess of WarwickClass 0-6-0Wissingtonarrived back on the North Norfolk Railway, eleven years after...

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Aug 12, 20101 min read
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Sheringham Level Crossing
Thursday 11th March 2010 will undoubtedly mark one of the most significant days in the history of the Society and North Norfolk Railway....

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Mar 11, 20101 min read
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NNR Autumn Steam Gala 2009
This year's guests were of a western theme and featured star guest GWR 4-4-0 'City of Truro', GNR N2 0-6-2T 1744, GWR 0-6-2T 6619 and GWR...

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Sep 5, 20091 min read
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Wissington Boiler Passed
Wissington's boiler sucessfully passed its internal inspections. In May the inner firebox was completed, a new blastpipe cast and new...

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Jul 16, 20091 min read
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Wissington Hydraulic Test
Wissington's boiler sucessfully passed its internal inspections. In May the inner firebox was completed, a new blastpipe cast and new...

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Jul 16, 20091 min read
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