Locomotives
All Saltwood locomotives were built especially for the line, except Earl of Berkeley which was constructed for the Lechlade Light Railway, and bore the original name King of the Road, but was transferred to Saltwood (and renamed) whilst still less than a year old.
| Number | Name | Locomotive type | Wheel arrangement |
Builder | Entered Service | Withdrawn | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | Steam | 0-4-2 Tank | Jubb Engineering | 1922 | 1928 | Parts used in construction of next locomotive |
| 471 | Trojan | Steam | 4-4-2 Atlantic | F & A Schwab | 1928 | 1970 | Raven Atlantic, rebuilt 1929 as North British Atlantic |
| 260 | Maid of Kent | Steam | 2-6-0 Mogul | F & A Schwab & Henry Greenly | 1939 | 1975 | Prototype of Maid of Kent Class |
| 5060 | Earl of Berkeley | Battery Electric | Bo'2' | Tom Smith | 1974 | 1987 | Double cab enclosed locomotive, built 1973 |
| 7007 | Great Western | Battery Electric | Bo'2' | Tom Smith | 1976 | 1987 | Designed by A Schwab |
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