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Found this on facebook... Can't vouch for it's authenticity though. Nothing about it on the North Norfolk Railway website...
Important Press Release from the Weybourne Traction Group:
The Weybourne Traction Group are pleased to announce support for a new build heritage diesel locomotive to be constructed at the North Norfolk Railway.
Absent from the railway system for nearly 30 years, a new build Class 13 Master and Slave shunter will be created in the workshops at Weybourne. Utilising the railways own class 08, D3935, and a recently acquired additional class 08, surplus to requirements at another heritage line. The locomotives will be modified and overhauled, before being outshopped in BR Blue with the number 13101, recognising some of the modifications against the original design to be made, including air braking.
Tim Insley, spokesperson for the project commented "We have been given the opportunity to recreate one of the diesel world's most unusual locomotives, and we look forward to seeing the first locomotive with a Weybourne worksplate".
Work on modifications to D3935 are currently being undertaken, and the additional 08 will be fully overhauled and modified upon its arrival at the railway. The work is expected to take around two years, with the engine expected in traffic around the start of April 2015.
Last edited by draximus; 5th August 2013 at 13:17.
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