A bit warm down the Valley this weekend - more suited to eating ice cream than working on railways! Nonetheless, progress was made on several fronts. We are providing a temporary railway for the North Norfolk Railway's World War One event next weekend - called Tracks and Trenches, which is a strangely familiar title. We're providing two locos - the Tin Turtle and and 20hp open tractor - plus a number of wagons. The locos have been extracted, tested and cleaned ready for the voyage East. Meanwhile, work has continued on MR1320 - which is a close cousin of the Turtle. The engine has reached the "gory oily bits stage", allowing a view of the big ends, mains and camshaft not seen for many, many years.
The Trust's aim is to build a museum and a railway to display its collection of industrial narrow gauge equipment that has been gathered from various industries around the UK in the last 30 years, and in doing so we aim to educate and entertain both the general public and the railway enthusiast.
The Industrial Narrow Gauge Railway is an unusual aspect of British Industrial Heritage that is now almost extinct. These small, self-contained railway systems were often hidden away from the general public and served such diverse industries as brickmaking, sewage works, munitions factories, mines, civil engineering and many more.
A bit warm down the Valley this weekend - more suited to eating ice cream than working on railways! Nonetheless, progress was made on several fronts. We are providing a temporary railway for the North Norfolk Railway's World War One event next weekend - called Tracks and Trenches, which is a strangely familiar title. We're providing two locos - the Tin Turtle and and 20hp open tractor - plus a number of wagons. The locos have been extracted, tested and cleaned ready for the voyage East. Meanwhile, work has continued on MR1320 - which is a close cousin of the Turtle. The engine has reached the "gory oily bits stage", allowing a view of the big ends, mains and camshaft not seen for many, many years. 
