Thursday to Sunday sees the Queens Platinum Jubilee, and like everywhere else we are celebrating this special occasion. We have numerous events over the four days culminating with the locomotive Bahamas visiting us and pulling the three services on Sunday.
No doubt this will be popular, when the locomotive was with us before it generated a lot of positive interest.
So whatever you’re doing this Jubilee weekend have a great time, and if you’re visiting the railway look at all we have on offer a visit is so much more than just a train ride.
As you can see the weather was for the most part nice and sunny.
I am sure that there will be more freight driver experience days in the future.
For those who missed it we will be running freight trains in between the main service on the 1st May with three runs of the freight train.
The wagon group have put in a lot of time and effort into getting the wagons as they are now, and I look forward to seeing more of their work in the future.
Who knows perhaps we may see the Travelling Post Office running again on the line.
One question that often pops up is Do we have any famous locomotives visit from the main line?
The answer of course is yes, and you just have to do a search to find any number of pictures.
But here is one taken some years ago, it shows Britannia at Orton Mere.
This is of course in the early days and those who know the station will see how open it used to be before the park was developed. How the place has changed over the years.
The Railway is pleased to announce after a great deal of work that Jubilee No 45596 Bahamas will be visiting the NVR from the 4th to the 10th of June.
The locomotive during this time will work a Jubilee Special service on Sunday 5th June as part of the NVR Jubilee event, the locomotive will undertake main line running while at the NVR
The local diagram for the box.The view to the East towards Peterborough.Another closer view towards the East across the River Nene.The length of the box looking West towards the station.The length of the box and the frame looking East over the riverMatt at workThe wheel that’s turned to open and close the crossing gatesMatt at work again, this will give some idea of the size of the wheel
We hope to bring more pictures around Wansford and the other stations very shortly.
Back in the dim distant past before the age of digital cameras and smartphones people still took pictures.
Here are some from the days of film. They have been sent to me by Christopher Walker and were taken by his father, dates are unknown.
Danish Locomotive 656 (Tinkerbell!)92 Squadron undergoing overhaul work.“Thomas” At a very different looking Wansford compared to today.6106 on a visit it the Nene Valley Railway.
I always like the look of photographs taken the traditional way, I always feel they have character and depth.
