WWLR Rly the late Lt. Cmdr. Roy Francis with loc 3 "Norfolk Hero" at Wells station
25 August 2011 with the late Lt. Cmdr. Roy Francis beside Norfolk Hero.
WWLR founded by Lieutenant-Commander Roy Wallace Francis (2 July 1922 – 27 January 2015) The Wells & Walsingham Light Railway was born out of one man's passionate dream, hard work and sheer determination. Lt. Cmdr. Roy Francis ( pictured above ) had already built the mile long 10¼" gauge Beach railway at Wells. In 1979 he started to construct the WWLR on the four miles of old Great Eastern track bed from Wells to Walsingham. Work was completed in 1982 and on 6th April services began on schedule making it the longest 10¼" narrow gauge steam railway in the world.
Lieutenant-Commander Roy Wallace Francis (2 July 1922 – 27 January 2015) was a British naval officer who served on HMS Edinburgh and HMS Manchester during World War II. He was later the founder of the 10+1⁄4 in (260 mm) gauge Wells Harbour Railway and Wells & Walsingham Light Railway, both located in Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, United Kingdom. Francis died aged 92. (Wikipedia)
WWLR Rly the late Lt. Cmdr. Roy Francis with loc 3 "Norfolk Hero" at Wells station
25 August 2011 with the late Lt. Cmdr. Roy Francis beside Norfolk Hero.
WWLR founded by Lieutenant-Commander Roy Wallace Francis (2 July 1922 – 27 January 2015) The Wells & Walsingham Light Railway was born out of one man's passionate dream, hard work and sheer determination. Lt. Cmdr. Roy Francis ( pictured above ) had already built the mile long 10¼" gauge Beach railway at Wells. In 1979 he started to construct the WWLR on the four miles of old Great Eastern track bed from Wells to Walsingham. Work was completed in 1982 and on 6th April services began on schedule making it the longest 10¼" narrow gauge steam railway in the world.
Lieutenant-Commander Roy Wallace Francis (2 July 1922 – 27 January 2015) was a British naval officer who served on HMS Edinburgh and HMS Manchester during World War II. He was later the founder of the 10+1⁄4 in (260 mm) gauge Wells Harbour Railway and Wells & Walsingham Light Railway, both located in Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, United Kingdom. Francis died aged 92. (Wikipedia)