In our final steam train visit of the year the “The Cathedrals Express” will be passing Milton again this Monday (19/12) again hauled by the 2008 built LNER Peppercorn A1 Pacific No. 60163 “Tornado”. It will pass the Fen Road level crossing heading north at about 12:40 and will pass again heading south at about […]

This Monday (12/12) the “The Cathedrals Express” will be passing Milton hauled by the 2008 built LNER Peppercorn A1 Pacific No. 60163 “Tornado” at a far more civilised hour that the trains we’ve had over the last week. It will pass the Fen Road level crossing heading north at about 13:20 and will pass again […]

If getting the Fen Road level crossing by 08:15 on Thursday in time to catch Oliver Cromwell on Thursday was hard then this Saturday’s steam visit is not for you. LNER A4 Class 4-6-2 no 60019 Bittern, which has visited us before is currently running as 4492 Dominion of New Zealand in full LNER garter […]

Our old friend Britannia Pacific 70013 Oliver Cromwell (pictured below on a previous outing past Milton) is steaming south past Milton this Thursday (8/12) morning at about 08:25 hauling “The Cathedrals Express” from Ely to Oxford. It will return after dark at about 22:15. It also has to get to Ely before this all starts […]

This Sunday (21/8) we’re getting a new visitor to Milton: BR Class 7MT No.70000 “Brittania” which is the first of the Britannia Pacifics of which our old friend Britannia Pacific 70013 “Oliver Cromwell” is the other which survives in preservation. It’s hauling the Cathedrals Express from London Kings Cross to Norwich and back. Looking at […]

This Thursday (4/8) the “The Cathedrals Express” will be passing Milton hauled by the 2008 built LNER Peppercorn A1 Pacific No. 60163 “Tornado” It is hauling a train from Ely to Bristol, an unusual route, and is also stopping at Waterbeach for a couple of minutes which is also rare. It is due to leave […]

Our old friend Britannia Pacific 70013 Oliver Cromwell (pictured below on a previous outing past Milton) is steaming south past Milton this Saturday evening (2/7) at around 18:50 hauling “The Norfolksman” from Norwich to London. Full details here.

Tuesday’s visit by LMS Black Five 45305 “Alderman A E Draper” has been cancelled, much to the annoyance of at least one household in Milton and another in Cambridge who had been due to travel on it.

Now cancelled. We’d previously suggested that last Saturday we might see a visit from “Sir Nigel Gresley” and sister A4 60019 “Bittern” but when the detailed timetables were published it turned out they were using a different route. However we have once last steam hauled visit this year. On Tuesday (21/12) LMS Black Five 45305 […]

This Wednesday (15/12) LMS Black Five 44932 will be coming through Milton twice hauling the “Cathedrals Express” to Ely. You can find more details here and based on that page it will pass Fen Road level crossing heading north at about 1:45pm and will pass again heading south at about 5:20pm.