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Exhibition to feature 100 'lost Suffolk and Norfolk railway images'
A free exhibition will feature more than 100 "lost images" of a railway Left at the Junction exhibition premieres in the Parcels Office at Lowestoft railway station in Suffolk on from across five decades on the Wherry Lines from Norwich via the Broads National Park to Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft, as well as from the Bittern Line from Norwich to North Walsham, will be on collection was produced by David Pearce, who said the exhibition mainly focused on the trains in "everyday scenes".
"The focus of the exhibition is very much on the trains themselves, mostly in everyday scenes, but sometimes seldom seen," Mr Pearce explained."For their time, the passenger trains featured might have been considered modern, but now are looked upon, perhaps, with nostalgia, regret even at their passing, or possibly relief that those 'old rattle-traps' have given way to quicker, quieter and more comfortable journeys."
The exhibition is open from 10:30 BST to 16:00 every day until August 23, apart from 17 August when it is 11 and 14 August, Lowestoft station also welcomes the Railway 200 Exhibition Train, as part of a national celebration of the 200th anniversary of the modern train visiting, called Inspiration, will have four carriages where people can discover the past, present and future of the Roberts, programme manager for Railway 200, said the exhibition would "excite, enlighten and inspire".
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