Here are some pictures from the Santa services at the weekend taken at Wansford.
Santa Service Pictures From Wansford.
The Santa Specials 6th December 2020.
Some pics from this morning nice trip out to get some photos of the morning frost. enjoy
I hope you enjoy these images.
A little bit of the white stuff.
This morning we awoke to snow, well to be 100% accurate we awoke to white stuff falling and not sticking because it was just too warm.
But it’s a good mood setter for the Santa trains that start this weekend.
So to get you further in the mood here are a few pictures of the railway in the snow that I have taken over the years.
Nothing like a steam engine in steam in the snow.
Now a few general shots, starting with a shot at the east end of Ferry Meadows Station (Overton)
Here we have Orton Mere in the snow. Facing west towards Wansford.
Here is a shot at Ferry Meadows before it’s excellent refurbishment.
Winter is an excellent time for photography around the railway and Nene Park, well worth a visit even if the trains are not running.
Come and pay a visit in the winter, you will get some excellent shots.
You don’t need a train to get a railway picture.
Visitors over the years on none running days have often commented to me that there are no pictures worth taking if there are no trains.
Well here is a picture from young Jason taken last weekend at Wansford that shows you can get a nice picture without a train in sight.
Recreating events.
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.
Jason’s NVR Photo Guide.
Part One – Yarwell to Wansford
In the following chapters I will be showing you practically all the best and popular spots to see trains passing from public spots from a collection of photos spanning 10 years taken in all 4 seasons. We start at the west of the line at Yarwell Junction and head east to the other end at Peterborough Nene Valley. In this chapter will focus on Yarwell and Wansford.
One of my favourite spots to photograph trains the west portal of Yarwell Tunnel taken from the public viewing area which is reachable via a footpath from Yarwell station and beyond from Nassington village.
Visiting Peckett 1438 enters Yarwell Tunnel with a demonstration freight during the 2013 Autumn Gala.
Here we see visiting 56xx 5619 exiting Yarwell Tunnel July 2018.
With original station building, level crossing gates, superb signal gantry, old railway cottages and original signal box still on its original foundations plus river crossing Wansford station evokes the atmosphere from golden age of steam. Its amount of character makes a popular station for photographic charters.
A class of the loco that would of probably worked the line in steam days Ivatt 2MT 46521 adds to the atmosphere parked in front of the signal gantry with the old railway cottages to the left and signal box in the background during the 2016 Autumn Gala.
A4 60009 Union of South Africa stands in front of the original Wansford station building during a photo charter in September 2017.
N2 1744 departs Wansford with the early morning sun capturing its reflection nicely in the river during the Autumn Steam Gala 2015.
Deltic 55022 Royal Scots Grey running as scrapped classmate 55007 Pinza crosses the Nene entering Wansford.