8F 48305 and class 5 City of Peterborough start out of Wansford on 28th April 2007.
8F 2-8-0 number 48305 which had come from the Great Central Railway and is with the Nene Valleys own BR class 5 City of Peterborough. They are coming out of Wansford station and over the river Nene bridge at the Nene Valleys head quarters at Wansford on 28th April 2007 during the 1960s weekend on 28th April 2007 with a train to the Peterborough NVR station.
The 8f and the class 5 from the other side of the Nene bridge from below.
8F 48305 at Wansford on 28th April 2007.
Class 5 73050 at the 1960's Weekend 28th April 2007
Class 5 73050 City of Peterborough in April 2007 at the Peterborough Nene Valley Railway station
Class 5 753050 City of Peterborough and 8F 48305 at Wansford on 28th April 2007 on the Nene river bridge waiting for a train to come in from Peterborough which they will take back.
The Nene Valley Railway
The Nene Valley Railway runs from Peterborough to Wansford railway station and then on to Yarwell junction. Wansford Station is on part of the old A1 at Stibbingson and is about 2 miles from the village of Wansford itself. The railway line is about 7 1/2 miles long. Trains run at weekends for most of the year.
The station at Wansford railway station is open from around 9am to 4.30 on most days. (check on there web site for times) The line runs trains from this country and also from abroad. As well as steam locomotives it also has main line and industrial diesels. It has wagons and coaches and a large collection of railway bits and bobs. At the Peterborough end of the NVR is the Rail World Museum which is next to the Nene Valley Railways Peterborough station.
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Nene Valley 1960s Weekend in 2007
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