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'The Nene Valley Railway Class 31 Gala'
class 31 108
Class 31108 at the Nene Valley Peterborough railway station on the 13th October 2017.
Class 31108 at Wansford Nene Valley station light engine runing round its train on Saturday the 14th October 2017.
Class 31 31108 is now in the British Rail grey with full yellow ends and large BR arrows and the headcode boxes removed. Class 31 108 was built as D5526 in 1959 by Brush at Loughborough.
The Nene Valley Railway Class 31 Gala 2017 was held on Friday 13th and Saturday the 14th and Sunday the 15th of October 2017
The 8 Class 31s were at this NVR Gala
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.
Page updated 3/1/2020
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