The Nottingham Transport Heritage Centre is a museum of local transport history based at Ruddington in Nottinghamshire. It is also the northern terminus of the Great Central Railway heritage line which runs through Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire as well as the home of the Nottingham Society of Model and Experimental Engineers. Ruddington is an English village situated five miles south of Nottingham in the Borough of Rushcliffe. ... Nottinghamshire (abbreviated Notts) is an English county in the East Midlands, which borders South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Derbyshire. ... It has been suggested that Nottingham Transport Heritage Centre be merged into this article or section. ... Leicestershire ( IPA: (RP), IPA: (locally)), abbreviation Leics. ...

Railway collection

Steam locomotives

• RSH Corby class 0-6-0ST No 63 "Corby". Out of service awaiting major firebox repair.
• RSH Corby class 0-6-0ST No 56 "Ruddington". Undergoing overhaul.
• Manning Wardle 0-6-0ST No 1762 "Dolobran". Undergoing restoration, due to be completed 2008.
• Manning Wardle 0-6-0ST No 2009 "Rhyl". At the start of restoration.
• Manning Wardle 0-6-0ST No 2015 "Abercron". Awaiting restoration.
• Hudswell Clarke 0-6-0ST No 54 "Julia". Undergoing restoration.
• LNER Class 2 4-4-0 (Replica). Awaiting reconstruction once Rhyl is complete.
• USA S160 2-8-0 No. 1631. Awaiting major restoration once LNER Class 2 is done.

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Diesel locomotives

• Class 08 0-6-0 No. 13180. Operational and a regular shunter, fitted with vacuum brakes so it can operate passenger trains.
• Class 20 Bo-Bo No. D8048. Operational and regularly used.
• Class 20 Bo-Bo No. D8154. Operational and regularly used.
• Class 25 Bo-Bo No. D7629. Operational, on loan to the Foxfield Light Railway.
• Class 37 Co-Co No. 37340 (37009). Undergoing a bodywork restoration in Ruddington depot, recently fitted with new bogies.
• Class 47 Co-Co No. 47292. Operational.
• Class 47 Co-Co No. 47765. Awaiting a major restoration.
• Class 56 Co-Co No. 56097. Restoration nearing completion.
• Ruston 0-6-0 275 hp diesel hydraulic No. 423 "Churchill" (ex-MoD). Operational and a regular shunter.
• Ruston 0-4-0 No. D2959 "Staythorpe". Operational and a regular shunter.
• Ruston 88DS 4w "Marblaegis". Awaiting attention, not a regular performer.
• Ruston Mechanical Shunter 0-4-0. Stored awaiting removal from site.
• Ruston 4w No. 371971 "Qwag". Undergoing restoration.
• Simplex 4wd No. MR1930 "Ubique". In service and used for photo charters.
• Simplex 4wd No. 2028 "Morris". In service and used for photo charters.

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Diesel Multiple Units

• BR Class 108 unit 53645+53926. Undergoing "fast track" overhaul, anticipated completion in 2007.
• BR Class 116/117 hybrid unit 51138+59501+51151. Used regularly. Currently undergoing a repaint, retaining green livery.

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Trailer Units

• BR Class 488 units 8304 and 8310. Former Gatwick Express stock converted from Mk 2f air conditioned coaches. Operational but not yet in regular use.
• BR Class 489 unit 9108. Former "GLV" Gatwick Express Driving Motor/Luggage van. Awaiting installation of a generator so it can provide air conditioning, will be in regular use afterwards.

Class 488/3, no. ... 489104 passing through Clapham Junction on 19th July 2003. ...

Road Transport Collection

As well as a railway, the Heritage Centre owns a collection of vintage vehicles (mostly buses) some date back to the 1930's. They are listed below in age order, youngest first.

• Leyland Atlantean ARC 666T "Andrew Pickering" built in 1978. In service.

• Leyland Atlantean open-top ORC 545P built in 1976. Awaiting Compressor repairs.

• Leyland National Trent KVO 429P built in 1975. Awaiting restoration.

• Routemaster London Transport CUV 218C built in 1965. Under repair.

• Green Goddess Fire Engine PGW 265 built in 1956. Operational, a visitor to the centre.

• AEC Regent III Nottingham City Transport OTV 161 built in 1954. In service.

• Leyland Tiger South Notts MAL 310 built in 1951. Should move undercover for restoration soon.

• Leyland PD1 Barton Transport JVO 230 built in 1948. Undergoing a radiator replacement. One of four vehicles of its type known to exist in the UK.

• Leyland PD1 ex Leicester and Barton DJF 349 built in 1942. Undergoing restoration off site with a whole new body needed, work on the chassis is coming along. A rare machine with only four examples in the UK.

• Leyland Lion South Notts VO 8846 built in 1933. Should be restored in a few years once the Tiger is done.

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Arson attack

On the morning of 21 February 2007, firefighters were called to tackle a serious fire that had taken hold among a row of tightly-parked buses from the collection. The vehicles were parked outside the main building, and it is suspected that the fire was the result of an arson attack.^[1][2] is the 52nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... The Skyline Parkway Motel in Afton, Virginia after an arson fire on July 9, 2004. ...

The fire was brought under control, before it could spread to the main museum building, but not before several of the vehicles had suffered severe damage. In total, five buses were destroyed and two others damaged.

The vehicles affected were as follows:^[1]

Total loss:

• SCH 117X - 1982 Daimler Fleetline - South Notts 117
• LVR 508W - 1981 Bedford / Plaxton Supreme coach - ex Lincoln
• STO 523H - 1970 Leyland Atlantean - Nottingham City Transport 523
• LNN 89E - 1967 Albion Lowlander - South Notts 89
• DAU 370C - 1965 AEC Renown - Nottingham City Transport 370

Damaged but restorable:

• VRC 612Y - 1982 Leyland Leopard / Plaxton Supreme coach - Barton 612

Slightly Damaged (inside building):

• ARC 666T - 1978 Leyland Atlantean – Nottingham City Transport 666 (now repaired)

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References

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External links

• Nottingham Transport Heritage Centre website

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Rushcliffe Halt		British Railways Great Central Main Line		Ruddington
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Rushcliffe Halt		Great Central Railway		terminus