Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway 7F 2-8-0 53809 at NVR.

The 7F 2-8-0 no.53809 in British Railways unlined black is running round its train at the Nene Valley Railways Peterborough station during the 1960s weekend in 2008

This Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway 7F 2-8-0 53809 is one of two that have been preserved out of a small of a class of 11 locomotives. 53809 came from the Midland Railway at Butterly.

53809 was built in 1914 at Derby. This engine spent most of it life on the now closed Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway. It withdrawn in June 1964 and ended up at Barry scrapyard. It was saved in 1975, and went to Doncaster, be for going to the Midland Railway Centre in March 1980.

53809 in British Railways unlined black on the Sunday of the 1960s weekend in 2008 on a train from Peterborough coming over the river Nene bridge and into Wansford station.

This steam locomotive was visiting from the Midland Railway Centre. It is a 7F 2-8-0 no.53809 in a very clean British Railways unlined black. It is waiting for its next train, at Wansford station.

Andrew Barclay Austerity 0-6-0ST 2183 at Wansford station during the 1960s weekend in 2008 at the Nene Valley Railway on a mixed freight.

Andrew Barclay Austerity 0-6-0ST 2183 during the 1960s weekend in 2008 is coming off shed at Wansford the headquarters of the Nene Valley Railway.

The Nene Valley Railway runs from Peterborough to Wansford railway station and then on to Yarwell junction. Wansford Station is on part of the old A1 at Stibbingson and is about 2 miles from the village of Wansford itself. The railway line is about 7 1/2 miles long. Trains run at weekends for most of the year.

The station at Wansford railway station is open from around 9am to 4.30 on most days. (check on there web site for times) The line runs trains from this country and also from abroad. As well as steam locomotives it also has main line and industrial diesels. It has wagons and coaches and a large collection of railway bits and bobs. At the Peterborough end of the NVR is the Rail World Museum which is next to the Nene Valley Railways Peterborough station.

This website is Ukrailways1970tilltoday.me.uk it is on railways but it is not just on trains but all things railways, with photos, which I have taken from the 1970s till now. I take photos of all things railways, steam diesel and electric trains, signal boxes, wagons any thing that is on the National Rail network, which was BR when I started taking photos

1	2-8-0 53809 + Andrew Barclay Austerity 0-6-0St no.2183 This page
2	Class 47 270 Swift + D 301 (class 26001+ Class 56128 at Wansford

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