Date: 03/12/2012

Efforts to buy up land for the extension into Holt hinge on the success of a £30,000 online giving appeal today, tomorrow and on Saturday. If the £30,000 target is met in double-quick time, The Big Give will hand over an additional £15,000 to the Melton Constable Trust, whose ultimate goal is to reopen old routes and create a Norfolk Orbital Railway.

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Eastern Daily Press

An ambitious bid to extend a rail link to a north Norfolk town centre faces three days of destiny.

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The token is handed over to the footplate as the 2.15pm departure leaves Holt for Sheringham on the North Norfolk Railway with Hunslet 0-6-0 saddle tank no 1982 Ring Haw in charge.
Location: Holt
Company: Cromer Branch (Eastern and Midlands Railway)
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A pair of smartly turned out Class 105 DMUs full of enthusiasts has just arrived at Wymondham on 11th October 1980. The train is about to reverse and head off up the goods only branch to Dereham and Ryburgh.
Location: Wymondham
Company: Norwich and Brandon Railway (Norfolk Railway)
11/10/1980 Mark Dufton

Celebrating the reopening of Sheringham level crossing, Norfolk, as Britannia Pacific no 70013 Oliver Cromwell arrives with The Broadsman RTC special from Liverpool Street. The banner reads North Norfolk Railway - Reconnected to national network after 46 years - March 11th 2010.
Location: Sheringham
Company: Cromer Branch (Eastern and Midlands Railway)
11/03/2010 Ian Dinmore