MUSEUM COLLECTION LOCOMOTIVES
The Vale of Rheidol Railway is the owner of 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”
Many items from our collection are viewable in our Engine Shed Display Building with exhibits changing regularly.
Please note: The Engine Shed Museum Display will be closed from 13th October to 24th October 2025. This is to enable us to install Pete Waterman’s World Record model railway
Between 25th October and 2nd November 2025, access to the Engine Shed building will only be possible if you have a ticket to view the “Making Tracks” model railway. During this period many of the smaller exhibits normally on display will temporarily removed as the Making Tracks display will fill the length of the building!
The Engine Shed will re-open in 2026, date to be confirmed.
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.
Rolling Stock On Display - Until 12th October 2025
9017 "Earl of Berkeley"
- Builder – Great Western Railway
- Wheel Arr. – 0-6-0
- Year Built – 1938
- Gauge – Standard Gauge
- Wheel Arr. – 4-4-0
- Status – On display in Aberystwyth
- On loan from Bluebell Railway
"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
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
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
Couillet "Sabero"
- Builder – Couillet
- Works No. – 1140
- Year Built – 1895
- Wheel Arr. – 0-6-0T
- Gauge –1 ft 11 5/8 in (600 mm)
- Status – On Display in Aberystwyth
Henschel 101
- Builder – Henschel
- Works No. – 16073
- Year Built – 1918
- Wheel Arr. – 0-4-2T
- Gauge –1 ft 11 5/8 in (600 mm)
- Status – On Display in Aberystwyth
Coche del Presidente
- Builder – Cistierna Works
- Year Built –
- Gauge 1 ft 11 5/8 in (600 mm)
- “Coche del Presidente” from Hulleras de Sabero Railway, Spain
- 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
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
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
Maffei - Brigardelok
- Builder – Maffei
- Works No. – 4766
- Year Built – 1916
- Wheel Arr. – 0-8-0 + tender
- Gauge –1 ft 11 1/2 in (597 mm)
- Status – On Display in Aberystwyth
Dick Kerr
- Builder – Dick Kerr
- Works No –
- Year Built – 1918
- Wheel Arr. 4wDE
- Gauge – 1ft 11 5/8 (600mm)
- Status – On Display in Aberystwyth
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
Museum Collection - Many of these items are not currently on display
| Builder | Works Number | Name | Date | Wheel Arrangement | Gauge | Number | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Borsig | 5913 | 1908 | 0-4-0 WT | 1 ft 11 5/8 in (600 mm) | ex Sobemai N.V.Maldegem, Belgium | ||
| A Borsig | 6022 | Sotillos | 1906 | 0-6-2T | 1 ft 11 5/8 in (600 mm) | 7 | Previously at San Miguel Copper Mines, later Hulleras de Sabero, Spain |
| 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 | |
| Avonside | 2057 | Renishaw No. 4 | 1931 | 0-4-4-0T | 1 ft 11 5/8 in (600 mm) | Heisler Locomotive previously at Renishaw Sugar Mills, South Africa | |
| Couillet | 1140 | Sabero | 1895 | 0-6-0T | 1 ft 11 5/8 in (600 mm) | Previously at Hulleras de Sabero, Spain | |
| Couillet | 1209 | Sahelices | 1898 | 0-6-0T | 1 ft 11 5/8 in (600 mm) | Previously at Hulleras de Sabero, Spain | |
| De Winton | 106 | Kathleen | 1877 | 0-4-0 VBT | 1 ft 10 3/4 in (578 mm) | Vertical boiler locomotive ex Penrhyn Quarry Railway | |
| Decauville | 1027 | 1926 | 0-4-0 T | 1 ft 11 1/2 in (597 mm) | 7 | ‘Progress 5T’ type, ex Belgian Industries, Pas-De-Calais, France. | |
| Falcon | 265 | 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 | |
| Falcon | 266 | Lisboa | 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 |
| Fowler | 10249 | 1905 | 0-6-0 + tender | 1 ft 11 3/4 in (603 mm) | 6 | Ex Colonial Sugar Refining, Lautoka Mill, Fiji | |
| Fowler | 11938 | 1909 | 0-4-2 T | 1 ft 11 5/8 in (600 mm) | S.S.E 21 | Ex Sena sugar, Mozambique | |
| Fowler | 15515 | 1920 | 0-6-2 T | 1 ft 11 5/8 in (600 mm) | S.S.E 23 | Ex Sena sugar, Mozambique | |
| Henschel | 16043 | 1918 | 0-4-0T | 1 ft 11 5/8 in (600 mm) | 102 | Previously at Hulleras de Sabero, Spain | |
| Henschel | 16073 | 1918 | 0-4-2T | 1 ft 11 5/8 in (600 mm) | 101 | Previously at Hulleras de Sabero, Spain | |
| Henschel | 29587 | 1957 | 2-8-2T | 2 ft (610 mm) | 146 | SAR NG15. Previously at Avontuur, South Africa | |
| Hudswell Clarke | 639 | San Justo | 1902 | 0-4-2ST | 550 mm | 4 | Previously at Hullera Vasco-Leonesa, Spain |
| Hunslet | 605 | Margaret | 1894 | 0-4-0 T | 1 ft 11 3/4 in (603 mm) | Small Quarry Class. ex Penrhyn Quarry Railway. | |
| Kerr Stuart | 3114 | 1918 | 0-4-0 T | 1 ft 11 5/8 in (600 mm) | Wren Class. Former contractor’s locomotive. Worked at various locations engaged in reservoir construction. Worked briefly at the Ashover Light Railway. | ||
| Kerr Stuart | 4408 | 1928 | 0-6-4 T | 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) | 695 | Light Railway. PL Class ex Parlakimidi Light Railway, India | |
| Maffei | 4766 | 1916 | 0-8-0 + tender | 1 ft 11 1/2 in (597 mm) | DFB 968 / 31 | ex Brigardelok. Built for Deutscher Feldbahn | |
| Manning Wardle | 1382 | Jubilee 1897 | 1897 | 0-4-0 ST | 1 ft 11 1/2 in (597 mm) | Formerly at Cilgwyn Slate Quarry, later at Penrhyn Slate Quarry. | |
| North British | 17111 | 1906 | 4-6-0 T | 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) | 666 | Railway of India CC class Parlakimidi Light Railway, India | |
| Orenstein & Koppel | 3770 | 1909 | 0-4-4-0T | 700 mm | Krebet Baru Mill No.3 Mallet locomotive, formerly operated in Java | ||
| Orenstein & Koppel | 11128 | 1925 | 0-10-0T | 1 ft 11 5/8 in (600 mm) | Luttermoller. Previously operated in Argentina | ||
| Sabero | 6 | La Herrera | 1937 | 0-6-0 T | 1 ft 11 5/8 in (600 mm) | 6 | ex Hulleras de Sabero y Anexas S.A., Spain |
| Société Anglo-Franco-Belge | 2668 | 1951 | 2-8-2T | 2 ft (610 mm) | 121 | SAR NG15. Previously operated in South Africa | |
| W. G. Bagnall | 2029 | 1916 | 2-6-2T | 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) | AK16 | Previously worked at the Kalighat Falta Railway, Calcutta, India until 1997. Originally ordered for the Egyptian Delta Light Railways | |
| W. G. Bagnall | 2192 | Conqueror | 1922 | 0-6-2 T | 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) | 3 | Previously at Bowaters Paper Railway and Great Whipsnade Railway |
| 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 | |
| W. G. Bagnall | 2457 | 1932 | 4-6-2 + tender | 2 ft (610 mm) | 38 / 765 | ex Western Railway (India), Dabhoi Gwalior Railway, India. | |
| W. G. Bagnall | 2460 | 1932 | 4-6-2 + tender | 2 ft (610 mm) | 41 / 762 | ex Western Railway (India), Dabhoi Gwalior Railway, India. | |
| W. G. Bagnall | 2545 | Renishaw No 5 | 1936 | 0-4-4-0T | 1 ft 11 5/8 in (600 mm) | 5 | Meyer. Previously at Renishaw Sugar Mills, South Africa |
| W. G Bagnall | 2895 | 1948 | 0-4-2T | 2 ft (610 mm) | RPM No 2 | Previously at Rustenberg Platinum Mines, South Africa |
| Builder | Works Number | Name | Date | Wheel Arrangement | Gauge | Number | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Kerr | 1918 | 4wDE | 1 ft 11 5/8 in (600 mm) | Previously at Nemours Sand Quarry, France | |||
| Ruston Proctor | 50823 | 1915 | 4wPM | 3 ft 3 3/8 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 | ||
| Statfold Barn Railway | 2ft (610 mm) | Model T Ford. Replica Sandy River Inspection Vehicle. Previously at Beeches Light Railway | |||||
| Henschel | 11854/25 | 1917 | 1 ft 11 1/2 in (597 mm) | Bogie Tender to run with Feldbahn Locomotives. Previously at Sabliers de Nemours, France |
| 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 | Not currently on display |
| N40 | 1879 | Swansea Carriage & Wagon | Former Manx Northern Railway – First Class No.1 | Not currently on display |