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Last Goods Train from Sheringham
The very last freight train departs from Sheringham Station on 28th December 1964, following the withdrawal of the service in the wake of the Beeching Report.
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A local record of the departure of the last goods train from Sheringham in December 1964, following the withdrawal of the service in the wake of the Beeching Report. Local woman Joan Barney captured the freight train on the North Norfolk Railway one last time.
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