This is a list of rolling stock used by the Mid-Suffolk Light Railway.
The museum currently has six locomotives on site, three operational steam engines, and "1604" which is under restoration and owned by the MSLR. It also has two Ruston diesels; a 165 named "Alston" and a Ruston 48, which is very similar to the engine used to take up the railway.
| Number & Name | Class | Current Status | Image | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2525 | Operational, privately owned.[1] | |||
| 985 | Undergoing Overhaul, owned by the North Norfolk Railway. On loan. | |||
| 1604 | Under restoration. | |||
| 304470 Alston | Ruston & Hornsby Class 165 | Operational, mostly used for shunting.[2] | ||
| 294266 Sir William McAlpine | Ruston & Hornsby Class 48 | Operational, mostly used for shunting. Bought directly from Sir William McAlpine. Same class of locomotive as was used by contractors to remove the original Middy-Line. Privately owned by volunteer and Youtuber Lawrie Rose who has a YouTube channel called Lawrie's Mechanical Marvels.[3] [4] [5] |
The MSLR's coaching stock is entirely made up of ex-GER carriages, to replicate what the line's original stock would've been like many years ago.
| Railway | Number | Type | Current Status | Image | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 180, MSLR No. 15 | Four-wheel Horse box | Built in 1869, sold out of service in 1896 for £6. Earliest preserved horse box. Now restored and in service.[6] [7] | |||
| 278 | Four-wheel Third | Built in 1876. Body only, now under restoration, used as a buffet while grounded and being restored. | |||
| 13, MSLR No. 12 | Four-wheel Brake Third | Built in 1875. Body grounded in 1932 twenty years after withdrawal in 1910. Restored between 2000 and 2002. On chassis of ex-LNER 'Queen Mary' Brakevan. Operational.[8] | |||
| 287, MSLR No. 13 | Four-wheel Third, now running as composite | Built in 1876. Body only, restored and operational as MSLR No. 13. | |||
| 140 | Four-wheel first | Built in 1863. Restored and operational in GER livery as of 2017.[9] Oldest preserved GER carriage with confirmed build date. | |||
| 424 | Third, later second | Built in 1892. Body only. Restored body of 424 now in use as a static bar, painted in a light green and cream livery. | |||
| 506 | Brake third | Build date unknown. Went to the MSLR from a private address in Holland-on-Sea, in Essex where it had been since 1925. |
There are also several wagons and freight items that are under restoration and operational.
Some signs of the original rolling stock is visible in the countryside surrounding the railway. One example is a semi-derelict carriage on farmland near Mendlesham at . It may be seen on Google maps satellite view.
The railway owns a few vintage Great Eastern covered vans, one LNER van, a special LNER survivor; a 'Toad B' brake van No. 157787, due to the mass amount of vans and minuscule open wagons, the MSLR built a replica open wagon to a GER design in 2012.
| Railway | Number | Type | Current Status | Image | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 620791 | Covered goods van | Built in 1900 to diagram no. 15 at Stratford. Under restoration. Stored at the end of a siding with 680360.[10] | |||
| 620262 | Covered goods van body | Built in 1900 to diagram no. 15. Was in use as a stores room before restoration. Grounded body. | |||
| 11873 | Covered goods van | Built in 1913 to diagram no. 72 at Stratford. Restored and now operational. | |||
| 12404 | Covered goods van | Built in 1913 to diagram no. 72. Moved from the Mid-Norfolk Railway to the Mid-Suffolk Light Railway in 2009. | |||
| 157787 | Goods brake van | Built in 1929 to diagram no. 34 at Doncaster. Sold in 1963 to Tunnel Cement, Grays. Purchased and preserved for the Kent and East Sussex Railway as No. 119. Arrived in June, 1977. Arrived on the MSLR in 1995. Restored and operational in LNER livery. | |||
| 506875 | Covered goods van. | Built in 1935 to diagram no. D1897 in lot no. 824 at Derby. Restored and operational. | |||
| 9431 | 5-plank open wagon | Little information of this wagon known. The number '9431' is fictional, and the wagon has been lettered "M. O. Y, Colchester" | |||
| MSLR | 28601 | 5-plank open wagon | Built in 2012. A replica of a Great Eastern Railway open wagon. Body placed onto a wagon frame no. 106. Now restored and operational. | ||
| N 600043 | 8-plank open wagon | Originally a 5-plank open wagon, this was rebuilt to an 8-plank wagon. Previously was a resident on the Swindon and Cricklade Railway. | |||
| 36 | 3-plank open wagon | Little known about this wagon. Lettered "Jackson & Co. Haughley" | |||
| DE 470819 | Ballast brake van | Built in 1948 to diagram no. 203 by R. Y. Pickering and Co. Restored. | |||
| 139455 | Covered goods van | Built in 1938 to diagram No. V.23 at Swindon. A new body was built by the Mid-Suffolk Light Railway for the van. Restored and operational. | |||
| GER | 5043 | 7-plank open wagon | Built in 1908 to diagram no. 17 at Stratford. It was in use at ROF Puriton until purchased for use on the West Somerset Railway. Donated to the MSLR in 1995 and arrived later that year but was cut down to a 5-plank wagon. Restoration started in 2005 and was complete by 2011 and 5043 was restored to its original condition. Operational in GER livery.[11] |