Trains! (part 3 and final)

Down at the platform, 'City of Peterborough' was waiting to take us home, so we hustled over the footbridge and onto the train. This station is the last on the line, but the line itself goes on for another half mile, through a good long tunnel and to the end, where there is a passing loop and the engine switches to the other end to pull us home. This gives good opportunities for poking our heads out of the window and watching the engine come by in clouds of steam. Max enjoys this a lot.
For the journey home, we have our own compartment. Very upmarket, with even more bouncy seats thean before. In the tunnels, the lights come on and it feels very 1950's (even though I wasn't born in the 50's...)

Back in Peterborough, we catch a bus, to add to our ticked boxes of 'types of transport used today', and head back to the regular railway for an uneventful trip back to Ely. Once there, Max still throws a tantrum of epic proportions at the prospect of leaving the train station, despite having spent the whole day around trains of various sorts. Grateful little chap, isn't he. After ten minutes of noisy protest in the car, he falls fast asleep and is transferred straight into bed once we get home. I think (hope) we'll all sleep pretty well tonight.