List of Welsh Highland Railway (Caernarfon) rolling stock

This is a list of the rolling stock owned by the Festiniog Railway Company which is used to operate the Welsh Highland Railway

Welsh Highland Railway

The Welsh Highland Railway is a long restored narrow gauge heritage railway in North Wales, operating from Caernarfon to Porthmadog, and passing through a number of popular tourist destinations including Beddgelert and the Aberglaslyn Pass. At Porthmadog it connects with the Ffestiniog Railway...

Steam locomotives

No	Name	Wheel arrangement	Date built	Builder	Notes
K1		0-4-0+0-4-0	1909	Beyer-Peacock Beyer-Peacock Beyer, Peacock and Company was an English railway Locomotive manufacturer with a factory in Gorton, Manchester. Founded by Charles Beyer and Richard Peacock, it traded from 1854 until 1966...	Ex-Tasmanian Government Railways Tasmanian Government Railways The Tasmanian Government Railways was the former Government of Tasmania managed operator of mainline railways in Tasmania, Australia... K Class TGR K Class -Further reading:* Belibin, Bruce and McKillop, Bob - K1 steams again Light Railways, Number 193 February 2007 pp. 3-7- External links :* http://www.whrsoc.org.uk/Projects/K1Loco.html* http://www.railtasmania.com/loco/garratts.htm... , the world's first Garratt Garratt A Garratt is a type of steam locomotive that is articulated in three parts. Its boiler is mounted on the centre frame, and two steam engines are mounted on separate frames, one on each end of the boiler. Articulation permits larger locomotives to negotiate curves and lighter rails that might... locomotive. Restored and entered service in autumn 2006. Converted to coal firing and once more in regular service.
87		2-6-2+2-6-2	1937	Cockerill	ex-SAR NGG 16 Class Garratt Garratt A Garratt is a type of steam locomotive that is articulated in three parts. Its boiler is mounted on the centre frame, and two steam engines are mounted on separate frames, one on each end of the boiler. Articulation permits larger locomotives to negotiate curves and lighter rails that might... . Spent much of its working life in South Africa Two foot gauge railways in South Africa At the beginning of the twentieth century, two foot narrow gauge railway lines started playing a significant role in transporting various agricultural and mineral produce from locations hardly accessible by road... until it was replaced by diesel traction. Purchased from Exmoor Steam Centre, who imported it to the UK. Underwent a major restoration at Boston Lodge Works. Coal fired. Initially outshopped in photographic grey livery, has carried midnight blue livery since March 2010.
109		2-6-2+2-6-2	1939	Beyer-Peacock Beyer-Peacock Beyer, Peacock and Company was an English railway Locomotive manufacturer with a factory in Gorton, Manchester. Founded by Charles Beyer and Richard Peacock, it traded from 1854 until 1966...	Ex-SAR NGG16 Class Garratt Garratt A Garratt is a type of steam locomotive that is articulated in three parts. Its boiler is mounted on the centre frame, and two steam engines are mounted on separate frames, one on each end of the boiler. Articulation permits larger locomotives to negotiate curves and lighter rails that might... . Purchased in 2009 from Exmoor Steam Railway Exmoor Steam Railway The Exmoor Steam Railway is a narrow gauge steam railway and locomotive manufacturer, located at Bratton Fleming in North Devon.-12¼ in gauge:The railway was built by the Stirland family and first opened as a tourist attraction in August 1990... by pop music producer and rail enthusiast Pete Waterman Pete Waterman Peter Alan Waterman OBE is an English record producer, occasional songwriter, radio and club DJ, television presenter, president of Coventry Bears rugby league club and a keen railway enthusiast. As a member of the Stock Aitken Waterman songwriting team he wrote and produced many hit singles... for use on the WHR. It is being overhauled at Waterman's LNWR heritage works by apprentices as part of their studies. It should enter service in 2011.
133		2-8-2	1953	Société Anglo-Franco-Belge	ex-SAR NG15 Class SAR NG15 Class In 1931 three narrow gauge locomotives with a 2-8-2 Mikado wheel arrangement, similar in design to their existing Class Hd and Class NG5 locomotives, were acquired for the Otavi Mining and Railway Company in South West Africa... Unrestored. In 2009 the loco was displayed in Caernarfon town square to collect donations for the restoration of its sister loco, number 134.
134		2-8-2	1953	Société Anglo-Franco-Belge	Ex-SAR NG15 Class SAR NG15 Class In 1931 three narrow gauge locomotives with a 2-8-2 Mikado wheel arrangement, similar in design to their existing Class Hd and Class NG5 locomotives, were acquired for the Otavi Mining and Railway Company in South West Africa... Under restoration at Dinas. Some preparatory works had been carried out on 134 between 1999 and 2006, however, following the return to service of K1 in 2006 the restoration of 134 has been restarted in earnest.
138	Millennium/ Mileniwm	2-6-2+2-6-2	1958	Beyer-Peacock Beyer-Peacock Beyer, Peacock and Company was an English railway Locomotive manufacturer with a factory in Gorton, Manchester. Founded by Charles Beyer and Richard Peacock, it traded from 1854 until 1966...	Ex-SAR NGG 16 Class Garratt Garratt A Garratt is a type of steam locomotive that is articulated in three parts. Its boiler is mounted on the centre frame, and two steam engines are mounted on separate frames, one on each end of the boiler. Articulation permits larger locomotives to negotiate curves and lighter rails that might... , red livery. Entered service in 1997, withdrawn in late 2007 and stripped for 10 year boiler inspection. Rentered service in 2010 in crimson lake livery.
140		2-6-2+2-6-2	1958	Beyer-Peacock Beyer-Peacock Beyer, Peacock and Company was an English railway Locomotive manufacturer with a factory in Gorton, Manchester. Founded by Charles Beyer and Richard Peacock, it traded from 1854 until 1966...	Ex-SAR NGG 16 Class Garratt Garratt A Garratt is a type of steam locomotive that is articulated in three parts. Its boiler is mounted on the centre frame, and two steam engines are mounted on separate frames, one on each end of the boiler. Articulation permits larger locomotives to negotiate curves and lighter rails that might... , red livery. Currently stripped with restoration proceeding at Dinas. After initial work done at Dinas, 140's boiler is being overhauled by Peter Waterman's LNWR works. The boiler will enter service with 143, in order to speed up that loco's 10 year overhaul in 2009/10. 140 is viewed as a long term project by the FR and will enter service in the future.
143		2-6-2+2-6-2	1958	Beyer-Peacock Beyer-Peacock Beyer, Peacock and Company was an English railway Locomotive manufacturer with a factory in Gorton, Manchester. Founded by Charles Beyer and Richard Peacock, it traded from 1854 until 1966...	Ex-SAR NGG16 Class Garratt Garratt A Garratt is a type of steam locomotive that is articulated in three parts. Its boiler is mounted on the centre frame, and two steam engines are mounted on separate frames, one on each end of the boiler. Articulation permits larger locomotives to negotiate curves and lighter rails that might... , black livery. This was the last locomotive built by Beyer, Peacock and Company in Manchester Manchester Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater... . In service since 1998, but was due for boiler recertification in 2008/9. 143's bogies are both out of service and the loco ran on 138's bogies until it left service. 143 is due to re-enter service in 2011 in green livery for the Fairlies, Garratts and Mallets competition.

Diesel locomotives

Name	Wheel arrangement	Date built	Builder	Notes
Castell Caernarfon	B-B	1967	CH Funkey & Co (Pty) Ltd	This 335 hp diesel hydraulic locomotive was built for work in a diamond mine and was later used for cement traffic at Port Elizabeth, South Africa. It is one of a pair imported by the Ffestiniog Railway, the other (Vale of Ffestiniog) being re-bodied to fit the FR loading gauge. It was the first locomotive to be moved to Dinas, in January 1997. In service on newly refurbished bogies. Unlike other diesels purchased by the Ffestiniog Railway Company and named bilingually after Northern Welsh castles, 'Castell Caernarfon' is named in Welsh only.
Upnor Castle	4-wheel	1954	F.C. Hibberd F. C. Hibberd & Co Ltd F. C. Hibberd & Co Ltd was a British locomotive-building company founded in 1927 to build industrial petrol and diesel locomotives. In 1932 the company acquired the goodwill of James and Frederick Howard Ltd...	This 180 hp Gardner L. Gardner and Sons Ltd. L. Gardner and Sons Ltd was a well-known British builder of diesel engines for stationary, marine, road and rail applications. The company was founded in Hulme Manchester England in 1868. They started building engines around 1895. The firm of L... 6LXB diesel engined locomotive was built for R.N. Chattenden and Upnor Railway Chattenden and Upnor Railway The Chattenden and Upnor Railway was a narrow gauge railway serving the military barracks and depot at Upnor and associated munitions and training depots... . Sold to Welshpool and Llanfair Railway in 1962 and to the Ffestiniog Railway in 1968 and re-gauged. Transferred Dinas, in August 1997 for use on reconstruction work.
Castell Conwy/Conway Castle	4-wheel	1958	F.C. Hibberd F. C. Hibberd & Co Ltd F. C. Hibberd & Co Ltd was a British locomotive-building company founded in 1927 to build industrial petrol and diesel locomotives. In 1932 the company acquired the goodwill of James and Frederick Howard Ltd...	This 180 hp Gardner 6LXB diesel engined locomotive was built for RNAD Ernesettle Ernesettle Ernesettle was a hamlet or farm that became one of the post-World War II self-contained satellite suburbs built on the north western fringe of the enlarged city of Plymouth, in the county of Devon, England as part of the plan to clear slums and provide new communities for citizens.It lies beside... , Plymouth Plymouth Plymouth is a city and unitary authority area on the coast of Devon, England, about south-west of London. It is built between the mouths of the rivers Plym to the east and Tamar to the west, where they join Plymouth Sound... . Bought by the Ffestiniog Railway in 1981 and re-gauged, it was re-bodied and overhauled at Boston Lodge Boston Lodge This article is about the locomotive works. For the station see Boston Lodge Halt.Boston Lodge is situated at Penrhyn Isa, Minffordd, Penrhyndeudraeth, on the A487 road about 1 mile SE across the Afon Glaslyn causeway from Porthmadog, Gwynedd in north-west Wales.It has a station on the Ffestiniog... in 1986 and frequently used on 'pull and push' trains. After several years on light duties a new engine was fitted in October 1999. Transferred to Dinas, in April 2000 for use as a stand-by on passenger engine. Used also on civil engineering rosters.
Currently unnamed, originally No 9	0-6-0DM	1953	Baguley Ernest E. Baguley -Employment:Baguley served an apprenticeship with R & W Hawthorn Leslie, initially at their Tyneside shipyard and later at their Forth Bank, Newcastle, locomotive works. In 1890 he moved to Stafford and became Chief Draughtsman for W G Bagnall Ltd...	Purchased in summer 2009 for use on works trains from a private buyer. The locomotive has a Gardner 8LW diesel engine de-rated to 132 hp. Built by Baguley as a 2 ft gauge locomotive with the builders number 2395. It was built for the Drewry Car Co Ltd, for Underhill Day & Co Pty Ltd, for South Johnstone Co-operative Sugar Milling Association Ltd in Queensland, Australia. The mill gave it the number 9 and used it to work sugar cane wagons in Innisfail district of far north Queensland. In 2004 the locomotive was purchased by a member of the Lynton & Barnstaple Trust Lynton and Barnstaple Railway The Lynton & Barnstaple Railway opened as an independent railway in May 1898. It was a single track narrow gauge railway slightly over long running through the rugged and picturesque area bordering Exmoor in North Devon, England. Although opened after the 1896 Light Railways Act came into force,... , who shipped it from Australia in 2005. It is believed to have been stored in Essex and in Somerset before being moved to the Exmoor Steam Railway Exmoor Steam Railway The Exmoor Steam Railway is a narrow gauge steam railway and locomotive manufacturer, located at Bratton Fleming in North Devon.-12¼ in gauge:The railway was built by the Stirland family and first opened as a tourist attraction in August 1990... . The locomotive will be overhauled and re-gauged before entering service.
Dolgarrog	0-4-0	1962	Simplex Simplex In geometry, a simplex is a generalization of the notion of a triangle or tetrahedron to arbitrary dimension. Specifically, an n-simplex is an n-dimensional polytope which is the convex hull of its n + 1 vertices. For example, a 2-simplex is a triangle, a 3-simplex is a tetrahedron,...	A small simplex locomotive loaned to the WHR by Innogy that has been used on construction trains, particularly on the Phase 4 section between and .

Ffestiniog Railway locomotives used on the WHR

The following locomotives are normally Ffestiniog Railway

Ffestiniog Railway

The Ffestiniog Railway is a narrow gauge heritage railway, located in Gwynedd, Wales. It is a major tourist attraction located mainly within the Snowdonia National Park....

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Ffestiniog Railway rolling stock

The Ffestiniog Railway owns and operates a number of heritage and modern-day steam and diesel locomotives. A full list of these locomotives with details of their operational status is provided below.-Locomotives:...

that have run on the WHR. Some have transferred for regular service, to cover for maintenance and traction requirements before there were enough dedicated WHR locomotives to operate the passenger service, others were for construction purposes only.

Harold.
The Colonel
Upnor Castle - Construction
Welsh Highland Railway restoration
The restoration of Welsh Highland Railway has a colourful and complex history. This article provides the modern history:-The Background of the Welsh Highland Railway :...

loco, used on phase 2, 3 and 4.
Mountaineer - used in 1997 and 2000-1
Palmerston - visited in 2010 for photo-charter
Blanche - used in 1999
Conway Castle / Castell Conwy - Used on construction of phase 2 and still occasionally used for construction work. Yard shunter at Dinas
Dinas railway station
Dinas is a station on the narrow gauge Welsh Highland Railway, which was built in 1877 as the North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways Moel Tryfan Undertaking to carry dressed slate for trans-shipment to the LNWR. Passenger services ceased on 26 September 1936 until which time Dinas had been a joint...

, spare passenger diesel.
Prince
Taliesin (single Fairlie locomotive) - visited in 2009 for a photo-charter
Lilla
Linda
Vale of Ffestiniog
Merddin Emrys (double Fairlie locomotive) - visited in 2009 for a photo-charter
Lyd (Lynton and Barnstaple Railway
Lynton and Barnstaple Railway
The Lynton & Barnstaple Railway opened as an independent railway in May 1898. It was a single track narrow gauge railway slightly over long running through the rugged and picturesque area bordering Exmoor in North Devon, England. Although opened after the 1896 Light Railways Act came into force,...

Manning Wardle
Manning Wardle
Manning Wardle was a steam locomotive manufacturer based in Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.- Precursor companies :The city of Leeds was one of the earliest centres of locomotive building; Matthew Murray built the first commercially successful steam locomotive, Salamanca, in Holbeck, Leeds,...

2-6-2T Replica - visited in 2010

Line cars and self-propelled equipment

Gullick Dobson tamper
Stefcomatic tamper
Matisa A05 tamper
Plasser and Theurer KMX95 CM tamper

Museum piece

Llanfair 0-4-0
0-4-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 0-4-0 represents one of the simplest possible types, that with two axles and four coupled wheels, all of which are driven...

VBT built 1895 by De Winton
De Winton
De Winton & Co were engineers in Caernarfon, Wales. They built vertical boilered narrow gauge locomotives for use in Welsh slate mines and other industrial settings. At least six De Winton locomotives have been preserved...

for Penmaenmawr & Welsh Granite Co. Ltd. gauge. Currently at Dinas awaiting tlc.

Coaches

The original source of information for this table was the: "Rheilffordd Eryri - Welsh Highland Railway Traveller's Guide" published by the Ffestiniog Railway Company in 2002. This has been supplemented by later information as it became available. Updated start of season 2011