Narrow Gauge Locomotives and Railcars
| Number | Name | Builder | Type | Date Built | Works number | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Don | Black Hawthorne | 0-4-2ST | 1877 | Supplied to and used in construction of the St Aubin
& La Moye railway. Left Jersey by 1900 |
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| Black Hawthorne | 0-4-2ST | 1877 | Supplied to and used in construction of the St Aubin
& La Moye railway. Left Jersey by 1900 |
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| 1 | St. Heliers | Manning Wardle | 2-4-0T | 1884 | 916 | Rebuilt with larger boiler in 1910.
Scrapped in Jersey. Nameplates preserved at National Railway Museum, York. (Photo at St Aubin Station ) |
| 2 | St. Aubins | Manning Wardle | 2-4-0T | 1884 | 917 | Rebuilt with larger boiler in 1909.
Scrapped in Jersey. Nameplates preserved at National Railway Museum, York. |
| 3 | Corbiere | W.G. Bagnall | 2-4-0T | 1893 | 1418 | Rebuilt with larger boiler in 1907.
Scrapped in Jersey. Nameplates preserved at National Railway Museum, York. |
| 4 | St. Brelades | W.G. Bagnall | 2-4-0T | 1896 | 1466 | Rebuilt with larger boiler in 1912.
Offered to York museum for preservation in 1937. Accepted but not delivered. Scrapped in Jersey. Nameplates preserved at National Railway Museum, York. (Photo at St Helier Weighbridge Station ) |
| 5 | La Moye | Andrew Barclay | 2-4-0T | 1907 | 1105 | Little used after 1918. Sold in 1928 to the Victoria Falls Power Company in South Africa, later passing to ESCOM.
Withdrawn from service in 1992. Now preserved in South Africa by SANRASM (South African National Railway And Steam Museum), near Johannesburg. (Photo at St Helier Weighbridge Station ) (Photo of loco preserved in South Africa ) |
| Railcar 1 | Pioneer No. 1 | Sentinel | Steam railcar | 1923 | 4863 | The first railcar built by Sentinel-Cammel.
Scrapped / Sold in 1935 |
| Railcar 2 | Pioneer No. 2
later Portelet |
Sentinel | Steam Railcar | 1924 | 5159 | A more powerful version of Pioneer No. 1 (Photo at St Aubin Station ) |
| Railcar 3 | La Moye
Also known as the Wembley Car |
Sentinel | Steam Railcar | 1925 | 5833 | Exhibited at the 1925 Wembley Exhibition. |
| Railcar 4 | Normandy | Sentinel | Steam Railcar | 1925 | 5655 | Purchased from the standard gauge Jersey Eastern Railway in 1930 via A.O. Hill Ltd. and converted to 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) gauge. W.J. Carmen states: After closure Normandy was used - with passenger accommodation removed to become a flat bed - to remove the track as it was lifted) |
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