Smash hit music maker Pete Waterman made an emotional speech to celebrate the long-awaited link up of the Bittern Line rail link to Norwich with the Poppy Line railway in Sheringham, Norfolk. Thousands of rail enthusiasts and supporters lined the streets to witness history in the making and cheer the steam locomotive Oliver Cromwell, carrying the first passengers over the new tramway-style crossing for the first time in 50 years.70013 Oliver Cromwell is a British Railways standard class 7 preserved steam locomotive. The locomotive is notable as one of the four steam locomotives which worked the last steam railtour on British Rail in 1968 before the introduction of a steam ban. Mr Waterman underlined his life-long passion for steam trains by saying "This is better than the Eurovision Song Contest, I’m enjoying every minute of it, I have to dash now because I have a train to catch" much to the delight and laughter of onlookers and Poppyline officials.