Collection: Nene Valley Railway

Collection-level records:

• Collection overview (Cornucopia)

  The museum has a substantial collection of British and European railway locomotives and rolling stock from 9 different countries including Sweden, Norway, Germany, Denmark, Belgium and France. There are 10 British steam locomotives, 7 European steam locomotives, and 14 British diesel locomotives, 2 British steam cranes, 25 British coaches, 14 European coaches, 66 items of British freight rolling stock and 1 European item of freight rolling stock. There are items of railway equipment such as a turntable from 1930 built for the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway and a platelayer’s pump-trolley from the Great Eastern Railway plus many smaller items of railwayania and an archive. The museum has a collection of printed ephemera, maps, plans, track diagrams, documents and books relating to the Blisworth to Peterborough line and railways of the Peterborough area. The museum has a collection of photographs relating to the Blisworth to Peterborough line and railways of the Peterborough area. Railway locomotives include British Rail Atlantic Conveyor, Southern Railway 92 Squadron, and British Rail City of Peterborough. Rolling stock includes SR 1218 4 wheel PMVY (Parcels & Miscellaneous Van) built 1936, SR 4920 Post Office Sorting Van (POS) built 1939, LMS 40284 6 wheel Fish Van built 1949, BR 1872 Mk 1 Restaurant Miniature Buffet built 1961, BR 87537 Blue Spot 4-wheel Fish Van built 1959, DSB Danish State 476 First/Third Composite Corridor built 1939, SNCB Belgian State 21033 First Class built 1934, Nord France 7122 Second Corridor built 1928, and CIWL 3916 Tricomposite Sleeping Car built 1949.

  Source: Cornucopia

  Date: Not known, but before 2015

  Licence: CC BY-NC