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  RAIL NEWS SNIPPETS   IIssue 172 - 1 April 2008  
  News from the East Anglian Branch of Railfuture   Edited by Martin Thorne and Jerry Alderson  


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ROLLING STOCK

Last NXEA Class 156 trains refurbished

In mid-March National Express East Anglia upgraded the ninth and final Class 156 two-car DMUs that operates most of its rural services. The refurbishment incldes new carpets, seats and tables.


PRESERVED RAILWAYS

Mid-Norfolk Railway has new signal box at Dereham

On 10th March volunteers at the Mid-Norfolk Railway lifted the new Dereham North signal box on to a base next to the London Road level crossing. The signal box, which requires substantial restoration, had origniated from Laundry Lane crossing in Lowestoft.

 


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