Welcome
The East View Farm Railway is a private 7¼ inch railway set in beautiful countryside close to the Broads in Norfolk. This website is intended to keep our members and friends updated on our progress with our projects and our member running days. Please note that we run the railway purely for our members and […]
Summertime !
Hi Everyone We hope you are managing to enjoy this wonderful Sunshine that we have been experiencing recently, very welcome but a bit too warm at times, and we do need some rain to dampen things down a bit! but musn’t complain, this is England !!!! Not too much to report, althougn we have been […]
Spring has Spring !
Locos ready to go! Hi Everyone So at last we have some lovely sunshine to herald the […]
Happy Christmas Everyone !!
Hi we have had a great year on the railway with several interesting projects carried out including the automatic signalling system, completion of the Guards vehicle,welcoming BB and his super little loco, ‘Hercules’, and Kevin and Thomas’s tram loco coming along nicely. We have also acquired much plastic sleepered track , points and concrete edging […]
Happy boys running trains!
John ready to take Bronwyn round Hi there We had a great day as guests at the Parklands Railway on Wednesday 11th when we took John’s ‘Bronwyn’ and Peter’s Class 08 over to Hemsby for us to have some driving on that excellent railway before it closes in November. After the locos had […]
Summertime trains !
Hi There We are now enjoying some lovely summer weather at last and on Wednesday we welcomed invited visitors from the two local Parkinsons Groups, so we had a nice afternoon running trains, chatting, and enjoying lots of cakes (thank you Folks!) and cuppas, very pleasant. We had four trains out at one time with […]
90 and counting !
Hi We are still enjoying our railway and the recent lovely sunny days have allowed us to enjoy running trains and watch them go by in the warm sunshine, very relaxing and very enjoyable. On Saturday last (18th) we had a little celebration as it was Ray’s 90 birthday on Sunday ,so we thought it […]
Marching Into April !!!
Hi There Well we have been quite busy to say the least, with work continuing to test and refine our automatic colour light signalling installation which is working well with just one or two items to attend to, including the labelling of all the cable boxes and push buttons so we all know what to […]
EVFR milestone !
Hi We are delighted to report that on Saturday (27th), we sucessfully tested the automatic operation of our new colour light signalling installation , when Thomas drove ‘Viceroy’ into the station and as he approached the signal at the end of the loop entering the detection track panel, it turned to green (indicating that […]
Goodbye 2023 Hello 2024
Hi We enjoyed a good pre Christmas Mince Pie specials running day on 23rd December when some 15 folks came along and enjoyed the day. Lots of mince pies, sausage rolls and more were consumed and the trains looked after by ‘Prospero,’ the ‘Shay ‘, ‘Chieftain’, and ‘Viceroy’. An excellent day ! and so to […]
Seasonal Greetings
Hi there We would like to wish you and all your family and friends a very Happy Christmas and a Prosperous and Healthy 2024, with lots of trains !!!! Take care From all the Boys and Girls at the East View Farm Railway Happy Christmas !