First Train - First Passenger
Well, after waiting since their last service train last year, the Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway started their 2018 on a cold and dreary 10th February. The weather was terrible which was a shame really as the social media team there had done their very best in order to get lots of people excited and "keyed up" for the weekend - so it was a shame to have, at least at one point, sub zero temperatures, howling wind and endless amounts of pouring rain. That being said, I arrived at Lakeside station for the first train of the 2018 season well ahead of time and purchased the first ticket of the year - perhaps a BLS record! I had expected " Effie " to haul the service given that the first day might not have a lot of people, but the railway put on a rake of 5 coaches and a miniature LNER 04 Class No.6284. After talking to the driver and guard and catching up with all the new things they had done during the closed period, the pair of them vanished and re