We are spending today preserving yesterday, so you can enjoy it tomorrow.
One thing the railway often does is recreate events.
Here is a recreation of “The Pines Express” non-stop through Ferry Meadows station. This event is from April 2011.
The format of the video has been changed so hopefully more will be able to play it.
We have done both steam and diesel recreations.
For some strange reason over the years I have been asked on a fairly regular basis if the railway ever used slip coaches.
Looking at this video I am sure you will realise that the answer is no!!
Mind you would perhaps be interesting on Castor Bank.
Now the keen ones amongst you will have seen the tickets I have posted on here.
Well we also displayed them at Orton Mere each printed to A4 size.
Over the years we lost count of the number of people who would look at the ticket in A4 size and then mutter… The tickets were much bigger in those days!!!
Before you ask it was both men and women who commented.
One building that crops up more than any other in chat on the railway is the old station building at Wansford, now owned by the railway it’s in need of repair and restoration, and fund raising to pay for it.
Anyway, here are a couple of pictures of views you may not see again.
The first is the front of the building which faces into the yard next to the station, and the second is of the side that faces onto platform three. Both taken some time ago and the second of course was taken before the present buildings on platform two etc. were put in place.
Hopefully in the not too distant future this building will be fully restored. For further details on the restoration please contact Wansford office during office hours.