Updated:
8:17 AM December 23, 2020
Father Christmas in front of a North Norfolk Railway steam locomotive this time last year. Heritage railways across the country face having to import coal in the future.
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Norfolk's heritage steam trains and other attractions that run on coal may soon have to import it from Russia or even Australia.
Britain's last mine producing coal for steam trains is at Ffos-y-Fran in south Wales, which is due to close in 2022, and a bid to open a new mine near Newcastle has just been refused.
North Norfolk Railway general manager Andrew Munden.