Tangmere at Norwich Station, Norwich, Norfolk - 25th May 2013

We'd heard a "word on the street" at the Burston Crown that a steam train was coming through Diss, so wandered down to the station only to find it had been through two hours before. Instead, we headed off to Wroxham via Norwich for a birthday weekend, only to find that we were passing Norwich station at the time the very same train was due to head off on its return journey, so we spend half an hour watching the proceedings before continuing on to Wroxham. Train spot! The train in question is Battle of Britain class 34067 Tangmere, one of 110 "Light Pacifics" built between 1945 and 1950, many of which were named after things to do with the RAF, including this one, named after the airfield in Sussex. Before that, the destruction and rebuild of the Shell petrol station next to the office in Southwark continues.

next album: A Trip on the Norfolk Broads, Wroxham, Norfolk - 25th May 2013
previous album: The BBs: Jo and Rob at the Cock Inn, Fair Green, Diss, Norfolk - 19th May 2013

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The hole where the tanks were is filled in

The hole where the tanks were is filled in

A skip is filled up with stuff out of the shop

The old tank hole is fully filled in

A skip is full of old fuel pipes

A Mark 1 coach in maroon moves up the platform

Isobel, Harry and Fred on the platform

34067 Tangmere and its RAF crest

Isobel shows Fred the footplate

Steam and smoke swirls around

More coal is loaded

Fred is unimpressed with the noise

The driver goes to tell people off

An old dude is reprimanded for trespassing

Another vintage - Class 90 90009 Diamond Jubilee

Isobel swings Fred around

Isobel picks Harry up for a look

Tangmere smokes the place up

Train spotters wait on the opposite platform

A guard looks out of the carriage

Tangmere and The Fenman are under way

More mundane DMU units wait at Norwich

Spotters leave the station