Class 43 High-Speed Trains at the Mid Norfolk Railway.

Sir Kenneth Grange

17 July 1929 – 21 July 2024

In early 2025, a collaboration between the Mid Norfolk Railway and the Romic Group led to the storage of several Class 43 High-Speed units along the Mid Norfolk Railway. These units were awaiting either export to Mexico via Great Yarmouth Docks or disposal for scrap. During the Mid Norfolk Railway’s 30th-anniversary weekend festivities, a vintage Great Western Railway set, along with four coaches from the Romic Group, was showcased.

Units running.

43-194

43-153

All photographs depicted below were captured on March 22, 2025.

Dereham

Class 43 HST
Class 43 HST

Thuxton

Class 43 HST

Kimberly Park

Class 43 HST
Class 43 HST

Wymondham Abbey

Class 43 HST
Class 43 HST
Class 43 HST

GWR Sign

Mk3 carriage interior.

Three more units were stored at Dereham that weekend

43027 GWR

43311

43315

43027 GWR Stabled at Dereham

Class 43 HST
Class 43 HST

Units 43311-43315 are ex EMR East Midlands Railway power cars that have been neglected compared to the Great Western power cars and have looked to have had many parts removed, including the lighting systems and the engine unit via the roof on 43315

43311

Class 43 HST
Class 43 HST

43315

Class 43 HST
Class 43 HST
Class 43 HST
Class 43 HST
Class 43 HST
Class 43 HST

43191 First Great Western Photographed at Kimberley Park sidings.

Class 43 HST

All photographs depicted below were captured on March 22, 2025, at Dereham.

43-191 First Great western

Class 43 HST
Class 43 HST
Class 43 HST
Class 43 HST
Class 43 HST

43191 coupling system connected up to a class 47 No-367

Class 43 HST
Class 43 HST

43-174 First Great Western

Class 43 HST
Class 43 HST
Class 43 HST
Class 43 HST
Class 43 HST

47-367

Stratford 47 Group owned unit

Class 47 Mid Norfolk Railway
Class 47 Mid Norfolk Railway

Other units that passed through Dereham en route to Great Yarmouth docks for export, which I could not photograph due to a short stop at Dereham and the Mid Norfolk Railways being closed midweek, were numbered.

43160

43238

43319

43312

43162

43194

43153

In late May, more units were moved to the Mid Norfolk railway from Ely sidings.

43314

43317

43318

25,5,25 Diesel gala revisit

During the May diesel gala, I managed to photograph unit 43318 and the rear of 43314 from the carriage as we passed Thuxton sidings.

43318

43314

Ex-GWR units 43174-191 are still stored at Dereham. Since my last visit, more parts, including the engine, roofing, and lighting systems, have been removed.

43174

25th May 2025

Class 43 HST Dereham Mid Norfolk Railway

43191

25th May 2025

Class 43 hst Dereham

Class 43 Couplers.

BR MK3 Ex-43 carriage stock.

25th May 2025

Stored at Kimberley park sidings.

If anyone has any missing numbers or pictures they would like to add, please feel free to contact me. Full credit will be given to the original contributor.