Railworld

This article is about the railway museum in England. For the US rail transport holding company, see Rail World.

Railworld

Railworld's entrance
Established	1985 (1985)
Location	Peterborough, England
Coordinates
Type	Railway museum
Director	Brian Pearce
Nearest car park	On site
Website	Official website

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"Railworld Wildlife Haven"

Railworld is a Transport & Environment Centre in Peterborough. It is located beside the Peterborough Nene Valley railway station, but it is a separate organisation. Railworld has model railway, nature haven and other exhibits.

Overview

Founded in 1985 as Museum of World Railways (MWR), it changed its name in 1992. The centre is open between Easter weekend and the first weekend in November.

Exhibits

Alco switcher

Railworld has an American Alco S1 switcher diesel locomotive number 804. 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 built by Frichs in the 1950s.

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. This will promote sustainable transport as well as looking after the heritage vehicles.

External links

• Railworld official website