These were taken in summer 1957, less than two years before the end, near the tiny Broadland village of Potter Heigham.
The first two show a Class D16 -- a "Claud Hamilton" built by the old Great Eastern Railway -- hauling a holiday passenger special over the bridge at Potter Heigham.
The final image shows one of the then-modern Ivatt 4MTs that became the dominant motive power on the M&GN, again with a passenger train.
For me there's something wistful and melancholic about these delightful amateur images, souvenirs from a summer holiday. Long before my time, of course, but they seem to provide such a strong connection.
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There is indeed something rather special about Joint lines. Also rather interesting were trains which traversed several companies' lines such as Manchester to Bournemouth West, Harwich PQ to Liverpool Central HL, Birkenhead Woodside to Brighton, Margate, Dover Deal & Sandwich - sadly they seem to have received scant attention in the literature.
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