This weekend is our rail200 weekend, a great weekend ahead with visiting steam locomotives and many services.
If you are visiting us this weekend I hope you have a great time. You can pay on the day if you wish. Have a look on our web site for all …
Category: Photography
A super day
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 …
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 …
Britannia 70000 to Visit the NVR
We are pleased to announce that 70000 Britannia will be visiting the NVR from the 11th to the 18th March. This is one of the first of our visiting locomotives as we celebrate Rail 200 under the theme of Best of British. The locomotive will undertake a Photographic Charter, Driving Courses, a full running weekend …
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 …