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Museum Collection

MUSEUM COLLECTION LOCOMOTIVES

The Vale of Rheidol Railway is the owner of an extensive collection of historical narrow gauge locomotives and rolling stock as listed below.

Several items from our collection are visible in our Engine Shed Display Building, with exhibits being changed over time.  (Entry ticket included with a train ticket or available separately)

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
Hanomag 10634 1928 2-6-2+2-6-2T 1 ft 11 5/8 in (600 mm) 82 NG/G13 Garratt. Previously at Avontuur, South Africa
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

 

Fowler locomotives No 21 and 23 are part of the railway’s museum collection. They are seen here at Sena Sugar in Mozambique. Photographs by Geoff Cooke

a train that is sitting on a track
a group of people riding on the back of a truck

Rolling Stock

 The railway owns a number of historic carriages from other railways.

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

9017 "Earl of Berkeley"

  • Builder – Great Western Railway
  • Wheel Arr. – 0-6-0
  • Year Built – 1938
  • Gauge – Standard Gauge
  • Status – On loan from Bluebell Railway

Kerr Stuart Wren 3114

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

Hunslet 605 "Margaret"

  • Builder – Hunslet
  • Works No. – 605
  • Year Built – 1895
  • Wheel Arr. – 0-4-0
  • Gauge – 2ft
  • Status – Operational. Temporarily visiting Brecon Mountain Railway

"Fire Queen"

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

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

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 – Currently at Brecon Mountain Railway

Vertical Boiler "Redstone"

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

Model T Ford Railcar

  • Builder – Statfold Barn Railway
  • Works No. –
  • Year Built –
  • Wheel Arr. –  
  • Gauge 2 ft (610 mm)
  • Status – On Display