Locomotives of The Vale of Rheidol Railway - Summary of Locomotives

Summary of Locomotives

The table below lists all those locomotives owned by the VoR, leased to the VoR, or built to its designs:

Locomotive 'Old' VoR No. GWR No. (1923) GWR No. (1946) TOPS No. (1968) Current No. Name Notes
Former Locomotives
1 1 1212 - - - Edward VII Withdrawn and scrapped 1930s (Name removed 1923).
2 2 1213 † - - - Prince of Wales Withdrawn and scrapped 1924.
3 3 1198 - - - Rheidol Withdrawn and scrapped 1924.
4 4 - - - 4 Palmerston Hired as a 4th engine from the Ffestiniog Railway in 1902 (& coincidentally the Ffestiniog Railway's locomotive number 4). Returned to Ffestiniog in 1922, where it still operates.
Current Locomotives
7 - 7 7 98007 7 Owain Glyndŵr Awaiting overhaul. Name applied by BR.
8 - 8 8 98008 8 Llywelyn Name applied by BR.
9 - 1213 † 9 98009 9 Prince of Wales Name applied by BR in the mistaken belief that they were restoring the original name.
10 - - - - 10 - Modern diesel locomotive.

† These were two entirely different locomotives. The same number was transferred from one to the other as an accounting exercise.

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