Locomotives
Locomotives of the preserved railway
WLLR No. | Name | Image | Builder | Works No. | Date built | Date arrived | Wheels | Type | Status | Notes |
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1 | The Earl | Beyer Peacock | 3496 | 1902 | 1902 | 0-6-0T | Steam | In service | Original W&LLR locomotive | |
2 | Countess | Beyer Peacock | 3497 | 1902 | 1902 | 0-6-0T | Steam | In service | Original W&LLR locomotive | |
3 | Raven * | Ruston & Hornsby | 1934 | 4wDM | Diesel | N/A | Sold — now in private ownership. | |||
4 | Upnor Castle * | F. C. Hibberd | 3687 | 1954 | 4wDM | Diesel | N/A | Sold to Ffestiniog Railway | ||
5 | Nutty | Sentinel | 7701 | 1929 | 1964 | 4wVBT | Steam | N/A | Previously from Fletton Brickworks. Owned by & returned to care of Narrow Gauge Railway Museum | |
6 | Monarch | W. G. Bagnall | 3024 | 1953 | 1966 | 0-4-4-0T | Steam | Static Exhibit at Welshpool Raven Square station | Previously from Sittingbourne. Sold to Ffestiniog Railway but re-purchased by W&LLR and undergoing cosmetic restoration. | |
7 | Chattenden * | Drewry Car Co. | 2263 | 1947 | 1968 | 0-6-0DM | Diesel | In service | ex Chattenden and Upnor Railway (also known as the Lodge Hill & Upnor Railway), previously from Admiralty Depots, rebuilt at Llanfair in 1980. Has recently been rebuilt at Llanfair and is now fitted with both air and vacuum braking. | |
8 | Dougal * | Andrew Barclay | 2207 | 1946 | 1968 | 0-4-0T | Steam | In service | Originally operated at Provan Gasworks, Glasgow | |
9 | Wynnstay * | J. Fowler | 1951 | 0-6-0DM | Diesel | N/A | Built for a failed groundnuts scheme in Africa, sold to British Portland Cement Co.'s works at Lower Penarth, Glamorgan. Arrived at Llanfair in 1968, Sold to the Great Whipsnade Railway in 1972 as Victor. | |||
10 | Sir Drefaldwyn * | Franco-Belge | 2855 | 1944 | 1969 | 0-8-0T | Steam | Awaiting overhaul | Originally operated by German Army & in Austria at the Zillertalbahn. An HF 160 D-type locomotive. | |
11 | Ferret * | Hunslet Engine Company | 2251 | 1940 | 1971 | 0-4-0DM | Diesel | In service | Previously from Admiralty Depots. | |
12 | Joan | Kerr Stuart | 4404 | 1929 | 1971 | 0-6-2T | Steam | In service | Originally operated in Antigua | |
14 | - | Hunslet Engine Company | 3815 | 1954 | 1975 | 2-6-2T | Steam | On display at Shildon, awaiting funding and engineering resources for major overhaul including boiler renewal | Originally operated by Sierra Leone Government Railway | |
15 | Orion * | Tubize | 2369 | 1948 | 1983 | 2-6-2T | Steam | N/A | Previously from Finland. Returned to Jokioinen Museum Railway in Finland | |
16 | Scooby * | Hunslet Engine Company | 1941 | 1992 | 0-4-0DM | Diesel | Out of service | Previously from Admiralty Depots. Rebuilt by W&LLR | ||
17 | TSC 175 | Diema | 1979 | 2004 | 6wDH | Diesel | In service | Originally operated by Taiwan Sugar Company | ||
18 | 764.423 | Reșița | 1957 | 2008 | 0-8-0T | Steam | Spare parts donor for #19 | Originally operated in Romania | ||
19 | 764.425 | Reșița | 1957 | 2007 | 0-8-0T | Steam | In service | Originally operated in Romania |
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