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Bramleyman · Joined: 30 Jan 2007 Posts: 480 Location: Norfolk

Years ago, the East Anglia region was known to have many Sugar Beet factories spread about the area, including Kings Lynn, Wissington, Cantley and Ely, to name just four of them.

Pictured below in an unidentified British Sugar factory, is one of their locomotives, supporting two of their operators. I have strong belief that this was at Kings Lynn, but stand to be corrected, if anybody recognises either gent supported by the loco.

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Bramleyman · Joined: 30 Jan 2007 Posts: 480 Location: Norfolk

Pictured within the same confines as the shunter above, is a diesel that I sadly do not recognise.

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Mr M&GN · Joined: 21 Aug 2008 Posts: 59

i live near cantley at the moment and see it almost everyday, nice to know our sugar comes from east anglia

also wissington will be back soon so that will be nice

nebulaman · Site Admin Joined: 29 Jan 2007 Posts: 188

I did hear a while back they were going to put the lines back in at Cantley to save the sugar stone being taken off the train at Norwich and being transported by road to Cantley. A week after I heard this they took out the track and signals that would allow such a venture. I do remember Cantley's little yellow shunter!