{"id":1230,"date":"2022-04-22T21:57:49","date_gmt":"2022-04-22T20:57:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nenevalleyrailway.co.uk\/NVR_blog\/?p=1230"},"modified":"2022-04-22T21:57:49","modified_gmt":"2022-04-22T20:57:49","slug":"freight-driver-experience-or-things-that-go-bump-in-the-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nenevalleyrailway.co.uk\/NVR_blog\/?p=1230","title":{"rendered":"Freight Driver Experience or Things that go bump in the day!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As anybody who supports or visits the railway knows we do driver experience days on a regular basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It sold out and has shown to be very popular.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So here are a few images of the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nenevalleyrailway.co.uk\/NVR_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_7373-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1231\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.nenevalleyrailway.co.uk\/NVR_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_7373-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.nenevalleyrailway.co.uk\/NVR_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_7373-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.nenevalleyrailway.co.uk\/NVR_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_7373-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.nenevalleyrailway.co.uk\/NVR_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_7373-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.nenevalleyrailway.co.uk\/NVR_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_7373-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Crossing the river bridge approaching Wansford \u00a9 Thomas Woolley.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nenevalleyrailway.co.uk\/NVR_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_7418-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1232\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.nenevalleyrailway.co.uk\/NVR_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_7418-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.nenevalleyrailway.co.uk\/NVR_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_7418-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.nenevalleyrailway.co.uk\/NVR_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_7418-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.nenevalleyrailway.co.uk\/NVR_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_7418-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.nenevalleyrailway.co.uk\/NVR_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_7418-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Crossing the river bridge leaving Wansford \u00a9 Thomas Woolley.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nenevalleyrailway.co.uk\/NVR_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_7309-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1233\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.nenevalleyrailway.co.uk\/NVR_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_7309-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.nenevalleyrailway.co.uk\/NVR_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_7309-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.nenevalleyrailway.co.uk\/NVR_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_7309-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.nenevalleyrailway.co.uk\/NVR_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_7309-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Leaving Wansford \u00a9 Thomas Woolley.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nenevalleyrailway.co.uk\/NVR_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_7431-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1234\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.nenevalleyrailway.co.uk\/NVR_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_7431-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.nenevalleyrailway.co.uk\/NVR_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_7431-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.nenevalleyrailway.co.uk\/NVR_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_7431-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.nenevalleyrailway.co.uk\/NVR_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_7431-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.nenevalleyrailway.co.uk\/NVR_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_7431-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Crossing the river as seen from the signal box \u00a9 Thomas Woolley.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nenevalleyrailway.co.uk\/NVR_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_7356-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1235\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.nenevalleyrailway.co.uk\/NVR_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_7356-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.nenevalleyrailway.co.uk\/NVR_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_7356-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.nenevalleyrailway.co.uk\/NVR_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_7356-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.nenevalleyrailway.co.uk\/NVR_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_7356-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.nenevalleyrailway.co.uk\/NVR_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_7356-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Approaching the river bridge \u00a9 Thomas Woolley.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"539\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nenevalleyrailway.co.uk\/NVR_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/278814478_10158222104040855_90885386722007491_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1238\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.nenevalleyrailway.co.uk\/NVR_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/278814478_10158222104040855_90885386722007491_n.jpg 720w, http:\/\/www.nenevalleyrailway.co.uk\/NVR_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/278814478_10158222104040855_90885386722007491_n-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption>Waiting to depart Wansford \u00a9 Thomas Woolley.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"539\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nenevalleyrailway.co.uk\/NVR_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/278909926_10158222134385855_3629393942423700551_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1239\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.nenevalleyrailway.co.uk\/NVR_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/278909926_10158222134385855_3629393942423700551_n.jpg 720w, http:\/\/www.nenevalleyrailway.co.uk\/NVR_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/278909926_10158222134385855_3629393942423700551_n-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption>Freight Train awaiting departure from Wansford \u00a9 Thomas Woolley.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"727\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nenevalleyrailway.co.uk\/NVR_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Jon-Benton-1024x727.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1240\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.nenevalleyrailway.co.uk\/NVR_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Jon-Benton-1024x727.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.nenevalleyrailway.co.uk\/NVR_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Jon-Benton-300x213.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.nenevalleyrailway.co.uk\/NVR_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Jon-Benton-768x545.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.nenevalleyrailway.co.uk\/NVR_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Jon-Benton-1536x1091.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.nenevalleyrailway.co.uk\/NVR_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Jon-Benton.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>The freight train at Castor \u00a9 Jon Benton.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As you can see the weather was for the most part nice and sunny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am sure that there will be more freight driver experience days in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Who knows perhaps we may see the Travelling Post Office running again on the line.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nenevalleyrailway.co.uk\/NVR_blog\/?p=1230\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Freight Driver Experience or Things that go bump in the day!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,24,20,10,13,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-along-the-line","category-diesel","category-driver-experience","category-history","category-photography","category-wansford-station"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nenevalleyrailway.co.uk\/NVR_blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nenevalleyrailway.co.uk\/NVR_blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nenevalleyrailway.co.uk\/NVR_blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nenevalleyrailway.co.uk\/NVR_blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nenevalleyrailway.co.uk\/NVR_blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1230"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.nenevalleyrailway.co.uk\/NVR_blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1230\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1241,"href":"http:\/\/www.nenevalleyrailway.co.uk\/NVR_blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1230\/revisions\/1241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nenevalleyrailway.co.uk\/NVR_blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nenevalleyrailway.co.uk\/NVR_blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nenevalleyrailway.co.uk\/NVR_blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}