Originally called the Peterborough Locomotive Society.
Peterborough Development Corporation gave its backing to a local
steam railway in 1970, and in 1977 the Nene Valley Railway Ltd
began steam train services for the public between Orton and
Wansford. Although primarily known for its recreational passenger
services, the company also carries commercial freight, and supplies
engines for film and TV productions.
Huntingdon Record Office holds a major series of civil
engineering plans of the lines now operated by the company
comprising plans of: Thrapston and Peterborough line, Seaton and
Wansford line; track and station plans for Thorpe, Barnwell,
Oundle, Elton, Wakerley and Barrowden, King's Cliffe, Nassington
Quarry, Yarwell Junction, Wansford, Wansford Road, Castor, Orton
Waterville, Longueville Junction, Botolph Bridge, Woodston Wharf,
Peterborough Sugar Beet Factory and Peterborough East Stations;
plans of bridges and structures along the line, including Wansford
turntable 1877-1986. Also deeds to property 1844-1979.
Printed sources;
- The Nene Valley Railway by John Rhodes (Turntable Publications,
1976).
- Peterborough's first railway: Yarwell to Peterborough by PJ
Waszak & JW Ginns (Nene Valley Railway, 1995).
- 'Nene Steam' [magazine of the NVR] 1979 onwards.
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