FR Locomotives
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[edit] AVAILABILITY
A separate chart showing the current availability of Steam Locomotives, can be found clicking here
[edit] STEAM LOCOMOTIVES
[edit] Steam locomotives built for the Festiniog Railway
- England Engines
- Princess - originally The Princess - on display in Spooner's
- Prince - originally The Prince
- Mountaineer (original) - dismantled 1879
- Palmerston
- Welsh Pony - (in store)
- Little Giant - dismantled 1932
- Double Fairlies
- Little Wonder - dismantled 1882
- James Spooner - dismantled 1933
- Merddin Emrys
- Livingston Thompson - also previously known as Taliesin (second) then Earl Of Merioneth (first)- now at the National Railway Museum in York as Livingston Thompson
- Earl of Merioneth (second)
- David Lloyd George
- Taliesin (first) - single Fairlie built 1876 - dismantled 1932
- Taliesin (second) - see Livingston Thompson
- Taliesin (third) - single Fairlie replica built 1999
- Lyd - Lynton & Barnstaple replica, construction completed August 2010
- Topsy - the first locomotive built at Boston Lodge - a live steam model!
- Locomotive Tenders
[edit] Steam locomotives acquired from elsewhere
- Moel Tryfan - no longer exists
- Volunteer - known as "The Peckett" - sold
- Linda - ex Penrhyn Quarry Railway
- Blanche - ex Penrhyn Quarry Railway
- Mountaineer (second) - a First World War Alco
- Britomart - quarry Hunslet owned by a private syndicate
- K1 - the first Beyer-Garratt, restored for use on the Welsh Highland Railway(C)
- Lilla ex Cilgwyn Quarry, Penrhyn Quarry Railway, and Bernard Latham
- Monarch ex - Bowaters - sold
- Leary - new vertical boiler locomotive built and owned by FR volunteers
[edit] INTERNAL COMBUSTION AND BATTERY LOCOMOTIVES
[edit] "Old Company" (pre 1946) internal combustion locomotives
- Mary Ann otherwise known as The Simplex
- Moelwyn - a First World War Baldwin
- Kerr Stuart 4415 - awaiting restoration after repatriation from Mauritius
- Austro-Daimler - no longer exists
- Muir Hill - no longer exists
[edit] Diesel passenger locomotives acquired post-1954
- Upnor Castle - now based on the Welsh Highland Railway(C)
- Conway Castle - now based on the Welsh Highland Railway(C)
- Criccieth Castle
- Castell Caernarfon - now based on the Welsh Highland Railway(C)
- Vale of Ffestiniog - bogie diesel from South Africa
[edit] Permanent Way Department and Boston Lodge Works diesel locomotives acquired post-1954
[edit] Small diesel and battery locomotives acquired post-1954 - used on the Deviation and on sundry other duties.
It should be noted that such was the interchangability of parts - including those that carry names - of the small Simplex locomotives, identities are particularly fluid.
- Alistair - sold
- Andrew - sold
- BEV The Grogan - sold
- Jane - later named Sandra (second)
- Monster
- Sandra (first) - later named Cora and now dismantled
- Sludge - sold
- The Colonel
- The Lady Diana - dismantled
- Andy - named in memory of Andy Putnam & built from parts of Sandra, The Colonel and The Lady Diana.
[edit] LINE CARS AND SELF PROPELLED EQUIPMENT
- Busta
- Wickham
- Stefcomatic
- Matisa A05 tamper
- Plasser and Theurer KMX95 CM tamper
- Parry People Mover - railcar on demonstration using flywheel power
[edit] Shunting Engines
A short article appears here regarding shunting in old Company Days.
