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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.
Amateur film 1964 6 mins Silent
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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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