There is nothing happening today, the trains are not running.

From the number of times I have heard the title of this post there seems to be a misconception that if there are no trains running then there is nothing happening.

This is far from the truth, there is something happening every single day connected with the railway and its operation.

Let’s take today for example..

The office at Wansford is operating with the staff working away at many tasks from bookings, to banking and planning future events. There is a considerable amount of administration day to day to keep the railway operating.

There will be various volunteers around Wansford undertaking various tasks including maintenance of locomotives and the site itself etc.

Many volunteers including myself work from home, at the moment of course I am writing this blog whilst keeping an eye on the webcams. People often from time to time pop onto the cam we have on YouTube to ask all sorts of questions, and I like to be hopefully available to help.

Volunteers could be working at one of the stations with maintenance tasks from cleaning to painting.

The list is endless with tasks that can be carried out across the railway over a week. So next time you think the railway has nothin happening because there are no trains look again more carefully, you may be surprised at what you see.