Railworld is a railway museum in Peterborough.[1] It is located beside the Peterborough Nene Valley railway station but it is a separate organisation.
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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.
There is also a Danish Pacific Vauclain compound, DSB No. 996 [3] built by Frichs in the 1950s.
Railworld also have a 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) gauge Sentinel locomotive Nutty [4] which was used locally in the brickworks at Fletton.
Railworld has two vehicles that are unique:
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.
Railworld is currently closed for the Winter.