List of Welsh Highland Railway Ltd rolling stock explained

See also: List of Welsh Highland Railway 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 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.

Locomotives

Steam locomotives

Name	Date built	Builder		Notes
Russell	1906	Hunslet	901	The only surviving original WHR engine. Returned to steam following overhaul in August 2014, and now hauling regular trains alongside Gelert (as of November 2020).
Karen	1942	Peckett and Sons	2024	Stored out of traffic on display in the shed. The first steam engine to haul a passenger train on the line.
Gelert	1953	Bagnall	3050	Returned to service in April 2018 at the Statfold Barn Railway following overhaul there. The overhaul included a new boiler being constructed. Returned to the WHHR in July 2018 and has now started hauling regular passenger trains alongside Russell.
Lady Madcap	1896	Hunslet	652	Was dismantled in the 1950s and the parts were moved to Gelert's farm for reconstruction. New mainframes manufactured but as yet no boiler or tank.
590	1917	Baldwin	794	Baldwin Class 10-12-D imported from India, original number 794 but renumbered 590 to replace the original, scrapped WHR locomotive. Restored at the Vale of Rheidol Railway and entered service in May 2023.

Diesel locomotives

	Name	Date built	Builder		Notes
1	Glaslyn	1952	Ruston & Hornsby	297030	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. Indicated as operable in 2020.^[1]
2	Kinnerly	1953	Ruston & Hornsby	354068	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 No 4	1966	Motor Rail Simplex	60S333	Originally operated by Pilkingtons Glass. Worked in sand quarries.
6	Simplex No 6	1959	Motor Rail Simplex	11102	Originally operated by Pilkingtons Glass. Previously named Jonathan.
9	Simplex No 9	1968	Motor Rail Simplex	60S363	Originally operated by Pilkingtons Glass. Previously named Katherine.
58		1977	23rd August Works	23387	350 hp Class Lyd2 imported from Poland in 1995. Originally operated by PKP on the Jarocin Railway as Lyd2-58.^[2]
60	Eryri	1977	23 August Works	23389	350 hp Class Lyd2 imported from Poland in 1993. Originally operated by PKP on the Jarocin Railway as Lyd2-60.
69		1980	23 August Works	24051	350 hp Class Lyd2 imported from Poland in 1993. Originally operated by PKP on the Jarocin Railway as Lyd2-069.
	Emma		Hunslet	9346	Used in construction of Jubilee line. Indicated as operable and main diesel engine in 2020.

Former locomotives

	Name	Date built	Builder		Notes
4	Sezela No. 4	1915	Avonside Engine Company	1738	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 (now Isaac)	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 worked for a while on the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway at Woody Bay.^[3] but is now at Statfold Barn.
	Beddgelert	1949	Société Anglo-Franco-Belge	120	Ex-SAR NG15 Class. Sold in 2007, and moved offsite for restoration
	Gertrude	1918	Andrew Barclay	1578	Steamed on the railway for several years before moving to the Leighton Buzzard Light Railway in early 2019.
	The Coalition	1890, rebuilt 1930	Bagnall	1278	Rebuilt from 0-4-0ST steam locomotive. Undergoing cosmetic restoration. Originally worked at Llechwedd Slate Mines near Blaenau Ffestiniog. This locomotive has now left the railway and is on display at Statfold Barn.
	The Eclipse	1895, rebuilt 1927	Bagnall	1445	Rebuilt from 0-4-0ST steam locomotive. Undergoing cosmetic restoration. Originally worked at Llechwedd Slate Mines near Blaenau Ffestiniog. This locomotive has now left the railway and is on display at Statfold Barn.

Coaches

All coaches are bogie vehicles unless otherwise stated.

	Date built	Builder	Body Type	seats	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. Carriage 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	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

External links

WHR Ltd Stock

Notes and References

Web site: Welsh Highland Railway Stock List - Your Train . 2020-11-24.
Malczewski M.: Witaszyckie „Lidki” in Świat Kolei Nr. 3/2006, p.30
Steam Railway Magazine . March 2008.