WHHR Carriages
23This page deals with carriages used on the Welsh Highland Heritage Railway (WHHR).
WHR Carriages deals with carriages used on the modern Welsh Highland Railway (WHR) since 1997.
WHR Carriages (Pre Preservation) deals with the carriages of the original WHR and its predecessor the North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways (NWNGR).
| Key: | In service | Stored | Scrapped | Renumbered or repurposed | Preserved elsewhere | Under construction |
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| Number | Name | Whls | Length | Seats | Brakes | Builder | Built | Type | Notes |
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| 1 | Cote Coach | Bogie | 23' | 20 | Air | WHR Ltd | 1973 | Observation and Brake end car with central glazed saloon; observation compartment is part-glazed. | Based on modified Hudson chassis. Sold to Teifi Valley Railway. |
| 2 | V.O.R. Brake | 4 wheel | - | - | Air | Midland Railway Carriage & Wagon Co. (Rebuilt GWR 1938) | 1902 | Brake Van | Ex. Vale of Rheidol Railway, sold by British Rail 1968. |
| 3 | "Old Toastie" | Bogie | 16' | 18 | Air | WHR Ltd | 1980 | Open toast rack, non-glazed, 3 compartments. | Based on Hudson chassis. Sold to a private railway in Hampshire |
| 5 | - | Bogie | 39' | 44 | - | - | 1913 | - | Chassis of Deutsche Reichsbahn bogie coach awaiting new body. No. 960 140 imported 1972. Returned to Germany August 2009. |
| 6 | The Four Wheeler | 4 wheel | 16' | 12 | Air | WHR Ltd | 1995 ¹ | Saloon | Converted from RNAD flat wagon No. 69. Brake Column can be fitted for use as a guards van |
| Former 6 | - | Bogie | 16' | 18 | - | WHR Ltd | 1981 | Semi-open toast rack, part-glazed, 3 compartments. | Based on Hudson chassis. Sold to Amerton Railway. |
| 7 | Eisteddfod coach | Bogie | 26' | 28 | Air | WHR Ltd | 1987 | Saloon, central corridor, fully glazed.
Wheelchair Access |
Based on modified Hudson chassis. |
| 29 (Earlier 8) | Gladstone Car | Bogie | 26' | 34 | Air | Metropolitan Carriage & Wagon Co. | 1891 | Central glazed saloon, open balcony at either end. | Ex North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways. Recovered in 1988. |
| 9 | Ashbury corridor (replica) | Bogie | 30' | 34 | Air | WHR Ltd and Stanegate Restorations & Replicas Ltd | 2007/10 | Saloon fully-glazed, centre corridor. | The original 1893 Ashbury carriage No.25 had been scrapped in 1942. This replica entered service in spring 2010. |
| 10 (later 23, then 24) | Buffet Car | Bogie | 30' | 26/
31 |
Air, converted to vacuum | Ashbury Rly Carriage & Iron Co. | 1893 | Saloon fully-glazed, centre corridor. | Ex North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways. Modified to form Buffet Car in 1927. Recovered in 1987. Restored, entered service in spring 2009. |
| 42 | Tourist Toastrack | Bogie | 32 | Air | Hudson | 1923 | Open tourist 'toast-rack' | One of six original toast-racks used on both WHR and FR. Returned to service July 2022 | |
| 8 | Pickering Brake (Replica) | Bogie | 24 | Air & Vacuum | Boston Lodge | 2019-2021 | Brake third with wheelchair access | Replica of NWNGR Pickering Brake carriage No.4 from 1907. Replica built at Boston Lodge and completed May 2021. |