Diesel Locomotives
| No | Name | Wheel arrangement | Date built | Builder | Image | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castell Caernarfon | B-B | 1967 | CH Funkey & Co (Pty) Ltd | This 335 hp diesel hydraulic locomotive was built for work in a diamond mine and was later used for cement traffic at Port Elizabeth, South Africa. It is one of a pair imported by the Ffestiniog Railway, the other (Vale of Ffestiniog) being re-bodied to fit the FR loading gauge. It was the first locomotive to be moved to Dinas, in January 1997. In service on newly refurbished bogies. Unlike other diesels purchased by the Ffestiniog Railway Company and named bilingually after Northern Welsh castles, 'Castell Caernarfon' is named in Welsh only. | ||
| Upnor Castle | 4-wheel | 1954 | F.C. Hibberd | This 180 hp Gardner 6LXB diesel engined locomotive was built for R.N. Chattenden and Upnor Railway. Sold to Welshpool and Llanfair Railway in 1962 and to the Ffestiniog Railway in 1968 and re-gauged. Transferred Dinas, in August 1997 for use on reconstruction work. | ||
| Castell Conwy/Conway Castle | 4-wheel | 1958 | F.C. Hibberd | This 180 hp Gardner 6LXB diesel engined locomotive was built for RNAD Ernesettle, Plymouth. Bought by the Ffestiniog Railway in 1981 and re-gauged, it was re-bodied and overhauled at Boston Lodge in 1986 and frequently used on 'pull and push' trains. After several years on light duties a new engine was fitted in October 1999. Transferred to Dinas, in April 2000 for use as a stand-by on passenger engine. Used also on civil engineering rosters. | ||
| Castell Cidwm, originally No 9 | 0-6-0DM | 1953 | Baguley | Purchased in summer 2009 for use on works trains from a private buyer. The locomotive has a Gardner 8LW diesel engine de-rated to 132 hp. Built by Baguley as a 2 ft gauge locomotive with the builders number 2395.
It was built for the Drewry Car Co Ltd, for Underhill Day & Co Pty Ltd, for South Johnstone Co-operative Sugar Milling Association Ltd in Queensland, Australia. The mill gave it the number 9 and used it to work sugar cane wagons in Innisfail district of far north Queensland. In 2004 the locomotive was purchased by a member of the Lynton & Barnstaple Trust, who shipped it from Australia in 2005. It is believed to have been stored in Essex and in Somerset before being moved to the Exmoor Steam Railway. The locomotive will be overhauled and re-gauged before entering service. |
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| Bill, Hunslet 9248 | 0-4-0DH | 1985 | Hunslet | Arrived on the WHR 18 February 2010. A 2ft 6ins gauge four-wheel 115hp Ford-engined diesel hydraulic 15-ton flameproofed 4wDH locomotive previously used at the Corus Coated Products Division plant at Shotton, to be regauged for use on the WHR as a heavy shunter on the Boston Lodge and Dinas yards. | ||
| Ben, Hunslet 9262 | 0-4-0DH | 1985 | Hunslet | Arrived on the WHR 18 February 2010. Almost identical to Bill. | ||
| Dolgarrog | 0-4-0 | 1962 | Simplex | A small simplex locomotive loaned to the WHR by Innogy that has been used on construction trains, particularly on the Phase 4 section between Rhyd Ddu and Porthmadog. |
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