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Engine Shed Museum

ENGINE SHED MUSEUM

The Engine Shed museum is located at Aberystwyth station and is the home to an extensive collection of historical narrow gauge locomotives and rolling stock.

Many items were collected by our late Chairman Peter Rampton and have become known as “Collection X” – Exhibits change regularly.

Open Monday to Friday 23rd February to 27th March (Closed Weekends)

Open Daily 28th March to 1st November 2026

Some items in the collection are stored off site and not on public display.

If you are visiting to see a particular locomotive, we recommend contacting us in advance to check whether it is on display.

Engine Shed Museum - Guest Exhibits

"Fire Queen"

  • Builder – Horlock
  • Wheel Arr. – 0-4-0
  • Year Built – 1848
  • Gauge – 4ft
  • Status – On Display in Aberystwyth
  • On temporary loan to VoR.

Padarn Railway Director's Saloon

  • Builder – Gloucester Railway Carriage & Wagon Works
  • Year Built – 1896
  • Gauge 4 ft (1219 mm)
  • Used by the owners of Dinorwic Slate Quarry
  • Status – On Display in Aberystwyth

Vale of Rheidol - Museum Collection Operational Condition

Kerr Stuart Wren 3114

  • Builder – Kerr Stuart
  • Works No – 3114
  • Year Built – 1918
  • Wheel Arr. – 0-4-0
  • Gauge – 2ft
  • Status – On display in Aberystwyth
  • Operational 

Hunslet 605 "Margaret"

  • Builder – Hunslet
  • Works No. – 605
  • Year Built – 1895
  • Wheel Arr. – 0-4-0
  • Gauge – 2ft
  • Status – On display in Aberystwyth
  • Awaiting Overhaul

No. 60 Drakensberg

  • Builder – Hanomag
  • Wheel Arr.- 2-6-2 2-6-2
  • Year Built – 1927
  • Livery – Red
  • Status: In Traffic

Vale of Rheidol - Museum Collection

Ruston Proctor ZLH 50823

  • Builder – Ruston Proctor
  • Works No. – 50823
  • Year Built – 1915
  • Wheel Arr. – 4wPM 
  • Gauge 3 ft 3 ⅜ in (1,000 mm)
  • Status – On Display in Aberystwyth

Jung "Graf Schwerin-Löwitz"

  • Builder – Arn Jung
  • Works No. – 1261
  • Year Built – 1908
  • Wheel Arr. – 0-6-2WT + T
  • Gauge – 1 ft 11 3⁄4 in (603 mm) 
  • Status – On display in Aberystwyth

DeWinton "Pendyffryn"

  • Builder – DeWinton
  • Works No. –
  • Year Built – 1894
  • Wheel Arr. –  0-4-0 VBT
  • Gauge 2 ft (610 mm)
  • Status – On Display in Aberystwyth

F68

  • Builder – Metropolitan Carriage & Wagon Co.
  • Year Built – 1909
  • Gauge 1 ft 11 3⁄4 in (603 mm) originally 3ft
  • Carriage built for Isle of Man Railway
  • Status – On display in Aberystwyth

Couillet "Sabero"

  • Builder – Couillet
  • Works No. – 1140
  • Year Built – 1895
  • Wheel Arr. – 0-6-0T
  • Gauge –1 ft 11 ⅝ in (600 mm)
  • Status – On Display in Aberystwyth

Coche del Presidente

  • Builder – Cistierna Works
  • Year Built – 
  • Gauge 1 ft 11 ⅝ in (600 mm)
  • “Coche del Presidente” from Hulleras de Sabero Railway, Spain
  • Status – On Display in Aberystwyth 

Maffei - Brigardelok

  • Builder – Maffei
  • Works No. – 4766
  • Year Built – 1916
  • Wheel Arr. – 0-8-0 + Henschel tender
  • Gauge –1 ft 11 ½ in (597 mm)
  • Status – On Display in Aberystwyth 

Dick Kerr

  • Builder – Dick Kerr
  • Works No –
  • Year Built – 1918
  • Wheel Arr.  4wDE
  • Gauge – 1ft 11 ⅝ (600mm)
  • Status – On Display in Aberystwyth

Model T Ford Railcar

  • Builder – Statfold Barn Railway
  • Works No. –
  • Year Built – 2008
  • Wheel Arr. – 2w-2wPMR 
  • Gauge 2 ft (610 mm)
  • Status – On Display in Aberystwyth

7¼" Gauge ⅓ Scale Model No 7 Owain Glyndwr

  • Builder – Harry Powell
  • Year Built – 1969
  • Gauge 7¼” Gauge
  • Previously on display at NRM, York
  • Status – On Display in Aberystwyth

7¼" Gauge Model Lawley "Zulu"

  • Builder – Unknown
  • Works No. – NG104
  • Year Built – Unknown
  • Wheel Arr. – 4-4-0 
  • Gauge – 7¼” 
  • Status – On Display in Aberystwyth

Vertical Boiler "Redstone"

  • Builder – Redstone
  • Works No. –
  • Year Built – 1905
  • Wheel Arr. –  0-4-0 VBT
  • Gauge 2 ft (610 mm)
  • Status – On Display in Aberystwyth

"Collection X" - The VoR Museum Collection - Most locomotives listed are not currently on display

 

Builder Works Number Name Date Wheel Arrangement Gauge Number Notes Status
A Borsig 5913 1908 0-4-0 WT 1 ft 11 ⅝ in (600 mm) ex Sobemai N.V.Maldegem, Belgium Stored
A Borsig 6022 Sotillos 1906 0-6-2T 1 ft 11 ⅝ in (600 mm) 7 Previously at San Miguel Copper Mines, later Hulleras de Sabero, Spain Stored
Arn Jung 1261 Graf Schwerin-Löwitz 1908 0-6-2WT + T 1 ft 11 3⁄4 in (603 mm) Previously at Brecon Mountain Railway. Originally operated in East Germany On Display
Avonside 2057 Renishaw No. 4 1931 0-4-4-0T 1 ft 11 ⅝ in (600 mm) Heisler Locomotive previously at Renishaw Sugar Mills, South Africa Stored
Couillet 1140 Sabero 1895 0-6-0T 1 ft 11 ⅝ in (600 mm) Previously at Hulleras de Sabero, Spain On Display
Couillet 1209 Sahelices 1898 0-6-0T 1 ft 11 ⅝ in (600 mm) Previously at Hulleras de Sabero, Spain Stored
De Winton 106 Kathleen 1877 0-4-0 VBT 1 ft 10 ¾ in (578 mm) Vertical boiler locomotive ex Penrhyn Quarry Railway Stored
Decauville 1027 1926 0-4-0 T 1 ft 11 ½ in (597 mm) 7 ‘Progress 5T’ type, ex Belgian Industries, Pas-De-Calais, France. Stored
Falcon 265  Lisboa 1897 4-4-0 + tender 2 ft (610 mm) 27 SAR NG6 Class “Lawley” F4 type, ex Beira Railway, South Africa, later at Buzi Sugar Refinery, Mozambique Stored
Falcon 266 M’Dundo 1897 4-4-0 + tender 2 ft (610 mm) 28 SAR NG6 Class “Lawley” F4 type, ex Beira Railway, South Africa, later at Buzi Sugar Refinery, Mozambique Stored
Fowler 10249 1905 0-6-0 + tender 1 ft 11 ¾ in (603 mm) 6 Ex Colonial Sugar Refining, Lautoka Mill, Fiji Stored
Fowler 11938 1909 0-4-2 T 1 ft 11 ⅝ in (600 mm) S.S.E 21 Ex Sena sugar, Mozambique Stored
Fowler 15515 1920 0-6-2 T 1 ft 11 ⅝ in (600 mm) S.S.E 23 Ex Sena sugar, Mozambique Stored
Henschel 16043 1918 0-4-0T 1 ft 11 ⅝ in (600 mm) 102 Previously at Hulleras de Sabero, Spain Stored
Henschel 16073 1918 0-4-2T 1 ft 11 ⅝ in (600 mm) 101 Previously at Hulleras de Sabero, Spain Stored. (Was on display 2025)
Henschel 29587 1957 2-8-2T  2 ft (610 mm) 146 SAR NG15. Previously at Avontuur, South Africa Stored – Dismantled
Hudswell Clarke 639 San Justo 1902 0-4-2ST 550 mm 4 Previously at Hullera Vasco-Leonesa, Spain Stored – Dismantled
Hunslet 605 Margaret 1894 0-4-0 T 1 ft 11 ¾ in (603 mm) Small Quarry Class. ex Penrhyn Quarry Railway. On Display
Kerr Stuart 3114 1918 0-4-0 T 1 ft 11 ⅝ in (600 mm) Wren Class. Former contractor’s locomotive. Worked at various locations engaged in reservoir construction. Worked briefly at the Ashover Light Railway. On Display
Maffei 4766 1916 0-8-0 + tender 1 ft 11 ½ in (597 mm) DFB 968 / 31 ex Brigardelok. Built for Deutscher Feldbahn On Display
Manning Wardle 1382 Jubilee 1897 1897 0-4-0 ST 1 ft 11 ½ in (597 mm) Formerly at Cilgwyn Slate Quarry, later at Penrhyn Slate Quarry. Stored
North British 17111 1906 4-6-0 T 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) 666 Railway of India CC class Parlakimidi Light Railway, India Stored
Sabero 6 La Herrera 1937 0-6-0 T 1 ft 11 ⅝ in (600 mm) 6 ex Hulleras de Sabero y Anexas S.A., Spain Stored – Dismantled
Société Anglo-Franco-Belge 2668 1951 2-8-2T 2 ft (610 mm) 121 SAR NG15. Previously operated in South Africa Stored
W. G. Bagnall 2228 1924 0-4-4 T 2 ft (610 mm) 18BG ex Kowloon-Canton Railway / Sha Tau Kok Railway, Hong Kong. In 1928 moved to Victorias Milling Co., Negros Occidental, The Philippines Stored
W. G. Bagnall 2457 1932 4-6-2 + tender 2 ft (610 mm) 38 / 765 ex Western Railway (India), Dabhoi Gwalior Railway, India. Stored
W. G. Bagnall 2460 1932 4-6-2 + tender 2 ft (610 mm) 41 / 762 ex Western Railway (India), Dabhoi Gwalior Railway, India. Stored
W. G. Bagnall 2545 Renishaw No 5 1936 0-4-4-0T 1 ft 11 ⅝ in (600 mm) 5 Meyer. Previously at Renishaw Sugar Mills, South Africa Stored
W. G Bagnall 2895 1948 0-4-2T  2 ft (610 mm) RPM No 2 Previously at Rustenberg Platinum Mines, South Africa Stored

 

Builder Works Number Name Date Wheel Arrangement Gauge Number Notes Status
Dick Kerr 1918 4wDE 1 ft 11 ⅝ in (600 mm) Previously at Nemours Sand Quarry, France On Display
Ruston Proctor 50823 1915 4wPM 3 ft 3 ⅜ in (1,000 mm) ZLH Paraffin Mechanical. Believed to be the oldest narrow gauge internal combustion loco in the British Isles. Ex-Cotton Powder Company On Display
Statfold Barn Railway 2008 2w-2wPMR 2ft (610 mm) Model T Ford. Replica Sandy River Inspection Vehicle. Previously at Beeches Light Railway On Display
Henschel 11854/25 1917 1 ft 11 ½ in (597 mm) Bogie Tender to run with Feldbahn Locomotives. Previously at Sabliers de Nemours, France On Display

 

Number Built Builder Notes Status
Cistierna Works “Coche del Presidente” from Hulleras de Sabero Railway, Spain On display in Engine Shed, Aberystwyth
F68 1909 Metropolitan Carriage & Wagon Co. Former Isle of Man Railway On display in Engine Shed, Aberystwyth
N51 1879 Swansea Carriage & Wagon Former Manx Northern Railway – Third Class No.14 Stored at VoR
N40 1879 Swansea Carriage & Wagon Former Manx Northern Railway – First Class No.1 Stored at VoR