Alan Keef

Alan Keef's factory in Lea with the Woto steam locomotive on the 1999 open house

Alan Keef Ltd is a British narrow gauge railway manufacturer that designs, manufactures, maintains, refurbishes and sells locomotives, wagons and accessories.

history

The company was founded in 1975 as a limited liability company in Cote near Bampton in Oxfordshire and continued what Alan Keef had specialized in on his own behalf for several years. In 1986 the company moved to a larger factory building in Lea, near Ross-on-Wye in Herefordshire .

The first locomotive was built in 1976. By 2008 over 80 steam, diesel and electric locomotives were produced. Most of these are miniature or narrow gauge locomotives with the exception of two standard gauge locomotives for the Beamish Museum : The Steam Elephant and Puffing Billy replicas . In 2008 Alan Keef Ltd built the frames, wheelsets and drives for two Parry People Mover rail buses for the Stourbridge Town Branch Line (139001 and 139002). Some of Alan Keef's locomotives are replicas of steam locomotives, but they are powered by diesel engines. These are marked as steam outline (s / o) in the table below .

In 1987 the company took over the production of Motor Rail locomotives.

Alan Keef has restored several historically valuable locomotives including the Baldwin Class 10-12-D locomotive No. 778 now on the Leighton Buzzard Light Railway and No. 794 on the Welsh Highland Heritage Railway , also known as the No. 590 to be led.

At the respective open day in September on the premises of Alan Keef, visitors can view and use rolling stock from various exhibitors as well as the in-house vehicle fleet on the permanently laid 2 and 3- foot narrow-gauge tracks.

New and replica locomotives

serial number	Construction year	Number / name	Axis sequence	track -wide	class	Customers)	Remarks	image
1	1974	Trixie	0-4-0ST OC	610 mm (2 feet)	Trixie	In operation in Cote from September 5, 1974. Sold to the Merion Mill Railway in January 1975 . Returned to Alan Keef in 1976. Resale to Rail Rebecq in Belgium under the name Paula . Now on the Tacot des Lacs railway , France.	Alan Keef Ltd designed most of the locomotive but didn't build it. The manufacturer was Trevor Barber, the former manager of the Whipsnade and Umfolozi Railway .
2	1976	Skippy	4wDM	610 mm (2 feet)	Motorized tipper
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4th	1979		4wDM	610 mm (2 feet)		Wilmslow Peat Farm	Out of service
5	1979		4wDM	610 mm (2 feet)		William Sinclair Horticulture Ltd. Now on the Highland Light Railway .	Out of service	www.uklocos.com / ...
6th	1981		4wDM	610 mm (2 feet)		Privately owned
7th	1982	BARBIE	4wDM	533 mm (21 inches)		Pleasure Beach Railway, Blackpool
8th	1982	T2 SALLY	4wDH	610 mm (2 feet)		William Sinclair Horticulture Ltd	Out of service	[1]
9			4wDH	610 mm (2 feet)		Leemspoor Narrow Gauge Museum , Netherlands
10	1983	5 ALISON	4wDH	610 mm (2 feet)		Gartell Light Railway
11	1984	IVOR	4wDH s / o	610 mm (2 feet)		Thorpe Park
12	1984	SIR GEORGE	4wDH s / o	610 mm (2 feet)		Greenlea Light Railway		[2]
13R	1984		4wDH	381 mm (15 in)	Ruston & Hornsby 452280 Major Overhaul	Evesham Vale Light Railway
14th	1984		4wDH s / o	610 mm (2 feet)		John Redden's Scrapyard, Wellingborough
15th	1984		4wDH	610 mm (2 feet)		India
16	1985	WEASEL	0-6-0DH s / o	260 mm (10.24 inches)	Replica of a Wisbech & Upwell Tramway Locomotive	Wells & Walsingham Light Railway
17th	1985	3	0-4-0DH s / o	610 mm (2 feet)		Cotswold Wild Life Park Railway
18th	1985	05 581	4wDH	610 mm (2 feet)		William Sinclair Horticulture Ltd
19th	1985	JEFFREY	4wDH	610 mm (2 feet)		William Sinclair Horticulture Ltd
20R	1986		4wDM	610 mm (2 feet)	Ruston & Hornsby 283513 Major Overhaul	William Sinclair Horticulture Ltd., now on the Highland Light Railway .	Dismantled
21st	1987	05/582	4wDH	762 mm (2 feet 6 inches)		Chemring Energetics UK Ltd
22nd	1987	05/583	4wDH	762 mm (2 feet 6 inches)		Chemring Energetics UK Ltd
23	1988	3 JACK	0-4-0DH s / o	610 mm (2 feet)		East Hayling Light Railway
24	1988		DH		U-series	Kyung Dong Coal Mine , Korea
25th	1988		DH		U-series	Kyung Dong Coal Mine, Korea		[3]
26th	1988		4wDM	610 mm (2 feet)	40S	William Sinclair Horticulture Ltd	Out of service
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28	1989	T9	4wDM	610 mm (2 feet)	40S	William Sinclair Horticulture Ltd		[4]
29	1988			1,067 mm (3 feet 6 inches)	60S	Nigeria
30th	1990	"Taffy"	0-4-0VBT VC	610 mm (2 feet)		Alan Keef	De Winton replica
31	Chassis (AKL) 1990 structure, tender and mechanics (RVM) 2012	Princess Swee 'Pea	0-6-0 DH s / o	260 mm (10.25 inches)		Hastings Miniature Railway	Originally constructed by Alan Keef Ltd. Only the front chassis and the smoke chamber are preserved.
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34	1991		0-4-0DH s / o			Singapore Zoo Railway	Garden ornament
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36	1990			1,067 mm (3 feet 6 inches)	60S	Nigeria
37	1990				85S	Chemicals & Fertilizers of Port Harcourt, Nigeria
38	1991	"Trijntje"	0-4-0T OC	600 mm		Efteling Stoomtrein Maatschappij	De Efteling BV
39	1992	SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL	0-6-2DH s / o	381 mm (15 in)		Blenheim Park Railway
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41	1992		0-6-2DH s / o	381 mm (15 in)		Haigh Railway		[5]
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43						Guyana Sugar Corporation		[6]
44	1993		4wDH	914 mm (3 feet)		Peatlands Park Railway
45	1993		4wDH	610 mm (2 feet)		India
46	1993		4wDH	610 mm (2 feet)		Woodhead tunnel
47	1994	T5 SANDRA	4wDH	610 mm (2 feet)		William Sinclair Horticulture Ltd		[7]
48
49	1994		4wDH	610 mm (2 feet)		John Muir Country Park Railway
50	1994		4wDH	610 mm (2 feet)		India
51	1995		0-6-2DH s / o	381 mm (15 in)		Cricket St Thomas Railway
52	1996	PAM	0-4-0DH	381 mm (15 in)		Wotton Light Railway
53
54	1998	DENSIL	0-6-0DH s / o	260 mm (10.25 inches)		Wells Harbor Railway
55	1998		4wDH	1,067 mm (3 feet 6 inches)		Walton Water Treatment Works scrapped in 2010
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59R	1999	80 BEAUDESERT	4wDH	610 mm (2 feet)	Motor Rail 101T018	Leighton Buzzard Light Railway
60	2000	Edward Milner	0-6-0DH	311 mm (12.25 inches)		Buxton Miniature Railway
61	2000	SIR WALTER RALEIGH	0-4-0DM s / o	457 mm (18 inches)		Bicton Woodland Railway
62	2002	4th	0-2-0 + 2wDH	Lartigue monorail		Listowel and Ballybunion Railway
63	2001	JAMES GORDON	0-4-0DH s / o	610 mm (2 feet)		Alford Valley Railway
64	2001	POMPEY	BB DH	381 mm (15 in)		Wotton Light Railway
65	2001	MARGAM CASTLE	0-4-0DH s / o	610 mm (2 feet)		Margam Country Park Railway
66	2002	2 THE EARL OF OAKFIELD	0-4-0DH	381 mm (15 in)		Difflin lake Railway
67	2003		4wBE	610 mm (2 feet)		Llechwedd Slate Caverns
68	2003	4 BELLA	0-4-0DH s / o	610 mm (2 feet)		Cotswold Wild Life Park Railway
69R	2003	9 MARK TIMOTHY	2-6-4T OC	381 mm (15 in)	Refurbished Winson 20	Bure Valley Railway
70	2004	LADY ALEXANDRA	0-4-0DH s / o	508 mm (20 inches)		Great Woburn Railway
71	2004	"PUFFING BILLY"	4wG VC	1,435 mm	Replica of 1813 locomotive	Beamish Museum
72R	2004	313	4wBE	610 mm (2 feet)	Reconditioned Wingrove & Rogers 5568001	Groudle Glen Railway
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74	2005	HOWARD	0-6-0DH s / o	260 mm (10.25 inches)		Wells Harbor Railway
75R	2007	2 BICTON	4wDH	457 mm (18 inches)	Refurbished Ruston & Hornsby 213839	Bicton Woodland Railway
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77	2007	LYDIA	2-6-2T OC	381 mm (15 in)		Perrygrove Railway	[8th]
78R	2007	6th	4wDH	914 mm (3 feet)	Refurbished Motor Rail 102T007	Difflin Lake Railway
79	2007	7 FLYNN	0-6-0DH	381 mm (15 in)		Longleat Light Railway
80	2007	BORIS	0-6-0DH	260 mm (10.25 inches)		Hotham Park Miniature Railway
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83	2008	ERIC	0-6-0DH	260 mm (10.25 inches)		Lappa Valley Steam Railway
84	2008	SIR PETER GADSDEN	4wBE	610 mm (2 feet)		Blists Hill Victorian Town
85R	2010	BUNTY	2-6-2T + T OC	381 mm (15 in)	Start of construction at Neville Smith. Completed at Alan Keef Ltd.	Heatherslaw Light Railway
86	2010	MERLIN	0-4-0DH	610 mm (2 feet)		Wicksteed Park Railway
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93R	2013	"STEAMPLEX"	4wVBT		Refurbished Motor Rail 5877	Groudle Glen Railway		[9]
94	2013	Winston	0-6-0DH	381 mm (15 in)		Blenheim Park Railway at Blenheim Palace , in Oxfordshire , England .
60SD757	1986			1,067 mm (3 feet 6 inches)	60S	Ghana Bauxite	Ordered by Ghana Bauxite from Simplex Mechanical Handling Ltd, but supplied by Alan Keef Ltd.
40SD530	1987		4wDM	825 mm (2 feet 8.5 inches)	Motor Rail 40S	Volks Electric Railway	Originally ordered from Simplex Mechanical Handling Ltd by Butterley Building Materials Ltd but supplied by Alan Keef Ltd.
M001	1988		2a-2DH	Monorail		Mrs. Whites Garden Ltd, Wiltshire
M002	1989	M002 IVOR	2a-2DH	Monorail	Skip wagon	Alan Keef Ltd	Stored
M003	1989		2a-2DH	Monorail	Skip wagon	Alan Keef Ltd	Stored
	1977	PW 3 REDGAUNTLET	4wPM	381 mm (15 in)		Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway
	1979	"Thomas"	4wVB VCG	610 mm (2 feet)		Telford Development Corporation	To Telford Horsehay Steam Trust circa 1987
	1988		4wDM	610 mm (2 feet)	Refurbished Motor Rail 9932	Chilmark Mine & Teffont Quarry
	1988	8th		610 mm (2 feet)	Baguley 2w-2DM Railcar	Leighton Buzzard Light Railway	Conversion of a rail bus into a sidecar.
	1993	1 DROMAD	0-4-2T OC	914 mm (3 feet)	Kerr Stuart 3024 General Overhaul	Cavan & Leitrim Railway
	1995		2w-2DH Railcar	914 mm (3 feet)	Drewry Cars 1495 major overhaul	Cavan & Leitrim Railway
	1999	CHARLES	0-6-0DH s / o	260 mm (10.25 inches)		Ferry Meadows Railway
	2001	STEAM ELEPHANT	6wG	1435 mm	Joint project with Dorothea Restorations , replica of the Steam Elephant .	Beamish Museum
	2004	COL. FREDERICK WYLIE	4wDH	610 mm (2 feet)	Hunslet 9349 general overhaul	Beeches Light Railway
	2004	3 ENTERPRISE	4wDH	914 mm (3 feet)	Motor Rail 60S382 general overhaul	Waterford & Suir Valley Railway
E762	2012	" Lyn " replica	2-4-2T	600 mm		Lynton & Barnstaple Railway	Various parts and assembly of the replica from 1898

literature

• Alan Keef Ltd - Locomotives Built at Cote . In: Industrial Railway Society (ed.): Industrial Railway Record . No. 113, June 1988.
• A tale of Many Railways - An autobiography and history of Alan Keef Ltd. Lightmoor Press 2008, ISBN 978-1-899889-30-3 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Archive link ( Memento from March 8, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Baldwin 794/590 locomotive description (English).
2. ↑ Lea Bailey Light Railway - Alan Keef Open Day, September 21, 2013 ( Memento of February 23, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh} Industrial Railway Society : Industrial Locomotives (16EL) . Industrial Railway Society, 2012, ISBN 978 1 901556 78 0 .
4. ↑ ^{a b} Handbook 16EL, Amendment List No.18 . Industrial Railway Society, May 2015, pp. 957/28.
5. ^ Steve Thomason: The Springfield Agricultural Railway - Locomotives . Retrieved September 24, 2013.
6. ↑ Bijzondere locomotief: Het is een Rijssens Leemspoor bijzondere locomitief Rijker.
7. ↑ 3nd - Narrow Gauge Diesel / Petrol Locomotive Record No: 9445 . UKLocos.com. Retrieved on September 29, 2013  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )
8. ^ ^{A b c} Simon Darvill: Indian / South-Asian Industrial Locos . Retrieved September 25, 2013.
9. ↑ Steve Best: 4md - Miniature Diesel / Petrol Locomotive Record No: 11976 . In: Preserved Railway Stocklist . Retrieved on December 1, 2013  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )
10. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k} JAS Rowlands: Simplex (narrow gauge) Locomotives - The Alan Keef Years . Archived from the original on September 27, 2013. Retrieved September 23, 2013.
11. ↑ trainguy: Hastings Miniature Railway . Retrieved June 16, 2014.
12. ↑ Stuart: Flower Train . In: cymro76's photostream . Flickr. Retrieved November 18, 2013.
13. ↑ http://www.industriespoor.nl/Hoofdstuk29.pdf ALAN KEEF, Ross-on-Wye GB Keef K38 type Bt bwj. 1991 spw. 600 mm, 1991- De Efteling Kaatsheuvel
14. ↑ Steve Best: Record No: 11973 . In: Preserved Railway Stock List . Retrieved on November 17, 2013.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )
15. ↑ 4md - Miniature Diesel / Petrol Locomotive Record No: 11867 . uklocos.com. Retrieved on September 29, 2013  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )
16. ↑ Steve Best: Record No: 11974 . In: Preserved Railway Stock List . Retrieved on November 17, 2013.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )
17. ↑ Steve Best: 4md - Miniature Diesel / Petrol Locomotive Record No: 11740 . In: Preserved Railway Stocklist . Retrieved on December 1, 2013  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )
18. ↑ 4md - Miniature Diesel / Petrol Locomotive, Record No: 10759 . UKLocos.com. Retrieved on September 29, 2013  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )
19. ^ New Haven Neil: Groudle Glen News . Retrieved September 25, 2013.
20. ↑ 4md - Miniature Diesel / Petrol Locomotive Record No: 11829 . uklocos.com. Retrieved on September 29, 2013  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )

Web links

Commons : Alan Keef  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website