Railworld

Coordinates: 52°34′4.50″N 0°14′53.00″W / 52.567917°N 0.24806°W / 52.567917; -0.24806

Railworld Peterborough

Railworld is a Transport & Environment Centre in Peterborough.^[1] It is located beside the Peterborough Nene Valley railway station, but it is a separate organisation. Railworld has a superb model railway, tranquil nature haven and so much more.

Exhibits

Alco switcher

Railworld has an American Alco S1 switcher diesel locomotive number 804 ^[2]. It is one of the five locomotives built by the American Locomotive Company for the Steel Company of Wales works at Margam.

Danish Pacific

There is also a Danish Pacific Vauclain compound, DSB No. 996 ^[3] built by Frichs in the 1950s.

Sentinel locomotive

Railworld also have a 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) gauge Sentinel locomotive Nutty ^[4] which was used locally in the brickworks at Fletton.

Unusual vehicles

Railworld has two vehicles that are unique:

• Tracked Hovercraft's RTV 31 .
• The Birmingham Maglev vehicle (the only one that people can see and enter).

Transeco Centre

Over the next few years a new exhibition centre is being built called the Transeco Centre.^[5] This will promote sustainable transport as well as looking after the heritage vehicles.

Opening times

Railworld is currently closed for the Winter and will open 31st March 2012, check the website for up to date opening times.

References

External links

• Railworld - official site