This locomotive 45041 is always popular with visitors. Taken this morning at Peterborough Nene Valley.
The Peak 45041 with the continental stock
Another warm day.
Well we were back to the hot weather again today with the temperature peaking at 32c. thankfully we are currently running diesel services, so no hot footplate or fire risk to contend with.
Tomorrow (Sunday) we are running the hot weather timetable. this gives the crews and of course the train staff a thirty minute break between arriving and departing again. this will I am sure be welcomed by those who are able to take advantage.
Monday we have rain forecast, though wether it appears or not is a subject open to debate, we shall see.
Now to have a quiet evening and relax ready for tomorrow, although I am based at home it’s still very hot and as the afternoon wears on it gets hotter and more humid.
All being well tomorrow will be a nice relaxing day with no major problems and all the services on time.
Second Set Sundays.
On the following Sundays we will be running as well as the main service the Swedish Railcar.
The dates are:- 31st July, 14th August & 21st August.
Both the main service and the railcar will be doing three runs each , but the railcar will not be servingYarwell Junction. If you have a Rover ticket it will cover both trains.
Below is the timetable for the three Sundays.
It Ain’t Half Hot, Mum
To put it mildly the last two days have been a bit hot!
Monday got up to38c and Tuesday got to 40.8c here at blog HQ!
Far too hot for me a mere retired delicate flower.
Because of fire risk and crew safety last weekend saw the railway run a diesel service with the Peak on Saturday and the Swedish railcar on Sunday. Most people chose to stay at home and try and keep cool as much as possible.
This weekend will again be diesel only with the Class 14 out on Saturday and The Peak out on Sunday.
Looking at the television there are many discussions on global warming etc and the effect on future weather. Personally I think it’s beyond dispute that things are getting warmer. How this will affect peoples leisure and work activities is open to debate. This will also have an effect on tourist attractions amongst them heritage railways. What that effect will be is of course unknown at the moment. Without doubt interesting years ahead.
I am sure that those running the national train network will be having many thoughts on the subject as well.
Trying to plan for the mainly unknown will not be easy.
Locomotives at The Nene Valley Railway.
One of the most asked questions is what locomotives are there at the railway.
Well here is a selection, and my thanks to Chris Walker for the images
When you visit the railway if you do not see a specific locomotive then feel free to ask the staff as to its current status.
Jason’s Picture of the Month June 2022
55022 Royal Scots Grey running as 55007 Pinza fires up at Wansford in summer 2016.
The Swedish railcar & trailer
This weekend the railcar and trailer are dong a park and ride service, for a festival in Nene Park.
Here it is arriving back at Wansford.
Jason’s Picture of the month May 2022
The Class 14 on freight driver experience at Peterborough Nene Valley Station. April 2022.
Freight Driver Experience or Things that go bump in the day!
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 are a few images of the day.
As you can see the weather was for the most part nice and sunny.
I am sure that there will be more freight driver experience days in the future.
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.
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.
Who knows perhaps we may see the Travelling Post Office running again on the line.
When the webcam had sound
Thw Wansford webcam used to have sound, and hopefully will have it again in the near future.
Here is a video when there was sound. Enjoy!