The Nene Valley Railway Blog. – Page 22 – We are spending today preserving yesterday, so you can enjoy it tomorrow.

9 January 20219 January 2021

Old Railway Maps.

There is a lot to be learnt from old railway maps.

Take this one for example:-

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If you look at this map you will be able to follow the line from Wansford to Peterborough and beyond.

The keen ones will notice the line from just outside Wansford to Stamford. Also you will notice this map predates the Fletton Loop.

It’s interesting to use something like Google Earth to follow the old lines that whilst on this map don’t exist anymore, the Stamford one being a good example.

Have a try and look at what you can see from current on line maps of what still survives.

2 January 20216 January 2021

Miniature Railway – Prize Draw 2021

Kick start our Locomotive Shed appeal with a once in a lifetime, Railwayman for a day prize draw. We need to raise over £4000 to wooden clad our metal container to protect and secure it and create a traditional looking Locomotive shed.

The winner will spend a day on the NVR

Take breakfast with our Steam Locomotive Crew and see the locomotive up and close in the yard.
Guided tour of the Locomotive sheds
Tour of the Wansford Signalbox
Take to the footplate for 15 miles of steam action on our duty steam locomotive
Tour of the miniature railway
Finish the day off with a full round trip in the carriages
Souvenir Certificate to remember your day.

To enter our prize draw make a contribution of £10 or more via the prize draw button below, you can enter as many times as you like. and or add further donations, Draw will take place on 31st March 2021. The winner will be contacted and a date arranged subject to Covid conditions, the winner must be 18 years of age or over.

To enter the Prize Draw click on the Prize Draw button below or make a donation via https://nvr.org.uk/product.php/205/

1 January 20211 January 2021

Well here we go again……

Today is New Years day and the start of the new year.

Many will be wondering what it will hold for the railway.

The answer is of course, nobody knows. I mean who on this day in 2020 would have been able to forecast how the year would turn out?

It was a year like no other for the railway, and the staff and working members/volunteers came through it.

Our sympathies must go to those who had to be made redundant, it was necessary to enable the railway to survive a very difficult period, they will be missed.

History will no doubt show that we owe a debt of gratitude to those on the railway both paid and volunteer who time after time went far beyond what was required or even expected to ensure that the trains we were able to run were as safe as they could be for the visitors and that the site was as safe as possible.

So please remember when things become more normal and you visit railway that your visit is only possible because of those people. The people who remained pleasant and smiling wether face to face or answering the telephone.

If you are a member of the public who travelled on either the Santas or other trains we were able to run. Thank you for your support of the railway, it is without exception appreciated and we look forward to welcoming you back in better times.

28 December 202028 December 2020

A trip on the footplate of Flying Scotsman 2018

26 December 2020

Floods along the river Nene.

Flooding by Wansford station along the river this morning, though nothing to affect either the station or the track.

Here is a picture from the Railcam web cam this morning. The shot is from the signal box looking east.

For details of Railcam and their network of cameras on both the network and some heritage lines go to Railcam.uk

25 December 2020

Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year.

From the Nene Valley Railway Blog.

21 December 2020

A few locomotives from better times.

This year has not been a year for loco spotting!!
So here are a few pics from recent years when the sun really did shine down on the railway.

I will post a few more over the festive period.

19 December 202021 December 2020

Nene Valley Railway Closed Until Further Notice.

Mon 21st Dec 2020

Since we announced the closing of Nene Valley Railway with immediate effect, after the Government announced that Peterborough was moving into Tier 4 at midnight on Sat 19th Dec. Our dedicated team have been working tirelessly to answer all customer emails and messages. We thank all our customers for being patient with us. As you can image our inbox is very full. All requests for refunds will be honored and processed as quickly as we can do it. It is not an easy task to complete. We would like to take this opportunity to wish all our customers old and new a Merry Christmas and we look forward to welcoming you all to Nene Valley Railway when it is safe to do so.

17 December 202017 December 2020