Video of Tornado and its surport coach with a steam movement from the NVR in 2012

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LNER A1 Class 4-6-2 no 60163 Tornado (the new build locomotive)  just to the north of Helpston on the Peterborough to Leicester railway line with a steam movement from the Nene Valley Railway to Barrow Hill Engine shed on Tuesday 10th of April 2010. There are also two class 66s on freights at the level crossing just off the B1443 on the West Deeping road here.

Helpston is a village on the The East Coast Main Line main line just to the north of Peterborough. The ECML runs from London to Edinburgh. The G.N.R and then the L.N.E.R used to run this line be for BR. This line has now been electrified, and is one of the top railways in the U.K. NER with Inter City trains from London to Scotland and Leeds previously run by BR. 

Also at Helpston the Peterborough to Leicester line which has run along side the ECML since Peterborough station heads westwards towards Stamford and away from ECML at the north of the village. This line runs to the rear of the GNR signal box.

The ECML down slow has used the Leicester line down line from Peterborough to Helpston be for then rejoining the ECML in front of the signal box. There are over head wires on the Leicester line down line only up to Helpston from Peterborough .

There was a Helpston station only on the Midland railway Leicester line here which is now closed.