 The F&DRS later became the Mid-Norfolk Railway Preservation Trust, owners and operators of the Mid-Norfolk Railway.In 1983, after a 1980 attempt to preserve the Ryburgh to Fakenham section of the Wymondham to Wells branch, the Fakenham and Dereham Railway Society leased Hardingham station and opened a small heritage centre.Track was laid in the former goods yard and a Ruston 0-4-0 diesel locomotive was delivered to the site.