This weekend sees the ever popular diesel gala. It’s always a busy weekend. Diesel supporters always seem keen to travel on all the services they can. Nice to see a gbRf class 66 visiting once again. Always a popular loco with visitors. If you are able to visit then I hope you will do so. …
Category: Photography
Jogging through January
Well here we are approaching mid January, a traditionally quiet running month for the railway. Though as per usual there’s a lot going on through the month behind the scenes. A diesel gala lies ahead of us in March with a class 66 amongst the running locomotives. This is something to look forward to. Diesel …
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 …