Wednesday 3rd April was Autism day and we had a special, day with just Thomas running and events at Wansford geared towards the day. Had a number of people who had visited come up on the webcam chat saying how much they had enjoyed it. Well done to all those involved I am sure there …
Category: Wansford Station
Here we go again.
A couple of days ago hot on the heels of Flying Scotsman saw Britannia arrive for a weeks visit where it will be busy with a photo charter, driver experience, passenger services and a dining train on Saturday evening. Wednesday kicked off with a freight photo charter, mixed weather but not a bad day for …
That was a brilliant visit.
There are visiting locomotives that bring in visitors and then there is Flying Scotsman. It was sure to be a memorable visit and it exceeded expectations, I mean even the weather was on our side for a change. Record visitors and more importantly happy visitors. Looking at it from behind the web cams where I …
The First Weekend
Well that’s the first weekend of the visit by Flying Scotsman out of the way. Sitting at home looking after two web cams and answering questions and posting train details I must say I enjoyed it. Yes, I would loved to have opened Orton Mere, but I realise that’s not going to happen again. But …
A good start to the year.
Hot on the announcement of Britannia visiting, there was the announcement of Flying Scotsman arriving at the end of February. This is an excellent start to the year for the railway, and I am sure both visits will be a great success. But I am also in a way sad. for fourteen years I was …
GBRf weekend.
This weekend sees a joint event with GBRf, full details are on the NVR web site. The weather forecast is good and the railway will no doubt be busy. Its events like this that I miss being involved in, but still being confined to the house I can only watch on the webcams. So if …
Locomotive Legends.
25th 26th & 27th May 2024 D9009 will be appearing as 55013 BLACK WATCH Named at Doncaster Works on July 21st 1961 before introduction to traffic, D9009 maintained the ‘racehorse’ tradition of the LNER by commemorating the winner of the 1949 Ascot Gold Cup. Based at Finsbury Park in North London, Alycidon was one of …
Nene Valley Railway-Buffer to Buffer
By Finlay Elliott. On the 28th of April 2024 I decided to cycle the entire length of the Nene Valley Railway, it was quite a long bike ride, but I decided I was up for the challenge. Leaving the house at around 12:20 I made my way over to Peterborough Nene Valley station. Just as …