North Norfolk Railway 1940s Weekend (2009)

Just some of the happenings on the Poppy Line on the second day of the North Norfolk Railways 1940s weekend 2009.
http://www.nnrailway.co.uk/
Featured locomotives are :
City Class 3440 'City Of Truro'
N2 1774
N7 69621
J15 65462

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Entertainment

Tags:

• north
• norfolk
• railway
• poppy
• line
• 1940
• weekend
• history
• heritage
• steam
• locomotive
• train
• reenactor
• city
• class
• 3440
• of
• truro
• gnr
• n2
• n7
• j15
• 1744
• 69621
• 65462
• preservation
• ww2
• world
• war
• 39
• 45
• society

[HighFlyer186]

Excellent video, looks like you had a great weekend.

[Hanglands]

Thanks for watching mate. Yes indeed, it was a great event, the best of its type that Ive attended, I cant wait for next year!

[thegrimeater]

I was cleaner on the N2 for the first half of the day. Some really good footage!

[Hanglands]

Thanks for watching and commenting. Im sure we owe all you volunteers a great many thanks for what you do.

[mrrmancunian]

People aren't educated well enough on things, that's why.

Some people don't even know what the Battle of Britain is, which I can't understand.

[Hanglands]

That last sentence is a sad, but true fact. Thats what made this event even better - the fact that it was so well attended, it restored my faith in people a bit.

[mrrmancunian]

It's pretty extraordinary that man-built machines were exceeding speeds at that time, not long after leaving behind horse and carriage as the orthodox means of travel.

But any Fred Dibnah style documentary catches my interest straight away, too many people are ignorant about these kind of things and get sucked in by mainstream interests such as celebrity lifestyles and other meaningless things.

[Hanglands]

Yes, I try to at least get to Flying Legends at Duxford, did Lowestoft sea front show last year, that was great. Also like smaller shows like Old Warden and Little Gransden. The engineering in these locos is supreme - to think that City Of Truro broke 100mph in 1904!

[mrrmancunian]

I've only ever been to the Waddington, Woodford and Leuchars airshows, but a couple of times at that. On top of that I've been to the Duxford and Yeovilton air museums, plus a few in different countries.

I enjoy seeing engineering like this though, especially in mills too.

[Hanglands]

Thanks for commenting. It was my first visit to the NNR, I'll definately be back there as soon as I can. What a great line!