1. New Year's Day on the NLR-01.01.20

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Our traditional New Year's Day trip to the Northampton and Lamport Railway. After a short walk along the side of the line on part of the Brampton Valley Way my wife and I enjoyed a trip on the train sampling the final mince pie of the season and an orange juice! There is continued talk of the route which the NLR occupies that a short section will re-open linking the WCML at Northampton to the MML at Market Harborough. The line finally closed in 1981 but I suspect that trains will not run along its thirteen mile length in my lifetime!
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31289, 11.00 Pitsford return, bridge 13 
 Carrying a highly improbable 1S20 reporting number (14.00 King's Cross - Aberdeen) 31289 'Phoenix' is about to cross Bridge 13 on the Northampton and Lamport Railway. It is leading the 11.00 return mince pie special that will run up the line a short distance and then return again back through the station in the distance. Notice that 31289 is displaying its red tail lights even though this cab is leading. 
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31289, 12.00 Pitsford return, Pitsford & Brampton station 
 In its unorthodox livery 31289 'Phoenix' waits at Pitsford and Brampton station. It will soon leave with the 12.00 return working that my wife and I enjoyed travelling on. 
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Tickets, mince pie & juice, Pitsford return 
 Our tickets along with a mince pie and a glass of juice aboard the 12.00 Pitsford and Brampton return. We were hauled by 31289 'Phoenix' in a Mk.1 open coach enjoying cloudy and dull views of the Northamptonshire countryside. 
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