45669 Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 Evening All, In October, 1994, 60009 UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA made it's first trip out of London's King's Cross station and travelled up the East Coast Main Line to Peterborough where it reversed and ran onto the Nene Valley Railway via the Fletton Loop which links the NVR to the main line. This was the first time that a special train had run onto the Nene Valley from the outside world. The A4 did a further run on the NVR before retuning to King's Cross in the evening. I was there with my video camera and my footage from that day is now on my YouTube channel; as well as the A4 there is also footage of 7819 HINTON MANOR which was visiting the NVR at the time. Here's the link if anyone would like to have a look: Hope it's of interest. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Bucoops Posted December 21, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 21, 2020 Hmm, I think I was there - I have no recollection of going but found these negatives a while back. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
45669 Posted January 2, 2021 Author Share Posted January 2, 2021 (edited) On 21/12/2020 at 22:28, Bucoops said: Hmm, I think I was there - I have no recollection of going but found these negatives a while back. That looks like the occasion. It ran on both the Saturday and Sunday, so your photos could be from either day. Edited January 2, 2021 by 45669 Bad finger day! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
45669 Posted January 2, 2021 Author Share Posted January 2, 2021 After 60009 left the NVR it had to run round at Peterborough before setting off on the run south. This gave me time to beat it to Huntingdon: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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