Bure Valley Railway
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 The Spitfire steam locomotive in Aylsham station
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| Route length: | 14.5 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gauge : | 15 inches = 381 mm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Bure Valley Railway is a 14.5 km long park railway with a track width of 381 mm (15 inches ) in The-Broads - National Park in Norfolk , England .
location
The railway line runs from Wroxham to Aylsham . It is Norfolk's longest narrow-gauge railway. There are stops in Brampton , Buxton and Coltishall . The route has 17 bridges, including a 32 m long bridge over the River Bure at Buxton with Lammas , and the Aylsham Bypass Tunnel under the A140 at Aylsham.
history
The narrow-gauge track was built on the route of the standard-gauge East Norfolk Railway (ENR), which was shut down on January 6, 1982 and whose tracks were scrapped in 1984.
The Bure Valley Railway was officially opened as a narrow-gauge railway on July 10, 1990. A parallel footpath was opened in 1991. The main reason for switching from normal to narrow gauge was that the railway and the footpath were to be accommodated together on the existing route.
Locomotives
The following steam and diesel locomotives are used:
| № | Surname | Construction year | Painting | drive | Wheel alignment | Status | image |
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| 1 | Wroxham Broad (originally Tracey Jo ) | 1964 (converted into a 2-6-4T in 1992) | Light Blue | steam | 2-6-4T | Operational |
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| 3 | 2nd Air Division USAAF | 1988 | Gold ocher | diesel | Bo-Bo | Operational |
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| 4th | No name (unofficial Rusty ) |
1954 (rematched and rebuilt in 2004) | orange | diesel | 4wDH | Operational |
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| 5 | Toby | 1960 | Brown and gray | diesel | 4wDM | General overhaul required | |
| 6th | Blickling Hall | 1994 | Midland Crimson Lake with lines | steam | 2-6-2 | General overhaul required |
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| 7th | Spitfire | 1994 | Brunswick-green with lines | steam | 2-6-2 | Operational |
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| 8th | John of Gaunt (originally Thunder ) | 1997 (converted to coal in 2008) | Black with lines | steam | 2-6-2T | Operational |
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| 9 | Mark Timothy | 1993 (converted to coal and rebuilt in 2003) | Madderlake red | steam | 2-6-4T | Operational |
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When the railway line opened, several locomotives were hired from the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway , including Black Prince , Samson and Winston Churchill .
dare
There are 31 passenger cars that are put together to form three trains.
The Friends of the Bure Valley Railway
The Friends of the Bure Valley Railway (FoBVR) is a volunteer association that owns the No. 4 locomotive and supports the Bure Valley Railway.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ History of Bure Valley Railway Norfolk after 1982. Retrieved March 30, 2020 .
Coordinates: 52 ° 47 '28 " N , 1 ° 15' 17.3" E