Working on the Railway
The Swan Hotel, 19 The Thoroughfare, Harleston, Norfolk, IP20 9AS
The will be running a full schedule of model railway rolling stock that might have used Harleston Station, and particularly the Yard, throughout its working life, with particular emphasis on the people and goods that passed through. The station formed an important transport hub that featured highly in people’s working lives.
There will be two videos running during the day, showing a full size trip on the last passenger service on the Waveney Valley Line, from Harleston to Beccles and return, filmed on the January 1955, together with a small film taking the viewer around the model, viewed from the front of a J15 locomotive at miniature scale.
Timings
- Saturday 12 September:
- 1000-1600
- Saturday 19 September:
- 1000-1600
Location & directions
The Swan Hotel, 19 The Thoroughfare, Harleston, Norfolk, IP20 9AS
- Contact on day:
- Peter Metcalf
- Telephone number:
- +447936160381
Booking information
- Pre-booking requirement:
- Pre-booking not required
Additional information
This is being hosted in a working hotel and we ask visitors to respect this. This event forms part of a town wide community programme involving local groups to celebrate Heritage Open Days.
