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Dahuichang 4 is a modern Chinese-built locomotive that arrived on the Ffestniog for assessment on 16 January 2007. Built at the Harbin Locomotive Works in Manchuria (builder's number 221 of 1988), it is an 0-8-0 tender design. Built for 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) gauge track, it has been acquired by a group of Ffestiniog footplate volunteers who are regauging and rebuilding it.

The locomotive left Minffordd for display at Shildon in mid-August 2008. It has since returned to Boston Lodge, where it is being rebuilt in a specially built shed.

As of April 2026 the cab and tender are wooden mockups. There is, as yet, no approval to use the chinese boiler, and a replacement could cost £100k-£150k.

Photo credit: User:Nigelbarry

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