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FFESTINIOG and WELSH HIGHLAND RAILWAY (FFR-WHR) |
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PEOPLE & INFRASTRUCTURE | |
Locomotives FFR: | |
Locomotives build by the "George England and Co" for the FFR: "Princess", "Prince", "Palmerston", "Welsh Pony" | |
No 1 "Princess" in storage, waiting restoration by FFR-WHR (build 1863) (photo FFR-WHR) | |
No 2 "Prince" restored and maintained by FFR-WHR (build 1864) | |
No 3 "Mountaineer" (build 1863 - scrapped 1879) | |
No 4 "Palmerston" restored and maintained by FFR-WHR (build 1864)(photo FFR-WHR) | |
No 5 "Welsh Pony" restored and maintained by FFR-WHR (build 1867) (photo FFR-WHR) | |
No 5 "Welsh Pony" at it's naming ceremony (9/10/2020) (photo FFR-WHR) | |
The four surviving Englands together (photo FFR-WHR) | |
No 6 "Little Giant" (build 1867 - scrapped 1932) | |
No 7 "Little Wonder" (build 1869 - scrapped 1882) (first double Fairlie) | |
Locomotive build by the "Avonside Engine Co" for the FFR: | |
No 8 "James Spooner" (build 1863 - scrapped 1879) (double Fairlie) | |
Locomotives build by the "Boston Lodge" (=FFR) for the FFR: "James Spooner", "Taliesin", "Merddin Emrys", "Livingston Thompson", "Earl of Merioneth", "David Lloyd George", "Taliesin", "James Spooner
II" Double Fairlies are articulated locomotives and have 2 power bogies. The cradle carries two boilers and the cab and has no wheels). | |
No 9 "Taliesin" (build: Boston Lodge-FFR 1876 - scrapped 1932) (single Fairlie) | |
No 10 "Merddin Emrys" (build: Boston Lodge-FFR 1879) (photos FFR-WHR) | |
No 11 "Livingston Thompson" (build: Boston Lodge-FFR 1886) on display in the NRM (Photo Joseph Ashford) | |
No 3 "Earl of Merioneth" (build: Boston Lodge-FFR 1979) in storage waiting possible rebuild (2018) | |
No 12 "David Lloyd George" (build: Boston Lodge-FFR 1992) (double Fairlie) (photo FFR-WHR) | |
No 7 "Taliesin" (build: Boston Lodge-FFR 1999) (single Fairlie) (photo FFR-WHR) | |
No 8 "James Spooner II" (under construction  at Boston Lodge-FFR) (double Fairlie) (photos FFR-WHR) | |
"Lyd" (Build: Boston Lodge-FFR 2010) (replica of the Manning Wardle locomotive Lew) maintained by FFR (photo FFR-WHR) | |
Locomotives build by the "Hunslet Engine Co" | |
Blanche (build 1893) purchased from fhe Penrhyn Quarry by the FFR in 1963 (photos FFR-WHR) | |
Linda (build 1893) purchased from fhe Penrhyn Quarry by the FFR in 1962 (photos FFR-WHR) | |
Blanche & Linda on their 125th birthday party weekend in 2018 | |
"Lilla" (Build 1891) restored and maintained by FFR | |
"Britomart" (Build 1899) restored and maintained by FFR | |
"Hugh Napier" (Build 1904) Owned by the National Trust, on permanent loan to the FFR, maintained by FFR | |
Locomotive build by the "ALCO" for the British Army during WW 1 | |
Mountaineer (build 1917) purchased by a supporter of the FFR in 1967, in use until 2006, waiting for restoration (photo FFR-WHR) | |
Locomotives WHR: | |
Beyer Garratt K1 Prototype for the NGG/G16 series of locomotives, purchased from the Tasmanian Government Railways | |
K1 (build: Beyer, Peacock and Company 1909) the world's first Garratt locomotive. Restored and entered service in autumn 2006. | |
Beyer Garratt NG/G16 locomotives build for the SAR (South African Railway): no 87, 130, 138, 143. Purchased by the WHR and regauged to FFR-WHR standard. NG16/6 are articulated locomotives and have 2 power bogies (front bogie carries a water tank - back bogie carries the tender), | |
NG/G16 no 87 (Build: John Cockerill, Seraing, Belgium 1936) (Restored by WHR-FFR 2009) | |
NG/G16 no 87 after overhaul in original SAR livery (2020) | |
NG/G16 no 138 (build: Beyer, Peacock and Company 1958) (restored by WHR-FFR 1997) | |
NG/G16 no 143 (build: Beyer, Peacock and Company 1958) (restored by WHR-FFR 1998) | |
NG/G16 no 130
(build: Beyer, Peacock and Company 1951) awaiting restoration in the
Dinas Yard Privately owned and on loan to the WHR |
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NG/G16 no 130 (build: Beyer, Peacock and Company 1951)
nearing completion after restoration by WHR-FFR 2020 (photo FFR-WHR) Privately owned and on loan to the WHR |
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NG/G16 no 130
(build: Beyer, Peacock and Company 1951) on a trial run (february 2021)
(photo FFR-WHR) Privately owned and on loan to the WHR | |
Ng15-134 "Kalahari" Restoration project at the WHR (september 2021) | |
"Harbin Locomotive Works", China | |
"Dahuichang 4", purchased in China by a group of FFR-WHR drivers and firemen, in restoration by that group before restoration (photo C2project) | |
"Dahuichang 4" enters his new home at Boston Lodge (photo C2project) | |
"Dahuichang 4", tender chassis, regauged and restored/rebuild (photo C2project) | |
"Dahuichang 4", tender chassis, regauged and restored (2018) | |
"Dahuichang 4", chassis with cylinders and motion brackets installed (2019) (photo C2project) | |
PEOPLE & INFRASTRUCTURE | |