55022 Royal Scots Grey running as 55007 Pinza fires up at Wansford in summer 2016.
Jason’s Picture of the Month June 2022
The Swedish railcar & trailer
This weekend the railcar and trailer are dong a park and ride service, for a festival in Nene Park.
Here it is arriving back at Wansford.
Jason’s Picture of the month May 2022
The Class 14 on freight driver experience at Peterborough Nene Valley Station. April 2022.
Freight Driver Experience or Things that go bump in the day!
As anybody who supports or visits the railway knows we do driver experience days on a regular basis.
Well today we did something a little different we had a diesel freight driver experience using a selection of wagons and the class 14 locomotive.
It sold out and has shown to be very popular.
So here are a few images of the day.
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.
When the webcam had sound
Thw Wansford webcam used to have sound, and hopefully will have it again in the near future.
Here is a video when there was sound. Enjoy!
Engines large and small.
Saturday 26th March was a day of not only our Mothering Sunday cream tea service, but also a day of engines large and small
Let’s start with the large, here is the Polish tank engine about to leave Wansford with the cream tea service to Peterborough Nene Valley.
Now we have a mixture of large and small as the Peak 45041 stands at platform two prior to departure and a parade of small steam engines pass over the level crossing
Now a selection of pictures of the small steam engines which proved very popular.
Super weather for a super day.
My thanks to Matt for the excellent images.
Cream Tea time.
Tomorrow (Saturday) sees the railway running the popular cream tea service.
This is one of the regular events on the railway that’s always popular. So we have three runs with a main diesel service and two runs with a steam cream tea service.
The services will be passing at Orton Mere, so nice to see both lines in use there.
If you’re interested in the cream tea service then take a look at the main site for more details.
The Swedish Railcar trailer car
At long last the Swedish Railcar trailer car is at Wansford for final work before it enters service..
Here is a pic of it before it’s run to Wansford.
Requested Locomotives.
On the web cam on running days we are often asked when a certain loco will next be running, sometimes we can answer and sometimes not.
Anyway, here in order are the top five asked about locomotives.
- The Peak 45041
- The Pacer, even though not currently been bought into service.
- The Polish tank engine
- Class 14 locomotive
- Thomas
Yes I was surprised at first that Thomas was not more asked after, but I presume it’s because it appeals more to children than adults.
So, what would your top five list be? I would love to know, please leave a comment with your list.