Railworld Wildlife Haven is a charity in

Peterborough Peterborough () is a cathedral city in Cambridgeshire, east of England. It is the largest part of the City of Peterborough unitary authority district (which covers a larger area than Peterborough itself). It was part of Northamptonshire until ...

which has a nature haven, a model railway and other exhibits. It is located on a landscaped former coal storage yard which once served

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. It was founded by Rev. Richard Paten (1932-2012) in 1985 as the "Museum of World Railways" (MWR), changing its name to "Railworld" in 1992 and is now called "Railworld Wildlife Haven" in reference to its change of focus towards its landscaped nature area. The centre is open only on certain days. It is located beside the

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, but it is a separate organisation.

Exhibits

In reference to its previous function as a railway museum, there is a small collection of locomotives and railway memorabilia, all of which require extensive work. There are two unique vehicles: *

Tracked Hovercraft Tracked Hovercraft was an experimental high speed train developed in the United Kingdom during the 1960s. It combined two British inventions, the hovercraft and linear induction motor, in an effort to produce a train system that would provide ...

RTV 31, a prototype hover train which was tested in the Cambridgeshire Fens. * The Birmingham

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Maglev vehicle. Other locomotives are: *American Alco S1

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diesel locomotive A diesel locomotive is a type of railway locomotive in which the prime mover is a diesel engine. Several types of diesel locomotives have been developed, differing mainly in the means by which mechanical power is conveyed to the driving whee ...

number 804. It is one of the five locomotives built by the

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for the Steel Company of Wales works at

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. * Danish

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Vauclain compound The Vauclain compound was a type of compound steam locomotive that was briefly popular circa 1900. Developed at the Baldwin Locomotive Works, it featured two pistons moving in parallel, driving a common crosshead and controlled by a common valve ...

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built by

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in the 1950s.

References

External links

{{commonscat, Railworld Wildlife Haven
Railworld Wildlife Haven official website
Charities based in Cambridgeshire Transport in Peterborough