List of Ffestiniog Railway rolling stock
The locomotives, carriages and wagons of the Ffestiniog Railway
Locomotives
For more detailed information on current and past locos, visit the Railways own Heritage Group Wikipedia
Where the name of the locomotive is linked, the link points to the person or place that the locomotive is named after.
These are the existing locomotives that are owned by or are permanently housed at the Ffestiniog Railway:-
Steam Locomotives
| Number | Name | Image | Wheel arrangement | Date built | Builder | Notes |
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| 1 | Princess | 
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0-4-0ST | 1863 | George England | Currently on static display at Porthmadog Harbour Station |
| 2 | Prince | 
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0-4-0ST | 1863 | George England | In service |
| 4 | Palmerston | 
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0-4-0ST | 1864 | George England | In service |
| 5 | Welsh Pony | 
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0-4-0ST | 1867 | George England | Out of service, cosmetically restored to 1930s light blue livery. |
| Little Giant | 
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0-4-0ST | 1867 | George England | Scrapped 1932 | |
| Little Wonder | 
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0-4-0+0-4-0T | 1869 | Fairlie Engine & Steam Carriage Company | Scrapped 1882 | |
| James Spooner | 
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0-4-0+0-4-0T | 1872 | Avonside Engine Co. | Scrapped 1933 | |
| 10 | Merddin Emrys | 
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0-4-0+0-4-0T | 1879 | Boston Lodge | In service. The oldest operating Double Fairlie on the railway. Named after the 6th century Welsh poet Merddyn Emrys. |
| 11 | Livingston Thompson | 
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0-4-0+0-4-0T | 1886 | Boston Lodge | Withdrawn and restored as a static display at the National Railway Museum in York. |
| - | Earl of Merioneth | 
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0-4-0+0-4-0T | 1979 | Boston Lodge | In service. The first Double Fairlie built by the restored Ffestiniog Railway. Recently converted to coal firing. |
| 12 | David Lloyd George |
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0-4-0+0-4-0T | 1992 | Boston Lodge | In service. The most recent Double Fairlie in the world. |
| 9 | Taliesin | 
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0-4-4T | 1876/1999 | Vulcan Foundry/ Boston Lodge | In service. The railway's only Single Fairlie. The original 1876 locomotive was scrapped in the 1930s and a replica built in 1999 using a few parts from the original. Named after the 6th century Welsh poet Taliesin. |
| - | Blanche | 
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2-4-0ST | 1893 | Hunslet Engine Co. | In service. Originally an 0-4-0ST running on the Penrhyn Quarry Railway, purchased by the Ffestiniog Railway in 1963. |
| - | Linda | 
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2-4-0ST | 1893 | Hunslet Engine Co. | Under overhaul. Originally an 0-4-0ST running on the Penrhyn Quarry Railway, bought by the Ffestiniog Railway in 1962. Named after Linda Blanche Douglas-Pennant. |
| - | Mountaineer | 
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2-6-2T | 1917 | ALCO | Withdrawn for overhaul. Built for the British Army's use in WWI, later ran on the Tramway Pithivers à Toury in France, purchased by the Ffestiniog Railway in 1967. |
| - | Britomart | 0-4-0ST | 1899 | Hunslet Engine Co. | Withdrawn for overhaul. Originally built for Pen-yr-orsedd slate quarry at Nantlle. Bought by a private group in 1965 and runs occasional specials on the Ffestiniog Railway. | |
| - | Lilla | 0-4-0ST | 1891 | Hunslet Engine Co. | Withdrawn for overhaul. Originally built for the Cilgwyn Quarry tramway, later ran at Penrhyn Quarry. Purchased for private preservation in the 1960s and was purchased by a private consortium for the Ffestiniog Railway in the 1990s. | |
| - | Lyd | 2-6-2T | under construction | Boston Lodge | Replica of a Manning Wardle locomotive of the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway. |
Diesel Locomotives
| Name | Image | Type | Built | Builder | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Ann | 4wd | 1917 | Motor Rail | The first locomotive to work the revived Ffestiniog Railway in 1954. Built for British Army use in WWI and bought by the Ffestiniog Railway in 1923. | |
| Moelwyn | 2-4-0d | 1918 | Baldwin | Another ex-WWI locomotive, purchased by the Ffestiniog Railway in 1925. | |
| Upnor Castle | 4wd | 1954 | F.C. Hibberd | Built for the Chattenden and Upnor Railway to 2 ft 6 in gauge, bought from the Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway in 1968. Now sold to the Welsh Highland Railway. | |
| Moel Hebog | 4wd | 1955 | Hunslet Engine Co. | Originally built for the National Coal Board as a flameproof mines locomotive. Purchased in 1969 and mainly used for permanent way maintenance trains. | |
| Conwy Castle | File:190-04 901117.jpg | 4wd | 1958 | F.C. Hibberd | Built for the Admiralty's line at Ernsettle, purchased in 1991. Now in use at the Welsh Highland Railway. |
| Ashover | 4wd | 1948 | F.C. Hibberd | Built for the Ashover Light Railway and purchased by the Ffestiniog Railway in 1981. | |
| Diana | 4wd | 1957 | Motor Rail | Purchased by the Ffestiniog Railway in 1974. | |
| The Colonel | 4wd | 1943 | Motor Rail | Built for the St. Albans Sand and Gravel Company, purchased by Colonel Campbell of Dduallt Manor for his private use on the Ffestiniog Railway. Purchased by the railway in 1982. | |
| Criccieth Castle | 6wd | 1995 | Boston Lodge | Built by the railway from parts supplied by Baguley Drewry. Used on passenger services. | |
| Harlech Castle | 6wd | 1983 | Baguley Drewry | Built for service in Mozambique, but purchased by the Ffestiniog Railway in 1998 after the order was cancelled. | |
| Harold | 4wd | 1979 | Hunslet Engine Co. | Built for the railway at North Bierley sewage farm and bought by the Ffestiniog in the early 1990s. | |
| Vale of Ffestiniog | B-Bd | 1967 | Funkey | Built for the South African Railways, purchased by the Ffestiniog Railway in 1996 and extensively rebuilt. Used for passenger services. |
Other rolling stock
For more detailed information on current and past rolling stock, visit the Railways own Heritage Group Wikipedia
These are the existing vehicles that are owned by or are permanently housed on the Ffestiniog Railway:-
Four-wheel passenger coaches and vans
The principal source of information for this table is the: "Rheilffordd Ffestiniog Railway Traveller's Guide" by the FR Company circa 2002, supplemented by later information as it becomes available.
| Present Number | Date built | Builder | Compartments (from Blaenau end) | number of seats | Notes |
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| 1 | 1996 | FR Boston Lodge Works | semi-open knifeboard bench | 14 (3rd) | replica incorporating some original parts |
| 2 | 1863/4 | Brown Marshalls & Co. Birmingham | single compartment knifeboard seats | 10 (1st) | restored 1958, rebuilt 1992 |
| 3 | 1863/4 | Brown Marshalls & Co. Birmingham | single compartment knifeboard bench | 14 (3rd) | restored 1960, rebuilt 1996 |
| 4 | 1863/4 | Brown Marshalls & Co. Birmingham | single compartment knifeboard bench | 14 (3rd) | restored 1958, rebuilt 2000 |
| 5 | 1863/4 | Brown Marshalls & Co. Birmingham | single compartment knifeboard bench | 14 (3rd) | restored 1958, rebuilt by Mr R.G. Jarvis 1983 |
| (none) | 1863/4 | Brown Marshalls & Co. Birmingham | totally open knifeboard bench | 14 (3rd) | Rebuilt FR Society Midland Group to original condition - used occasionally |
| 6 | 1885/6 | FR Boston Lodge Works | Single compartment brake 3rd. | 6 (3rd) | Converted from third type quarrymen's coach (same as No. 8) circa 1930, single end balcony, fully rebuilt 1988. |
| 7 | 1898 | FR Boston Lodge Works | Single compartment brake 3rd. | 6 (3rd) | Built as a replica of the No. 1 brake van converted from third type quarrymen's coach (same as No. 8) circa 1930, two end balconies. |
| 8 | 1885/6 | FR Boston Lodge Works | Quarrymen's carriage single compartment | 10 (3rd) | restored 1961, overhaul 1988, fully rebuilt 1991/2 |
| 51 (No. 1 Van) | 1964 | Ffestiniog Railway Society Midland Area Group | Single compartment brake without balconies | 8 (3rd) | Built to replace the original No. 1 van (No. 7 above), this important vehicle is understood to be the first vehicle ever constructed "entirely by volunteers" for service on any 'preserved' railway. Like the 'original' it uses parts including wheels and bearings recycled from a third type quarrymen's coach. This vehicle was refurbished in 1987 and allocated to the FR Civil Engineering Department. |
| 59 | 1923 | GWR Swindon Works | Covered Van | - | Built Swindon (Lot No. 914) and entered service as GWR No. 38089 on the Vale of Rheidol Railway as a steel underframed, metal strapped wooden bodied cattle wagon. Converted 1937 to 2ft 6ins gauge for service on the Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway rebuilt and returned to the original gauge (but a lower loading gauge) in 1968 by the Ffestiniog Railway Society East Anglian Group for FR service as a covered van. Modified doors fitted 1983. |
Bogie passenger coaches and vans
The principal source of information for this table is the: "Rheilffordd Ffestiniog Railway Traveller's Guide" by the FR Company circa 2002, supplemented by later information as it becomes available. Updated with information from the General Appendix to the 2006 Rule Book
| Present Number | Date built | Builder | Compartments (from Blaenau end) | number of seats | Image | Notes |
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| Van 1 | 2004 | FR Boston Lodge Works | Guard / Luggage / Dog) | 0 | A replica 1873 Brown Marshall & Co. bogie van, familiarly known as the curly roofed van. | |
| Van 2 | 1873 | FR Boston Lodge Works | 3/3/G (guard) | 12 | built as No.2 brake/luggage van, rebuilt 1920/21, fully restored to 1920/21 condition in 1991. Renumbered from Carriage 10 in 2005. | |
| Van 4 | 1880 | Gloster Wagon Co Gloucester | G/1/1 observation | 15 | built as No.4 luggage van, rebuilt 1928/29 as passenger/brake, rebuilt 1957/8 as observation car, steel underframe 1962. Renumbered from Carriage 11 in 2005. | |
| Van 5 | 1880 | Gloster Wagon Co Gloucester | 3/saloon/guard | 25 | built as No.5 luggage van, rebuilt 1929/30 as passenger/brake, restored 1955, buffet counter and side corridor added 1957, buffet car and saloon reordered 1960, lengthened with steel underframe 1963, major repairs and new seat layout without buffet counter 1982. Renumbered from Carriage 12 in 2005. | |
| 14 | 1896 | Bristol Carriage and Wagon Works, Bristol | 3 saloon/buffet | 26 | 
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built for the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway Co. as Brake 3rd No: 15 and restored, 1963 and 1998. |
| 15 | 1872 | Brown Marshalls & Co. Birmingham | 3/3/3/1/3/3/3 | 48+6 | designed by George Percival Spooner entered service January 1873, with No. 16, the first bogie coaches, of any gauge, to operate in Britain. Built with iron underframes and iron framing for the coachwork. Restored 1960, rebuilt 2001 with Heritage Lottery Fund backing. | |
| 16 | 1872 | Brown Marshalls & Co. Birmingham | 3/3/3/1/1c/3/3 | 40+9 | same design, with No. 15, the first bogie coaches to operate in Britain. Restored (with a 1st coupe in place of the second class compartment) in 1969 largely by Mr R.G. Jarvis, rebuilt 2001 with Heritage Lottery Fund backing. | |
| 17 | 1876 | Brown Marshalls & Co. Birmingham | 3/3/1/3/3/3 | 40+6 | designed by George Percival Spooner. Iron frames but conventional coach-built bodywork with bowed sides. Restored 1956 and 1990. Nos. 17 to 20 commonly known as 'bowsiders'. | |
| 18 | 1876 | Brown Marshalls & Co. Birmingham | 3/3/1/3/3/3 | 40+6 | as No. 17 but restored 1957 and 2003. | |
| 19 | 1879 | Gloster Wagon Co Gloucester | 3/3/1/1/3/3 | 32+12 | designed by George Percival Spooner. Wrought-iron underframes but conventional coach-built bodywork with bowed sides. Originally 1st 2nd and 3rd class. Restored 1963 and 1982. | |
| 20 | 1879 | Gloster Wagon Co Gloucester | 3/3/1/1/3/3 | 32+12 | as No. 19 but restored 1957 and 1987. | |
| 22 | 1896 | Ashbury Carriage and Wagon Co Manchester | 3/3/3/3/3/3/3 | 56 | A low-cost vehicle built for tourist traffic. fitted with wooden underframe. Restored 1958, fitted with steel underframe 1967. Rebuilt with new body 1984. | |
| 23 | 1894 | Ashbury Carriage and Wagon Co Manchester | 3/3/3/3/3/3/3 | 56 | Built for the North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways became Welsh Highland Railway stock in 1923 and FR stock (in exchange for three bogie wagons) in 1936. Returned to service in 1955 and full doors fitted in 1966. Currently running on the WHR. | |
| 26 | 1894 | Ashbury Carriage and Wagon Co Manchester | 3/3/3/3/3/3/3 | 56 | Built for the North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways became Welsh Highland Railway stock in 1923 and sold to a farmer for use as a hen-house. Body bought 1959. Restored to service in 1959 and full doors fitted in 1965. Rebuilt with new body 1986. | |
| 37 | 1971 | FR Boston Lodge Works | 3/3/3/3/ | 32 | Semi-open tourist coach (with half-doors originally used on coaches 23 and 26) it was built on a Hudson bogie wagon underframe. | |
| 38 | 1971 | FR Boston Lodge Works | 3/3/3/3/ | 32 | Semi-open tourist coach (with half-doors originally used on coaches 23 and 26) it was built on a Hudson bogie wagon underframe, which had seen similar use in the 1920s. | |
| 39 | 1992 | Winson Engineering | 3/3/3/3/ | 24 | Replica of one of a batch of 6 semi-open toast-rack tourist coaches (without doors) that were built by the Hudson Wagon Co. in the 1920s for the FR and WHR. This replica was built on a Hudson bogie wagon underframe. | |
| 1000 | 1965 | FR Boston Lodge Works | G/1 saloon /1 obs | 18 | First class Observation Car of the 'Centenary Stock' designed and built by FR staff and volunteers in celebration of the Ffestiniog Passenger Centenary 1865-1965. The coachwork was erected and fitted out at Boston Lodge works on a steel underframe mounted on FR built bogies using pre-fabricated wooden body panels, which were made by H.L. Watson Ltd., Birkenhead. Transferred to Welsh Highland Railway in 2003. Renumbered from 100 when transferred to departmental stock on Welsh Highland Railway and mounted on South African Bogies in 2006. Rotating seats still fitted, life expired Pullman Seats removed and replaced with benches. | |
| 100 | 2006 | FR Boston Lodge Works | 1 saloon /1 obs | 20 | The new "100". First class Observation Car of the 'Centenary Stock' to the similar design of 102, without guards compartment. Fitted with moveable seats and tables in the observation end which can be removed to allow wheelchairs to be accommodated. Paired with Service Carriage 121. | |
| 101 | 1970 | FR Boston Lodge Works | G/1 saloon /1 obs | 18 | First class Observation Car of the 'Centenary Stock'. Fitted with rotating seats in the Observation End. Working on the Welsh Highland Railway from 2006 season, when the life expired Pullman Seats were fitted with first class seats removed from Carriage 113. | |
| 102 | 2005 | FR Boston Lodge Works | G / 1 saloon /1 obs | 16 | First class Observation Car of the 'Centenary Stock', similar to the original 100 (now 1000) and 101. Brought into service in August 2005 for the 50th anniversary of the start of restoration of passenger trains. Fitted with moveable seats and tables in the observation end which can be removed to allow wheelchairs to be accommodated. Provided with heating for out of season services. | |
| 103 | 1968 | FR Boston Lodge Works | Buffet /3 saloon | 17 | Buffet Car of the 'Centenary Stock'. Withdrawn from service on 3 November 2006 for major rebuild as a 3rd Class Saloon. | |
| 104 | 1964 | FR Boston Lodge Works | 3 saloon /1/3 saloon | 32 + 4 | Prototype for the 'Centenary Stock'. Body rebuilt 1985 with side corridor compartment. | |
| 105 | 1966 | FR Boston Lodge Works | 3 saloon / 1 / 3 saloon / Toilet | 22 + 4 | 'Centenary Stock'. Toilet fitted at bottom end of carriage. | |
| Minor rebuild 1998 | 3 saloon / 1 /3 saloon | 32 + 4 | 'Centenary Stock'. Toilet at bottom end of carriage removed in 1988. | |||
| Major rebuild 2005 | 3 saloon / Toilet /3 saloon | 32 | 'Centenary Stock'. Rebuilt with a toilet replacing the first class compartment and wheelchair space with tip-up seats. | |||
| 106 | 1968 | FR Boston Lodge Works | 3 saloon /1/3 saloon | 32 + 4 | 'Centenary Stock'. | |
| 107 | 2004 | FR Boston Lodge Works | 3 saloon /1/3 saloon | 32 + 4 | 'Centenary Stock'. | |
| 110 | 1975 | FR Boston Lodge Works | 3 saloon | 42 | File:110Comb-060103.jpg | Given the No. 30 when new and fitted with auto control (now removed) and driving compartment first used on the Dduallt-Gelliwiog shuttle service on 26 May 1975. This is the first all-steel coach to be built at Boston Lodge, with a semi-stressed skin and centre spine underframe. Provided with diesel heating for out of season services. |
| 111 | 1990 | FR Boston Lodge Works | G/lavatory/1 saloon/driving compartment | 11 | Driving trailer for diesel push/pull off peak service. Steel body mounted on ex Isle of Man Railway underframe R5 and pattern 88 bogies. Provided with diesel heating for out of season services. | |
| 112 | 1991 | Carnforth Railway restoration and FR Boston Lodge | 3 saloon/1/1 | 19 + 8 | Gas fired heating for out of season service. Aluminium body mounted on steel underframe and pattern 88 bogies. | |
| 113 | 1991 | Carnforth Railway restoration and FR Boston Lodge | 3 saloon / 3 / buffet store | 23 | Aluminium body mounted on steel underframe and pattern 88 bogies. Transferred to Welsh Highland Railway in 2003. First Class seats fitted into Carriage 101 in place of Pullman seats. Gas fired heating taken out of service on transfer to Welsh Highland Railway | |
| 114 | 1991 | Carnforth Railway restoration and FR Boston Lodge | 3 saloon/Buffet | 19 | Gas fired heating for out of season service. Aluminium body mounted on steel underframe and pattern 88 bogies. | |
| 116 | 1972 | Edmund Crow and FR Boston Lodge | 3 saloon/1 | 32 + 4 | Prototype aluminium body mounted on running gear at Boston Lodge. Rebuilt 1982. | |
| 117 | 1977 | FR Boston Lodge Works | 3 saloon | 35 | File:117Comb-060104.jpg | Gas fired heating for out of season service. Steel body mounted on ex Isle of Man Railway underframe R8 and pattern 88 bogies. |
| 118 | 1977 | FR Boston Lodge Works | 3 saloon | 35 | Steel body mounted on ex Isle of Man Railway underframe R6 and pattern 88 bogies. | |
| 119 | 1980 | FR Boston Lodge Works | 3 saloon/ lavatory | 32 | File:119Comb-060103.jpg | Steel body mounted on ex Isle of Man Railway underframe R10 and pattern 88 bogies. |
| 120 | 1980 | FR Boston Lodge Works | 3 saloon/ lavatory | 32 | Steel body mounted on ex Isle of Man Railway underframe R0 and pattern 88 bogies. | |
| 121 | 1981 | FR Boston Lodge Works | 3 saloon | 39 | Steel body mounted on ex Isle of Man Railway underframe R7 and pattern 88 bogies. Gas fired heating removed in 2003. | |
| Major Rebuild 2006 | Guard / Toilet / Buffet | 0 | Life expired body removed in early 2006, and replaced with a "Centenary Stock" style body when rebuilt as the first of the new service vehicles. | |||
| 122 | 2001 | FR Boston Lodge Works | 3 saloon | 36 | File:122Comb-060103.jpg | Diesel fueled heating for out of season service. |
| 1111 | 1997 | Bloomfield Steel Construction Co,, Tipton and FR Boston Lodge Works | Saloon/kitchen/lavatory | - | Body shell fitted out at Boston Lodge as a service and mess car for the Permanent Way department staff and volunteers. The vehicle is 40ft. long and the FR's longest, but quite narrow to enable staff to walk along side on embankments and elsewhere within the confines of the FR’s very limited clearances. |
