2015
TG0939 : Black Five number 45337 approaches Holt station
taken 9 years ago, near to High Kelling, Norfolk, England
Black Five number 45337 approaches Holt station
The Midland & Great Northern began as a series of locally promoted lines built to serve rural areas and challenge the monopoly of the Great Eastern Railway in west and north Norfolk. The Eastern & Midlands Railway arrived at Holt from Melton Constable in 1884. The section between Holt, Weybourne and Sheringham along with the section to Cromer was also built by the Eastern & Midlands Railway and opened on 16th June 1887. This was built to exploit the rapidly growing tourist market. Mergers over the years created a sprawling network which was unified in 1893. It had 186 route miles, stretching from Peterborough and Little Bytham near Bourne in the west to Great Yarmouth, Norwich and Cromer in the east. Most of its route was single track with passing places at stations. Almost all of the M&GN closed on 28th February 1959. The section between Melton Constable and Sheringham lingered on and closed in 1964.
Holt station is not on the original site but is a re-creation of a Midland & Great Northern country station, using buildings recovered from various locations in East Anglia. The original station closed in 1964, but the railway was relaid to here in 1988 and trains eventually returned on 19th March 1989 as the western terminus of the North Norfolk Railway. The original station was close to the town centre and has been obliterated by the town by-pass. A reclaimed M&GN station from Stalham, which was on the Melton Constable to Great Yarmouth line, was rebuilt here. The signal box came from Upper Portland Sidings near Mansfield in Nottinghamshire.
A London Midland and Scottish Railway Class 5 4-6-0 number 45337, almost universally known as the Black Five, is running round to the front of a passenger train and approaching from the direction of Weybourne.
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