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	The Nene Valley Railway is a heritage railway and was a branch line from near Wareham, Dorset to Swanage; it opened in 1885, the independent company that built it being amalgamated with the larger London and South Western Railway in 1886. The passenger service was withdrawn in 1972, leaving a residual freight service over part of the line handling mineral traffic. After the passenger closure, a heritage railway group revived part of the line; it too used the name Swanage Railway and now operates a 6-mile (9.7 km) line, which follows the route of the former line from Norden, via Corfe Castle, Harman's Cross and Herston Halt to Swanage.. See the Official Swanage Railway Website for the latest details. (ref: Wikipedia) For Latest Epping-Ongar Information:- Official Swanage Railway Website - www.swanagerailwayway.co.uk Swanage Railway facebook page

	Sections on this Page Steam Locos 34053 Sir Keith Park - 4-6-2 (SR) 34081 92 Squadron - 4-6-2 (SR) 73040 City of Peterborough - 4-6-0 BR Standard 5MT 75008 Swiftsure - 0-6-0T Hunslet Austerity 3.628 Nord de Glehn Compound - 4-6-0 (no longer at NVR) 1928 Swedish Ralways - 2-6-4T (no longer at NVR) Diesel Locos & Railcars SJ Railcar 1212 Helga Sentinel 0-4-0 LT83 Stations Wansford Contacts Official Swanage Railway Website: swanagerailway.co.uk Swanage Railway facebook page Simplon Railway Pages Railways Header Page Bure Valley Railway (BVR) Epping Ongar Railway Great Central Railway Greater Anglia Railways North Norfolk Railway (NNR) Wells & Walsingham Light Railway (WWLR)	Associated Pages Railways Header Page Cruise Ships Ocean Liners UK Excursion Vessels World Ferry Fleets Simplon Postcards. Home Page Simplon Postcards - Recent Updates Simplon Facebook Pages:- - Simplon Ship Postcards facebook page - Simplon Main Line Railways facebook page - Simplon Minor Railways facebook page - Simplon Piers & Lighthouses facebook page - Simplon Tramways facebook page - Simplon Cliff Lifts facebook page Timetables 2017 Nene Valley Railway timetable: 1 MB pdf file (to be added)
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The Battle of Britain Locomotive Society owns and operates ex-British Railways Bulleid 'Battle of Britain' class pacific locomotive Nº34081 92 SQUADRON, named after the famous Spitfire squadron based at Biggin Hill during the Battle of Britain in 1940. Entering service from Brighton works in September 1948, her all-too-brief mainline career ended when she was withdrawn from Eastleigh shed in August 1964 and subsequently sold to Dai Woodhams scrap yard at Barry Island in South Wales.

Purchased from there by the then-named Battle of Britain Locomotive Preservation Society in autumn 1973, she arrived at Wansford on the Nene Valley Railway near Peterborough on 7th December 1976 where restoration commenced. In 1998, some 22 years later she moved under her own power at the NVR for the first time since 1964 and became a regular performer on various Heritage Railways until being withdrawn for overhaul at the North Norfolk Railway in May 2008. 34081 returned to service on the NVR on 25th February 2017 when the following images were taken.

Y6 was a series of diesel railcars operated by Statens Järnvägar (SJ) of Sweden. 378 motor cars and 321 trailers were delivered between 1953-61 by Hägglund & Söner, Svenska Järnvägsverkstäderna, Kalmar Mekaniska Verkstad and Eksjöverken. They were used throughout the un-electrified Swedish rail network during the 1950s to the 1980s. The electrical counterpart of the unit was the X16 and X17. In addition to SJ, five units were sold to Göteborg-Särö Järnväg in 1954.

In 1981 five units were sold from SJ to the Norwegian State Railways, where they were designated NSB Class 89 and used on the Flekkefjord Line. In Sweden the units were replaced by the Y1 railcars in the 1980s. One Y7 unit, 1212, was preserved in the UK in 1985, and is now operated by The International Railway Preservation Society. It has been returned to working order and following a move back to the Nene Valley Railway won the Railcar Associations Railcar of the Year Award 2012. (Ref: Wikipedia)