FR Locomotives

Steam Locomotives

See also FR Steam Locomotive Availability for an overview of whether current steam locomotives are operational at the moment. There are also annual snapshots of availability going back to 2006.

Steam locomotives built for the Festiniog Railway

Number	Loco Name	Type	Built	Status	Notes
1	Princess	England 0-4-0ST+T	1863	Cosmetically restored	Originally The Princess
2	Prince	England 0-4-0ST+T	1863	Under overhaul 2024	Originally The Prince
3	Mountaineer	England 0-4-0T+T	1863	Dismantled 1879	(first)
4	Palmerston	England 0-4-0ST+T	1864	In service
5	Welsh Pony	England 0-4-0ST+T	1867	Under Repair - cracked driving wheel
6	Little Giant	England 0-4-0ST+T	1867	Dismantled 1929
7	Little Wonder	Double Fairlie 0-4-4-0T	1869	Dismantled 1882
8	James Spooner	Double Fairlie 0-4-4-0T	1872	Dismantled 1929	(first)
7 (originally No. 9)	Taliesin	Single Fairlie 0-4-4T	1876	Dismantled 1924	(first)
10	Merddin Emrys	Double Fairlie 0-4-4-0T	1879	In service
3 (originally No. 11)	Livingston Thompson	Double Fairlie 0-4-4-0T	1886	Cosmetically restored	On display at NRM, York
11	Earl of Merioneth	Double Fairlie 0-4-4-0T	1979	Long-term storage	(second)
12	David Lloyd George	Double Fairlie 0-4-4-0T	1992	In service
7	Taliesin	Single Fairlie 0-4-4T	1999	Completing overhaul 2024	(third)
14	Lyd	Manning Wardle 2-6-2T	2010	In service	L&B replica
8	James Spooner	Double Fairlie 0-4-4-0T	2023	In service	(second)

See also Topsy, a model locomotive built by Boston Lodge.

Steam locomotives acquired from elsewhere

Loco Name	Type	Built	Acquired from	Arrived on FR	Status	Notes
Moel Tryfan	Single Fairlie 0-6-4T	1875	NWNGR	1924	Dismantled 1954
Linda	Hunslet 2-4-0ST+T	1893	Penrhyn Quarry Railway	1962	In Service	Originally 0-4-0ST. Tender added 1963.
Blanche	Hunslet 2-4-0ST+T	1893	Penrhyn Quarry Railway	1963	In Service	Originally 0-4-0ST. Temporary tender 1964, new tender 1965.
Mountaineer	ALCo 2-6-2T	1918	John Ransom	1967	Undergoing overhaul	First World War ALCo
Britomart	Hunslet 0-4-0ST	1899	Pen-yr-orsedd Quarry	1966	In Service	Owned by a private syndicate
Lilla	Hunslet 0-4-0ST	1891	Bernard Latham	1997	In service
Dahuichang No.4	C2 class 0-8-0	1988	Chinese Forestry Railway	2007	Under reconstruction	Owned by a private syndicate
Leary	De Winton 0-4-0VBT	2010	Private owners	2011	Sold 2017	Now at Richmond Light Railway
Hugh Napier	Hunslet 0-4-0ST	1904	Penrhyn Quarry Railway	2011	In service	Owned by the National Trust
608	Baldwin 4-6-0PT	1917	Private owner	2019	In service footplate runs	Still belongs to private owner but now on FR
Velinheli	Hunslet 0-4-0ST	1886	Private owner	2018	In service footplate runs	Still belongs to private owner but now on FR

Steam locomotives acquired from elsewhere but never used on the FR

Loco Name	Type	Built	Acquired from	Arrived on FR	Status	Notes
The Peckett	Peckett 0-6-0ST	1944	Harrogate Gas Works	1957	Sold 1987	Was to be named 'Volunteer', now at Statfold named Harrogate
Monarch	Meyer 0-4-4-0T	1953	WLLR	1991	Sold 2002	Now back at Welshpool

Internal combustion and battery locomotives

Pre-preservation (pre-1954) internal combustion locomotives

Loco Name	Type	Built	Acquired from	Arrived on FR	Status	Notes
The Simplex	40 hp Simplex 4wPM	1917	WDLR	1923	In Service	Also known as Mary Ann
Moelwyn	Baldwin 2-4-0DM	1918	French Army	1925	In service	First World War, was 0-4-0DM
4415	Kerr Stuart 6wDM	1928	N/A	1928	Undergoing rebuild	On loan for trials and demonstration 1928-9 But since 1997 a permanent resident
Austro-Daimler	4wPM	?	P&W Anderson Ltd	1925	Scrapped 1934

Diesel passenger locomotives acquired post-1954

Loco Name	Type	Built	Acquired from	Arrived on FR	Status	Notes
Upnor Castle	Hibberd Planet 4wDM	1954	WLLR	1968	In Service
Conway Castle	Hibberd Planet 4wDM	1958	RNAD	1981	Undergoing overhaul
Criccieth Castle	Boston Lodge 0-6-0DH	1995	N/A	N/A	Under overhaul	Built at Boston Lodge from Baguley-Drewry parts
Vale of Ffestiniog	Funkey B-B	1967	Pretoria Portland Cement	1993	In Service	Bogie diesel from South Africa

Permanent Way Department and Boston Lodge Works diesel and battery locomotives acquired post-1954

Loco Name	Type	Built	Acquired from	Arrived on FR	Status	Notes
Tyke	Hunslet 4wDM	1941	Long Marston	1964	Dismantled, remains sold
Moel Hebog	Hunslet 4wDM	1955	Shaw Cross Colliery	1969	In service	To be moved to the heritage fleet, replaced by Moel yr Hydd
Ashover	Hibberd 4wDM	1948	East Anglian Transport Museum	1981	Stripped for overhaul
Harold	Hunslet 4wDM	1974	Yorkshire Water Authority	1993	In Service
Harlech Castle	Baguley-Drewry 0-6-0DH	1983	Bredgar & Wormshill	1988	In Service
Moel y Gest	Hunslet 4wDH	1965	RNAD Dean Hill	2004	In Service	Boston Lodge Shunter
Dolgarrog	Simplex 4wDM	1962	Innogy	1995	In Service	On loan from Innogy. Previously used on WHR relaying, now based at Glan y Pwll
Moel yr Hydd	Hunslet 4wDH	1994	Beeches Light Railway	2023	In service	To replace Moel Hebog in S&T service.
14T loco 1	Clayton 4wBE	2013	Tideway Tunneling Project	2023	Needs regauging to 597mm	Dual 750/610mm gauge. Potential Boston Lodge/Dinas shunter. Bought with 6 battery packs.
14T loco 2	Clayton 4wBE	2013	Tideway Tunneling Project	2023	Regauged 597mm 2024	Potential Boston Lodge/Dinas shunter.

Small diesel and battery locomotives acquired post-1954 - used on the Deviation and sundry other duties

It should be noted that such was the interchangeability of parts of the small Simplex locomotives - including those that carried names - that identities are particularly fluid.

Loco Name	Type	Arrived	Status	Notes
Alistair	Ruston & Hornsby 4wDM	1968	Sold 1991
Andrew	Ruston & Hornsby 4wDM	1974	Sold 1991
BEV The Grogan	BEV 4wBE	1975	Sold 1982
Jane	Simplex 4wDM	1966	Sold 2004	later named Sandra (second)
Monster	FR 4wDM	1998	Under Rebuild	Built 1974, left 1976, returned
Sandra (first)	Simplex 4wDM	1977	Dismantled 2009	Later named Cora
Sludge	Lister 4wPM	1976	Sold 1983
The Colonel	Simplex 4wDM	1966	Under rebuild
The Lady Diana	Simplex 4wDM	1974	Dismantled 2007
Andy	Simplex 4wDM	2017	Running	Named in memory of Andy Putnam. Built from parts of Sandra/Cora, The Colonel and The Lady Diana.

Line cars and self propelled equipment

• Busta
• Wickham
• Stefcomatic
• Matisa A05 tamper
• Plasser and Theurer KMX95 CM tamper

Shunting engines

A short article appears here regarding shunting in Old company days.

See also

• Visiting Locos
• Locomotives General Index