Locomotives
Source: Ruislip Lido Railway Society
| No. | Name | Built | Livery | Locomotive type | Wheel arr. |
In Traffic? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Robert | 1973 | Dark blue | Diesel-hydraulic | 4w-4 | Yes (Select Days) |
| 5 | Lady of the Lakes | 1986 | Red | Diesel-mechanical | 4w-4w | Yes (P-Way) |
| 6 | Mad Bess | 1986-98 | Green | Steam | 2-4-0T | Yes |
| 7 | Graham Alexander | 1990 | Blue | Diesel-mechanical | 4w-4w | No |
| 8 | Bayhurst | 2003 | Green | Diesel-mechanical | 4w-4w | Yes |
| 9 | John Rennie | 2004 | Dark red | Diesel-mechanical | 4w-4w | Yes |
Mad Bess, a 2–4–0 saddle tank tender locomotive, was built at the Lido by the Society between 1986 and 1998. The locomotive is based on Blanche, which is preserved at the Ffestiniog Railway in Wales. Mad Bess is oil-fired to avoid the risk of fire in the woods.
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