![]() Station Name: WATTON (NORFOLK)
![]() A train from Swaffham arriving in Watton hauled by two D16 4-4-0s. The leading engine, 62559, worked out of King’s Lynn shed until its withdrawal in December 1955.
Photo from Julian Horn collection ![]() Photo from Julian Horn collection ![]() Ernie Fagg stands in front of his hedge which was started in 1948.
Photo from Julian Horn collection ![]() Photo from Julian Horn collection ![]() Photo from the collection of the late Bernard Matthews ![]() A Ford Consul car has found its way onto the foot-crossing over the running lines between the two platforms. The south end of the down platform is seen on the right. Watton station was never provided with a footbridge, passengers wanting to use the up platform had to cross the line on this barrow crossing. The large coal yard is seen behind the up platform.
Photo from Julian Horn collection ![]() Another view of the Ford Consul that attempted to cross the line on the barrow crossing. This picture gives a good view of the old engine and carriage sheds built by the Thetford and Watton Railway. When the buildings were no longer required by the railway they were leased to local seed and corn merchant Tyrrell & Byford who had a private siding which was still in use in 1957.
Photo from Julian Horn collection ![]() A J17 0-6-0 ‘wrong line’ in the Thetford platform with a northbound goods probably in the 1950s. The building on the extreme left was probably leased to one of the coal merchants operating from the station. Sacks of coal are seen in front of the building.
Photo from Julian Horn collection ![]() Railway Lengthmen, Eric Stebbings and Edward Turner (right) working on the ballast on the northbound platform line, date unknown. The up platform is seen on the right and beyond one of two goods docks alongside the shed road. The second dock can just be made out in the distance beyond
the goods shed. Photo from Julian Horn collection ![]() Station staff pose for the camera in front of the booking office, left to right: Tim Allen, Bernie Warren, Fred Hoy, Jimmy the Guard, Stanley Clarke. Date unknown, BR days.
Photo from Julian Horn collection ![]() The passenger shelter - more a warm waiting room perhaps, on the Thetford (up) platform. Date unknown but probably 1950s. One of the hoppers in the coal yard is seen on the right
behind the wagons. Photo from Julian Horn collection ![]() On a wet day in 1956, a year after dieselisation of the service, a ‘Derby Lightweight’ DMU arrives from Swaffham.
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from John Mann collection
![]() A ‘Derby Lightweight’ DMU with a Thetford train in the early 1960s, the coal yard is seen on the right.
![]() Photo from Julian Horn collection
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