It combines an award winning visitor attraction with a hub of heavy engineering.
And Both sides of the North Norfolk Railway (NNR) were showcased to celebrate the completion of a pair of ambitious projects.
The opening of a new tourist information centre at Sheringham Station and boiler shop at the line's Weybourne workshop's were made possible with a £498,000 award from the government's Coastal Community Fund (CCF).
And bosses at the heritage railway have welcomed CCF representatives to show what has been achieved with the cash.
After a tour of the tourist information centre and shop the party took a steam train to Weybourne to see work taking place at the engineering base.
The tourist information centre, shop and toilets opened in July, with NNR taking responsibility for managing the facilities from North Norfolk District Council. The council also awarded £154,000 towards the work enabling an application to be made for CCF cash.
The NNR has become a centre of engineering excellence providing all the mechanical services needed to keep historic engines on track.
It follows a deal three years ago that saw loco repair firm Chatham Steam Ltd move its operations from Kent to the Poppy Line's loco sheds at Weybourne.
The new boiler shop now enables mechanics to carry out engineering work for other heritage railways in the UK and abroad. The team are currently restoring a boiler from the Stephenson Railway Museum at North Shields, near Newcastle.
NNR general manager Trevor Eady said: 'The boiler shop is bringing a lot of business into Norfolk that would not have come before. I think this one of the best engineering facilities of its kind in the country.
'We have around 30 people working here and taken on two to three apprentices.'
'The money from the CCF has not just made a difference to the railway, but the wider community.'
Mark Holder, from the Department of Community and Local Government's coastal regeneration team, praised the work that had been carried out.
He said: 'I am very impressed with what I have seen, the boiler shop is excellent. The Coastal Community Fund receives £248m worth of bids, but has only £38m in grants to distribute - which shows how good projects have to be to win funding.
'I visited the railway when here on holiday about 16 years ago, to see the changes that have been made is quite amazing.'
The NNR received a certificate of excellence at the National Railway Heritage Awards last week and was Norfolk and Suffolk best large attraction winner at this year's EDP Hoseasons Tourism Awards.
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