Railworld Wildlife Haven
 Railworld's entrance | |
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| Established | 1985[1] |
|---|---|
| Location |  Peterborough, England |
| Coordinates | 52°34′4.50″N 0°14′53.00″W / 52.5679167°N 0.2480556°W |
| Type | Charity |
| Director | Brian Pearce[2] |
| Nearest car park | On site[3] |
| Website | Official website |
Railworld Wildlife Haven is a charity run place looked after by volunteers for all to enjoy in Peterborough.[5] It is located beside the Peterborough Nene Valley railway station, but it is a separate organisation. Railworld has model railways, a nature haven and other exhibits.
Overview
Founded in 1985 as Museum of World Railways (MWR), it changed its name in 1992.[1] The centre is open only on certain days.[6]
Exhibits
All of the exhibits require extensive work. This has to be funded by the charity which is volunteer ran with no core funding.
- Alco switcher
Railworld has an American Alco S1 switcher diesel locomotive number 804.[7] 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 [8] built by Frichs in the 1950s.
Railworld has two vehicles that are unique:
- Tracked Hovercraft's RTV 31 .
- The Birmingham AirRail Link Maglev vehicle (the only one that people can see and enter).
References
- ^ a b History of Railworld
- ^ Board of Trustees of Railworld
- ^ Railworld - Car Park
- ^ Railworld Wildlife Haven
- ^ Railworld - official site
- ^ Opening times of Railworld
- ^ Infos on alco804.synthasite.com Archived 28 November 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Infos on dsb996.synthasite.com Archived 11 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine
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