The Mid Norfolk Railway & Wymondham Abbey

On Sunday 11th of August we went for an adventure on the Mid Norfolk Railway and had a really great day out.
We travelled behind a BR standard 4MT tank engine and enjoyed the sights, sounds and smells of steam power.
Then we transferred a class 142 pacer unit for another round trip. We got some great aerial footage with the drone of the steam engine running around at Wymondham Abbey and even went to visit the Abbey itself, getting some really images from the air of that stunning building.
Simon said; "I really enjoyed watching the standard class 4MT run around its train."

[@KevorkKewanian]

Another spectacular job well done Simon and you too Micheal.
Great to see you had a wonderful day out at the Mid Norfolk Railway and see the Wymondham Abbey a very impressive building.
80078 was built at Brighton works in 1954 and was one of many BR standard class 4 tank engines as part of the British Railways standard program, unfortunately with the inevitable coming of the diesels they were withdrawn far too early. It was very lucky that it was saved for preservation from Barry Scrapyard, I've heard the story about it many times and it is a miracle that people saved as many engines as they could. When the train reached the end of the line, that was quiet an interesting shunting movement especially with the old-style level crossing. There was also very dynamic drone footage of the engine running around its train beyond the platform, not only that it may be a tank engine, but it is actually huge. It was also nice to see you enjoying a ride on a Pacer unit, which was the train everybody loved to hate! It's a good thing that many heritage railways are taking good care of them because they are a part of railway history too. I loved the bit where you got to toot the horn on the Pacer and clip your own tickets, that's lucky.
Very nice new wagon you have for your train shed, can't wait to see it. By the way, when you hovered the drone over the Abbey, one of the steeples had a large hole at the top, you can actually fit a medium size rocket in that gap won't that make an interesting launch pad.
Keep your steam up Simon as well as you Micheal
Wish you and your family all the best
take care
Kevig

[@SimonsTrainAdventures]

Thanks Kevig. Really glad you enjoyed the video. There were so many locos saved from Barry to be restored. The Woodham brothers, who owned the site, prioritised cutting up the rolling stock over the locos so there was a much better chance of them getting saved. Lucky thing!