Ffestiniog Railway Steam Locomotive Availability 2007

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This page records the status, as advised, of the fleet at the end of 2007.

Steam Locomotive Availability 2007
Locomotive Built Fuel Availability Condition Notes Source Date Carriage Rating
Princess 1863 coal No Worked the last train on 1st August 1946 before the nine years of temporary closure and not used since On display in Spooners n/a n/a
Welsh Pony 1867 coal No Withdrawn from service in 1938 after failing a hydraulic test and not used since Not on Public display. In store at Glan-y-Pwll Wiki n/a
Livingston Thompson 1886 coal No Withdrawn from service in 1971. Cosmetic restoration in 1988 On loan to the National Railway Museum in York n/a
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Prince 1863 oil Yes Available
for use
. GA . 5
Palmerston 1864 coal Yes Available
for use
. GA . 4
Merddin Emrys 1879 coal Yes Available
for use
. Wiki . 12
Earl of Merioneth 1979 coal Yes Available
for use
Re-entered service 25/8/07 Black livery + mauve nameplates GA August 07 12
David Lloyd George 1992 oil Yes Available
for use
. GA Mar 06 12
Taliesin 1999 coal Yes Available
for use
. GA Dec 07 6
Linda 1893 oil See 1 below Under repair See 1 below FR E-group posting 36467; GA Jul 06 8
Blanche 1893 oil Yes Available
for use
. GA . 8
Mountaineer 1916 oil No Boiler certificate expired Feb 2006 Stored at Glan-y-Pwll pending resources for overhaul GA Feb 06 8
Lilla (Privately owned) 1891 coal No Undergoing a major overhaul in the works and is awaiting a new boiler Boiler being fabricated in house . Apr 07 ?
Britomart (Privately owned) 1899 coal Yes Available
for use
. . May 07 2

Notes

Linda Frames still on table in erecting shop, tender moved from old loco shed to 3 Road where a start has been made on mock ups of bunker / shovelling plate. Work has been undertaken on horns & boxes; the new glands have been machined up; the new neck rings are all done before grinding the slide bars (now done) and will be offerd up shortly. Progress might well increase now Merddin is back on his wheels.

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