List of Welsh Highland Railway Ltd rolling stock

This is a list of the rolling stock of the Welsh Highland Railway Limited which is used to operate the Welsh Highland Heritage Railway, a 1 ft 11 ¹⁄₂ in (597 mm) narrow gauge heritage railway line in Porthmadog, North Wales. The line opened in 1980. The railway owns Russell - the only remaining original Welsh Highland locomotive, and a number of historically important coaches.

Rolling stock

Steam locomotives

No	Name	Wheel arrangement	Date built	Builder	Image	Notes
	Russell	2-6-2T	1906	Hunslet		The only surviving original WHR engine. Returned to steam following overhaul in August 2014, and now hauling regular trains.
	Karen	0-4-2T	1942	Peckett and Sons		Stored out of traffic on display in the shed. The first steam engine to haul a passenger train on the line
	Gelert	0-4-2T	1953	Bagnall		Undergoing overhaul with a new boiler being constructed.
	Lady Madcap	0-4-0ST	1896	Hunslet		Was dismantled in the 1950s and the parts were moved to Gelert's farm for reconstruction.
590		4-6-0T	1917	Baldwin		Baldwin Class 10-12-D imported from India, original number 794 but renumbered 590 to replace the original, scrapped WHR locomotive. Currently undergoing major restoration.
	Gertrude	0-6-0T	1918	Andrew Barclay		Currently hauling trains on the line with Russell.

Diesel locomotives

No	Name	Wheel arrangement	Date built	Builder	Works Number	Image	Notes
1	Glaslyn	4wDE	1952	Ruston & Hornsby	297030[1]		Heavily modified over the years, very little remains of the original 48DL apart from the chassis and gearbox. Fitted with a 6cyl engine with fluid flywheel in place of the original 4 cylinder.
2	Kinnerly	4wDE	1953	Ruston & Hornsby	354068[1]		Named after the old WHR 1964 depot in Shropshire, Kinnerly hauled the first trains on the reopened WHR in 1980. The loco is still mostly original but has had the 'telephone box' cab removed. Very occasionally used as a mobile compressor for visiting locos to operate the WHR's airbraked stock.
4	Simplex	4wDE		Motor Rail Simplex	60S333[1]
58		0-6-0DH	1977	23rd August Works	23387[1]		350 hp Diesel Hydraulic built in Romania by 23 August Works (now part of FAUR) for PKP as Class Lyd2[2] and imported from Poland in 1995.
60	Eryri	0-6-0DH	1977	23 August Works	23389[1]		350 hp Class Lyd2 imported from Poland 1993.[2]
02		0-6-0DH	1980	23 August Works	24051[1]		350 hp Class Lyd2 imported from Poland 1993.[2]
	Emma	4wDE		Hunslet	9346[1]		Used in construction of Jubilee line.

Electric locomotives

No	Name	Wheel arrangement	Date built	Builder	Works Number	Image	Notes
	The Coalition	0-4-0	1890, rebuilt 1930[1]	Bangall	1278		Rebuilt from 0-4-0ST steam locomotive. Undergoing cosmetic restoration. Originally worked at Llechwedd Slate Mines near Blaenau Ffestiniog.
	The Eclipse	0-4-0	1895, rebuilt 1927[1]	Bangall	1445		Rebuilt from 0-4-0ST steam locomotive. Undergoing cosmetic restoration. Originally worked at Llechwedd Slate Mines near Blaenau Ffestiniog.

Former locomotives

No	Name	Wheel arrangement	Date built	Builder	Image	Notes
	Sezela No. 4	0-4-0T	1915	Avonside Engine Company		Worked at the Sezela Sugar Mill in Natal, South Africa until 1971, when it was brought back to the UK. It was restored at the Knebworth Park and Winter Green Railway where it ran until the early 1990s. It was purchased in 1993 and moved to the line where it was returned to steam in 1997. In 2006 it was moved to the Leighton Buzzard Light Railway
	Moel Tryfan	0-4-2T	1953	Bagnall 3023		Sister loco to Gelert and allocated the name Moel Tryfan but never carried nameplates. After many years awaiting restoration, it was revealed in February 2008 that it has been sold to a private owner. Now restored and named Isaac it is working at the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway at Woody Bay.[3]
120	Beddgelert	2-8-2	1949	Société Anglo-Franco-Belge		Ex-SAR NG15 Class. Sold in 2007, and moved offsite for restoration

Coaches

All coaches are bogie vehicles unless otherwise stated.

No.	Date built	Builder	Body Type	seats	Image	Notes
2	1902	Midland Railway Carriage and Wagon Company rebuilt in 1938 by GWR.	brake van	0		Ex. G.W.R. Vale of Rheidol Railway four-wheeled van, sold by British Rail 1968.
6	1995	WHR Ltd.	Saloon	12		Bodywork mounted on modified RNAD four-wheeled flat wagon No. 69. Previously numbered 4.
7	1987	WHR Ltd.	Fully glazed saloon with tables	32		'The Eisteddfod Coach' Coachwork mounted on a modified Hudson bogie chassis.Carridge had been taken out of service in November 2013 until March 2014 for major reconstruction of the floor.
23	1893	Ashbury Carriage and Wagon Co Manchester	Fully glazed saloon	33		'The Buffet Car' This carriage was initially given the number "23" in the combined FR/WHR stock list. However, there is documentary evidence that the carriage was formally identified as "No. 24" in 1936. It appears that this number change occurred in 1926 when the WHR exchanged one of their Ashbury "Summer" carriages (No 24) with the FR in return for three bogie coal wagons. The carriage was modified by the WHR in 1927 to serve as a buffet car, a service which operated until 1929. It was recovered in 1987 and restored by Stanegate Restorations and Replicas Ltd and WHHR ltd with its first run in the heritage train on 2 May 2009.
25	2010	Stanegate Restorations and Replicas Ltd	Fully glazed saloon	33		Replica of original 1893 carriage.
29	1891	Metropolitan Carriage & Wagon Co.	Central glazed saloon with open balcony at each end	24		'The Gladstone Car' Ex North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways recovered 1988 and restored by WHR Ltd.
42	1924	Hudson	open toast rack	24		Three open unglazed compartments. One of six original bogie toast racks built by Hudson for use on the WHR and FR. Completely rebuilt by WHR Ltd.

Former coaches

No.	Date built	Builder	Body Type	seats	Image	Notes
1	1973	WHR Ltd.	saloon/brake	20		Observation and Brake end car with central glazed saloon and part-glazed observation compartment. Coachwork mounted on a modified Hudson bogie chassis. Sold to the Teifi Valley Railway in 1998.
3	1980	WHR Ltd.	open toast rack	18		Three open unglazed compartments. Bodywork mounted on a modified Hudson bogie chassis. Sold to a private Railway in Hampshire in March 2010.
5	1913	Waggonfabrik Wismar				Chassis of Deutsche Reichsbahn bogie coach awaiting new body. No. 960-104 imported 1972. Returned to Germany in August 2009.
6	1981	WHR Ltd.	semi-open part-glazed toast rack	18		Three compartments. Bodywork mounted on a modified Hudson bogie chassis. Sold to the Amerton Railway

References

1. Industrial Railway Society (2012). Industrial Locomotives (16EL). Industrial Railway Society. ISBN 978 1 901556 78 0.
2. "Welsh Highland Railway Stock List - Diesels".
3. Steam Railway Magazine (March 2008). Missing or empty |title= (help);

External links

• WHR Ltd Stock