74. Father's Day on the NLR-21.06.20

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With the leisure sector still closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic our local heritage railway, the Northampton and Lamport Railway, opened its gift shop and station to visitors. After parking the car on Brampton Lane we took a short walk along the Brampton Valley Way and had a picnic. Whilst no trains were running there was a team working at the railway's new station on its southern extension. We were also able to observe the Railway's latest acquisitions!
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10412, stabled, Pitsford & Brampton station One of the Railway's latest acquisitions is 10412 a Mk.3a Trailer Standard Open Buffet (TSOB). It arrived at the railway on 15th April and is going to be used as a combined buffet, waiting room and ticket office when its extension south at Boughton opens. Whilst the coach is in good condition having just come out of service with Greater Anglia I am not sure that it quite fits into the heritage sector just yet? Keywords: 10412 stabled Pitsford & Brampton station
31289, stabled, Pitsford & Brampton station Having not seen any use for some months now long-term resident 31289 'Phoenix' stands at Pitsford and Brampton station sandwiched between other stock. Numbered at first as D5821 and released into traffic in 1961 the Brush Type 2 was initially a northeastern based locomotive then moving to the Midlands where it spent the rest of its working career. It was withdrawn from service in March 1992. I am not absolutely convinced about the livery that the NLR have painted 31289 in. Keywords: 31289 stabled Pitsford & Brampton station Pheonix
82114, stabled, Pitsford & Brampton station More associated with leading trains from London's Liverpool Street, speeding through the Suffolk countryside or sitting on the blocks at Norwich station, former GA 82114 now has a new home at the NLR! The DVT is going to become part of an air-braked set that the heritage line is planning to operate. I am not sure that sitting in a Mk.III coach being hauled by a diesel on a heritage line is quite what visitors will flock to the NLR for but I suppose that I can see the thinking, see..... https://www.nlr.org.uk/mark-3b-driving-van-trailer-82114-preserved-at-the-northampton-lamport-railway/ Keywords: 82114 Pitsford & Brampton station DVT Driving Van Trailer GA Greater Anglia

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