Retired trains set for new life abroad

Train enthusiasts gathered to capture photos of the trains being taken through the town and loaded at the port

Shipments of retired UK trains are poised to set sail from Great Yarmouth for Africa and Central America where they will return to passenger service.

Train enthusiasts gathered to see the InterCity 125 cars and carriages taken through the town with a police escort and loaded at the Norfolk port.

Some of the trains had recently been in service with Cross Country and Great Western Railway - before their final journey by rail from Ely to Great Yarmouth.

James Steward, a director of Eastern Rail Services, said: “They’ve got a lot of life left in them."

Trains are being craned onto double-deck cargo vessels ready for shipment

James Crosswell, from Peel Ports Great Yarmouth, said: “This is our second shipment of trains leaving out of Great Yarmouth.

“It proves what, as a port, we can achieve here."