NENE VALLEY RAILWAY STEAM GALA SEPTEMBER 22ND & 23RD

NENE VALLEY RAILWAY STEAM GALA

Saturday 22nd & Sunday 23rd September 2012

Join the NVR in a celebration of Steam at our Autum Steam Gala, lots of steam action for all the family



STAR ATTRACTIONS

A1 No 60163 TORNADO AND No 71000 Duke of Gloucester

See Tornado and Duke of Gloucester Double heading on the Mk1's,

ALL HOME FLEET STEAM ENGINES IN OPERATION

FREIGHT TRAIN

BRAKE VAN RIDES (SUBJECT TO CONFORMATION)

TRAVELLING POST OFFICE IN OPERATION

TRAVEL ON “THE HOOK CONTINENTAL” IN OUR WAGON-LITS LIVERIED COACHES, WITH CONTINENTAL BUFFET CAR

STEAM CRANE ON DISPLAY AND TRADE STANDS

SHED TOURS AND SEE THE PROGRESS OF THE RESTORATION ON 34081 92 SQUADRON AND OTHER LOCOMOTIVES

TRADE STANDS FROM A1SLT, THE PATRIOT PROJECT, BBLS 92 SQUADRON

EVENING DINING TRAIN “DINE WITH THE DUKE” FRIDAY 21ST SEPTEMBER (BOOKING REQUIRED)


DINE WITH THE DUKE

Dine in style aboard our Club Car hauled by No 71000 Duke of Gloucester,

Your evening starts with a welcome drink at Wansford where The Duke will be available for inspection before your are guided to your reserved seat in the Club Car. As the train departs at 19:00 your three course evening meal will be served at your seat whilst you meander along the Nene Valley on two round trips, arriving back at Wansford at approximately 22:00

Enjoy:

* Reserved tables of 4 (Parties of under 4 will be seated with other passengers)
* Licensed Bar serving Wine, Beer and Soft Drinks


Menu:

STARTERS

Smoked Salmon & Asparagus Shot (served with a bread roll)
or
Melon Boat

-oOo-

MAIN COURSE

Roast Beef or Ham

Vegetarian Quiche

Potato Salad

Waldorf Salad

Green Salad

Coleslaw

-oOo-

DESSERT

Appie Pie with Cream
or
Almondy Tarta


DRIVING COURSES

Driving Experience courses

Take to the regulator and drive either 71000 Duke of Gloucester or A1 No 61063 Tornado at the Nene Valley Railway

Drive the Duke on Friday 21st September prices per patricipant £375
Drive Tornado on Monday 24th September, prices per participant £475

Please contact 01780 784444 for more deatils

 

Sorry info is incorrect Tornado and Duke double headed at the elr.

 

An off-topic question for the original poster: Have you yet finished your loco works building? Info on the build has not been available on the internet since your website stopped having what I might call "enthusiast" info a couple of years ago.

Thanks.

 

The new shed in now in use, with just a few finishing touches to complete

 

Are there any plans to correct the false information on the advertisement for the event?

 

NENE VALLEY RAILWAY STEAM GALA SEPTEMBER 22ND & 23RD

Information has been changed, the event is ever evolving and information is placed to the best of knowledge at the time, and is not false

 

Re: NENE VALLEY RAILWAY STEAM GALA SEPTEMBER 22ND & 23RD

For those in any doubt about whats on offer at this gala both my gallery for last years gala and for 'Tornado at Easter' can be found here.

ChrisKempster Photography | Nene Valley Railway

 

Timetable now available;

http://www.nvr.org.uk/sites/default/files/PDF/SG22Sep.pdf

 

Just a quick reminder the event is now a week away and everything is shaping up nicely.

Tornado arrived on Wednesday and as I type there are an army of cleaners going over her.

Contrary to reports in Steam Railway, the Duke will be in action over the gala weekend and she is due to arrive here in the next couple of days I believe.

 

Why is the double header 60163 & 71000 running so late I will be going home way before that runs?

not happy :frown: :frown:

 

Duke now not visiting according to your website news..

 

The Duke has now been swapped for 4464 Bittern. :hurt:

It's a real shame because the Duke was the loco I was most looking forward to seeing.

 

Two LNER Pacifics. Sweet.

 

Great news for me too - whilst I love 71000, and it will be missed, I felt the line up was a little too similar to last year and I hope and believe the variety will prove beneficial for visitor numbers at this event. Best of luck to the 71000 team - hopefully we will see it out and about again, even if only on preserved lines.

So - in unfortunate circumstances we end up with two glamorous ECML 'Pacifics' working together within sight of the ECML at Peterborough. Quite a 'runner up' prize!

 

Bittern timed to arrive Peterborough 13.56 (14.37 at Orton Mere) on Thursday 20th

 

Anyone know which way 60019 & 60163 are facing please? Thanks.

 

All locos, apart from the Austerity, are facing East, towards Peterborough. I don't believe anything is planned to be turned

Quite a nice view out the office window, A4 in steam on one road, having arrived a couple of hours ago, the A1 on the road next to it with a warming fire in, and the 4F and standard 5 both in steam following filming work and boiler exam respectively on the road next to that! Our own little Peterborough New England Shed!

 

Wow what a gala this turned out to be. Here are my shots from Saturday. I'm already looking forward to the NVR's next one. They seem to be getting better everytime recently. With the new pit soon to be operational it will be interesting to see what they can attract being at the ideal spot on the East Coast Main Line for servicing.

Chris Kempster Photography | NVR Autumn Steam Gala - Saturday

 

Turned out to be a very enjoyable event, I'm told it was extremely busy on the Saturday when there were blue skies and wall-to-wall sunshine. Unfortunately I chose to visit on the Sunday, when the weather was overcast, then downright dismal. So I have an appeal to make:

If anyone has any decent photos of the freight train in action (particularly on the sunny Saturday) that they would be prepared to allow the Wagon Group to use on our website and other publicity material, they would be very much appreciated. Any images used will credit the photographer (please include your name if you wish to be credited!) Please send any contributions to nvrblog(AT)hotmail.co.uk (Replace (AT) with @). The same goes for any older photos showing the van train of the 1990's as we do not have many images of this. Very many thanks in advance to anyone who is able to help.

Paul

 

what like this.