Visiting from the North Yorkshire Moors Railway Schools Class 926 Repton arrives at back Wansford during railways 2019 Spring Gala.
Jason’s Picture Of The Month April 2022
A Jubilee for a Queens Jubilee
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
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.
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.
Spring is in the air.
Here in the UK the first day of spring is Sunday 20th March, and if all runs as normal it will be a wet dismal day. In other words a typical British start to spring.
Spring also means the railway looks towards the years events.
So what do we have lined up for April?
As well as normal services we have:-
Driver Experience (Sold out) with a steam locomotive
Freight Driver Experience, your chance to drive a class 14 loco and freight wagons.
The Jolly Fisherman (Evening fish & chips while travelling along the line.)
More events planned through the year, so pop along to the railways wed site at nvr.org.uk and see what’s planned. You can book on-line and that goes for pre-booking tickets for standard service days.
If you have any questions that are not answered on the web site then either ring or drop the office an e-mail.
An excellent Sunday
Yesterday saw the Duchess of Sutherland pull our middle service.
We were busy to say the least and nice to see the railway so active on a damp February Sunday
February can normally be a quiet month. So this made the visit extra special.
As I type this the locomotive is on its way to Tyseley in Birmingham, but I am sure we will see it at the NVR again in the future.
The Duchess of Sutherland.
We have a visitor at the railway this weekend. The Duchess of Sutherland arrives early evening on Saturday and leaves us on Monday morning.
Whilst with us it’s doing one run at 12.00 from Wansford on Sunday, tickets can be purchased on the NVR web site.
Jason’s Picture of the Month February 2022
February 2017
34081 92 Squadron heads back to Wansford during its first weekend back in traffic after overhaul running without nameplates.
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.