Wansford, near Peterborough, Nene Valley Railway. 09.1980.

            The Nene Valley Railway (NVR) runs between Peterborough, Nene Valley and Yarwell Junction. The line is 7 1⁄2 miles (12.1 km) in length. There are stations at each terminus, and three stops en route: Orton Mere, Ferry Meadows and Wansford.
On 1st June 1977, The Nene Valley Railway ran the official 'Opening Day Train' with a French Nord loco, 3.628 and a Swedish tank locomotive, SJ 1178. It ran from Wansford station to Orton Mere and return. 
In this 1980 photograph, the following locomotives can be seen. From left to right; 
Blue Hudswell Clarke, 0-6-0 T No. 1800 'Thomas'. Built in 1947, this locomotive tends to be restricted to working around Wansford Yard and hauling Wansford – Yarwell Junction shuttles, apart from an annual trip to Peterborough. It returned to steam in June 2016, following a two and a half year overhaul.
Behind is BR Standard Class 5 4-6-0 No. 73050 'City of Peterborough', which was built in 1954. It was withdrawn in September 2014 for overhaul, which commenced in 2017. 
To the right of that is BR Standard 7MT Pacific, no. 70000 "Britannia".Built in 1951, which was based on the line from 1980–2000. It was then bought by Pete Waterman and subsequently moved to Crewe Heritage Centre, whereupon it was sold to Jeremy Hosking and is now based at Southall MPD.
In the distance, to the right taking water, is Danish Railways No. 656, which was built by Frichs, in Aarhus, in 1949. 

   

Taken in: UK / England / Huntingdonshire / Sibson-cum-Stibbington (show map)

Taken on: September 1, 1980

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Nene Valley Railway

Peterborough

Wansford

Sets appears in: • Nene Valley Railway

Groups appears in: • Early railway preservation

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