Well today sees the start of the Santa services. An extremely important and busy time for the railway. I always liked the Santa services, passengers seemed in a better mood and plenty of volunteers to run things as well. I always tried to open Orton Mere on Santa days if the weather was nice. Although …
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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 …