Waggon List 1 - 100
This page lists wagons used on the Ffestiniog Railway. More details and photos can be found on individual pages.
These lists include wagons used on the modern Welsh Highland Railway. Since the completion of the WHR rebuilding by the Festiniog Railway Company there is now little distinction between "FR wagons" and "WHR wagons" and in particular those wagons acquired during the WHR construction phase can now be seen over the entire F&WHR network, except 2003 and 3172 which are barred from the FR main line due to the loading gauge. Also non-vacuum-piped or fitted wagons are not normally permitted on the WHR except 5001 and that only if its side-chains are coupled to the tamper.
Sometimes in the company's pre-preservation history the spelling waggon (with two gs) instead of wagon, was used in some documentation. Whilst both spellings are used in this wiki, most other sources use the single-g spelling of wagon when referring to FR vehicles.
This list is compiled from several sources. These include:
- Official lists
- Ffestiniog Railway Magazine. Issue 50 has a stock list for Aug 1970, Issue 54 has an update to Aug 1971, Issue 93 has a full list for 1981.
- Ffestiniog Railway Traveller's Guide with Blue Cover, Section 4 Wagons Pages 35 & 36 - Stock List as at 01-Apr-92. (TGBC)
This information is supplemented by sightings of individual wagons and reports in FRM and elsewhere..
Condition/location/existence of wagons may have changed since issue of this. Contributors to this Wiki should amend this list with later information or with later dated photographs.
Legend[edit]
- H = Historic number restored, or seen in a pre-1967 picture - may duplicate number of another wagon
- N = number not now carried, due to renumbering or disposal of the wagon
- B = fitted with handbrake
- V = fitted with vacuum brake (or through-piped) for use in passenger trains
| No | Type | Photographer | Date | Note or Comment | Date and Source of Note or Comment |
| 1 H | 4-wheel Horse Dandy | Jim Hewett | 24 Apr 1988 | Wooden-bodied Horse Dandy Wagon Replica built 1980s. Inside bearings. Old FR no. See Dandy Wagon for notes | |
| 1 NVB | 4-wheel Brake Van | . | . | 'Old No 1 Van' originally No 6. Converted 1908 from Type 3 Quarrymen's Carriages. Renumbered 1 in 1955. Withdrawn 1963. See Van 1 - (1955) for notes | |
| 1 NVB | 4-wheel Brake Van | . | . | built 1963-4 by FRS Midland Area Group as 'New No 1 Van' to replace old No 1 van. Renumbered 51 in 1996. See Van 51 for notes | FRM 93 (1981), FRM 155 (1996) |
| 2 NVB | 4-wheel Brake Van | . | . | 'Old No 2 Van' originally No 5, then 8. Converted 1908 from Type 3 Quarrymen's Carriages. Renumbered 2 in 1955. Renumbered 6 in 1996-9. See Van 6 for notes | |
| 4 H | 4-wheel short Slab Wagon | KCB . | 30 April 2011. | Old FR number restored. See here for picture. | |
| 5 NVB | 4-wheel Brake Van | . | . | 'Old No 2 Van' originally No 5, renumbered 8 in 1940. Converted 1908 from Type 3 Quarrymen's carriages. Renumbered 2 in 1955. Renumbered 6 in 1996-9. See Van 6 for notes | |
| 6 NVB | 4-wheel Brake Van | . | . | 'Old No 1 Van' originally No 6. Converted 1908 from Type 3 Quarrymen's carriages. Renumbered 1 in 1955. Withdrawn 1963. See Van 1 - (1955) for notes | |
| 6 VB | 4-wheel Brake Van | . | . | 'Old No 2 Van' originally No 5, renumbered 8 in 1940. Converted 1908 from Type 3 Quarrymen's carriages. Renumbered 2 in 1955. Renumbered 6 in 1996-9. See Van 6 for notes. (Current Number in Van series) | FRM 206 |
| 7 NB | 4-wheel Brake Van | . | . | Two-balcony brake van similar to 'Old No 1 Van'. Converted 1910 from Type 3 Quarrymen's carriages. Derelict in Top Yard during closure, scrapped 1955 (iBase 776, 2344) | Boyd 1972 p367 |
| 7 VB | 4-wheel Brake Van | . | . | Replica of 'Old No 1 Van' Built Boston Lodge 1998. See Van 7 for notes. (Current Number in Van series) | |
| 7 HB | 3-ton slate | Kim Winter | 15-Oct-2005 | General overhaul with new floor 2023 | |
| 8.NVB | 4-wheel Brake Van | . | . | 'Old No 2 Van' originally No 5, renumbered 8 in 1940. Converted 1908 from Type 3 Quarrymen's carriages. Renumbered 2 in 1955. Renumbered 6 in 1996-9. See Van 6 for notes | |
| 8 HB | 6-Wheel Cleminson | Kim Winter | 15-Oct-2005 | See Cleminson Flexible Six-Wheeled Waggon for any notes or comments. Old FR Number 8. Renumbered 130 between 1967 and 1996, now reverted to 8. | FRM 93 |
| 16 N | Cement Wagon formerly Gun Powder Waggon | Michael Bishop | Aug 1966 | Picture here. Renumbered 152 in 1967 | [1] |
| 17 BN | 4-wheel Side-tipping | . | . | Four-Wheel Side Tipping Waggon Converted From 3-Ton Slate Waggon. Renumbered 161 in 1967. Now No 848 (historic number). | iBase 4091 |
| 18 BN | 4-wheel Side-tipping | . | . | Four-Wheel Side Tipping Waggon Converted From 3-Ton Slate Waggon. Renumbered 160 in 1967. Now No 830 (historic number). | iBase 4091 |
| 19 HB | 4-wheel wooden open coal waggon | Kim Winter | 15-Oct-2005 | Inside bearings. Historic number restored, formerly 162 in 1967 numbering. | FRM 214 |
| 20 H | 4-wheel long slab | Renovated 2012 with new wheels, couplings and battens | FRM 219 | ||
| 22 HB | 4-wheel wooden open coal waggon | Colin Lea | Aug-2006 | Previously 165 in 1967 numbering, prior to that was No 22, see here. Subsequently ran as No 26. Loaned to Beamish and body repaired there, returned to FR 2019. Frame and running gear repaired and renumbered to 22 in 2024. | |
| 21 H | 4-wheel long slab | Kim Winter | 15-Oct-2005 | See Slab Waggons for any notes or comments | |
| 24 HB | 4-wheel 2-ton slate | R.H. Bleasdale | Aug-1887 | See the new The Spooner Album Plate 15 Page 36 for extensive notes | |
| 25 H | 4-wheel long slab wagon fitted with oil tank | . | . | Converted at quarry. Tank from a wooden-framed wagon formerly used for oil to Maenofferen (iBase 1898). Acquired 2015 from Llechwedd, overhaul completed 2016. | FRHG 128 p19 |
| 26 NB | 4-wheel wooden open coal waggon | Colin Lea | Aug-2006 | Previously 165 in 1967 numbering, prior to that was No 22, see here. Subsequently ran as No 26. Loaned to Beamish and body repaired there, returned to FR 2019. Frame and running gear repaired and renumbered to 22 in 2024. | |
| 30 N | 4-wheel Granite open | . | . | Description from 1962 FR Stock Book. Originally 3-ton Slate 812, converted to Granite Waggon (steel sides). Renumbered 30 c1955(?). Renumbered 174 1967 | FRM 50 (1970) p18 |
| 30 HB | 4-wheel 2 ton Slate Wagon (GWR) | Jim Hewett | 4 May 2013 | built for traffic from Tan-y-Manod quarries to Blaenau Ffestiniog after Festiniog & Blaenau Ry converted to standard gauge. GWR number. Restored and in use for slate trains 2013. | |
| 38 N | Open wagon formerly Palmerston's tender | . | . | Post-1955 number. Renumbered 199 1967. Sold (with Palmerston) 1974. Now rebuilt and back with Palmerston. See England Engine Tenders for notes | |
| 44 HB | 4-wheel 2 ton Slate Wagon (GWR) | R. G. Cash | 24 March 2011 | built for traffic from Tan-y-Manod quarries to Blaenau Ffestiniog after Festiniog & Blaenau Ry converted to standard gauge. GWR number. | |
| 50 H | 4-wheel Iron Horse Dandy | KCB | 19 July 2010 | built c1861 at Boston Lodge; used by horses resting and feeding on the down gravity run between stage stations. Old company No | TGBC |
| 51 VB | 4-wheel Brake Van | . | . | built 1964 by FRS Midland Area Group as 'New No 1 Van' to replace old No 1 van. Renumbered 51 in 1996. See Van 51 for notes | FRM 93 (1981), FRM 155 (1996) |
| 51 N | 4-wheel Ash waggon | . | . | Ex Croesor Tramway iron open Waggon. Renumbered 196 in 1967 (FRM 50, 1970) but TGBC (1992) shows only 197. | 1962 FR Stock Book |
| 52 N | 4-wheel Ash waggon | . | . | Ex Croesor Tramway iron open Waggon. Renumbered 197 in 1967 (FRM 50, 1970, TGBC) | 1962 FR Stock Book |
| 53 N | 4-wheel Ash waggon | . | . | Ex Croesor Tramway iron open Waggon. Renumbered 198 in 1967 (FRM 50, 1970) but TGBC (1992) shows only 197. | 1962 FR Stock Book |
| 54 HB | 4-wheel 2-ton wooden slate | Kim Winter | 01-May-2005 | See 54B or Rhosydd Quarry for any notes or comments | |
| 56 | Open Bogie Flat waggon | Kim Winter | 15-Oct-2005 | Ex Isle of Man Railway carriage frame used for transport of large objects | |
| 57 | Open Bogie Flat waggon | Tim Goodspeed | 02-May-2006 | Ex Isle of Man Railway carriage frame used for transport of large objects. Coupler on bogie. | FRM 213 |
| 57 HB | 2-Ton Slate | Kim Winter | 09-Jan-2005 | See 2-Ton Slate Waggons (Braked - Un-Ratcheted) for any notes or comments | |
| 58 NB | Bogie PW Dept Van | Kim Winter | 9-Mar-2008 | See Van 58 for notes on this ex RNAD Van, formerly No 999. Sold 2014 to Moseley Trust. | |
| 59 NVB | 4-wheel Covered Van | Cyril Perrier | 18-Jun-68 | See Van 59 for extensive notes on this ex Welshpool Van, formerly No 9 in passenger stock. Sold 2014 to Vale of Rheidol. | |
| 59 HB | 4-wheel 2 ton Slate Wagon (GWR) | R. G. Cash | 26 March 2011 | built for traffic from Tan-y-Manod quarries to Blaenau Ffestiniog after Festiniog & Blaenau Ry converted to standard gauge. GWR number | |
| 60 HB | 4-wheel open fixed-side wagon | . | . | Early-type waggon with low fixed sides, inside-bearing wheels and handbrake. Used for general goods including beer in casks. Appears in some of the Bleasdale photographs but was scrapped many years ago. A replica was completed and put into service in Autumn 2012. Sometimes referred to as the "Beer Waggon". | FRM 217 |
| 60 N | Bogie open wooden sides | . | . | WD type D open wagon ex Smiths Nocton Estate No 18. Dismantled for spares before 1981. | FRM 54, 93 |
| 61 NB | Bogie fuel tank | . | . | Originally WD type D open wagon ex Smiths Nocton Estate No 35, but WD frame later replaced by a newer one from a road trailer. Scrapped Feb 2012. | |
| 62 NB | Bogie open wooden sides | . | . | WD type D open wagon ex Smiths Nocton Estate No 9. Dismantled for spares before 1971. | FRM 50, 54 |
| 62 NB | Bogie fuel tank | KCB | 14-Oct-2005 | Built 1988, scrapped 2014. Bogies retained for new 62. | |
| 62 VB | Bogie well wagon | Built 2015. Can carry a 5 tonne excavator, or a flail cutter for vegetation control. Reuses the Polish plate-frame bogies from the previous No 62, the tank wagon, otherwise all new. Painted green, fitted chopper couplings. | |||
| 63 BV | Bogie open wooden sides | Kim Winter | 09-Jan-05 | See Bocoals for notes on this interesting wagon. WD open wagon (rebuilt from van) ex Smiths Nocton Estate No 3. Vacuum through pipe. | |
| 64 V | Bogie water tank | Kim Winter | 15-Oct-05 | Previously a WD-type bogie flat, old FR no 4, but before that one of the Hudson Toastracks, this became an oil tank wagon in 1971. Later the WD type underframe was used for the reconstructed Toastrack Carriage 42. The tank was given a new underframe and diamond-frame bogies. See Fuel Tank Wagons for a picture in this condition. Following the decline in oil fuel, in 2013 it was rebuilt as a water tank wagon, with South African cast-steel bogies and vacuum brake. Capacity 9000 litres. | FRM 93, 222 |
| 65 NB | Bogie flat | . | . | WD-type bogie flat, old FR no 5 - Ownership transferred to the Moseley Railway Trust collection | |
| 66 NB | Bogie flat | . | . | WD-type bogie flat, old FR no 6. Originally one of the Hudson Toastracks. Converted to Carriage 38 in 1971. | FRM 93, FRHJ 112 |
| 66 B | Bogie fuel tank | . | . | See Fuel Tank Wagons for any notes or comments. Built 1973. | |
| 67 NB | Bogie flat | . | . | WD-type bogie flat, old FR no 7. Originally one of the Hudson Toastracks. Formerly used for weedkiller spraying. Ownership transferred to the Moseley Railway Trust collection, now runs at Apedale as WHR Carriage 40. | FRM 54 |
| 68 BV | Bogie open wagon | KCB | 06-May-2007 | See Bogie Coal Wagons for notes. Ex RAF Lichfield, 1963. Hudson design, not WD type. Formerly on Feldbahn bogies from Brookes' Quarry wagon[2], now on WD type. Rebuilt 2011-13 with new welded underframe, new floor and through vacuum pipe. Now painted grey. | FRM 54, FRHJ 114. |
| 69 B | Bogie open wagon | . | . | ex RAF Lichfield, 1963. Built by or to the design of R. Hudson Leeds Ltd, not WD type. Now mounted on WD type bogies; | TGBC |
| 70 NB | Bogie Flat | . | . | Formerly WD type D open wagon, acquired and overhauled by White Rose Group FRS. Delivered to FR and converted to Carriage 37 in 1971. | FRM 50, 54 |
| 70 NB | Bogie fuel tank | . | . | Formerly WD type D open wagon ex Arnold, Leighton Buzzard 1969, via EAG to FR 1971. Tanks now removed and ownership transferred to the Moseley Railway Trust collection at Apedale. Now restored as WD wagon. | FRM 47, 54 |
| 70 B | Bogie Cherry Picker | Tim Goodspeed | 06-Dec-2004 | See The Cherry Picker for any notes or comments. Built 2003-4 | |
| 71 | Bogie open wooden sides | . | . | WD type D open wagon ex Arnold, Leighton Buzzard 1969, via EAG to FR 1971. Sides and ends removed. | FRM 50, 54 |
| 72 B | Bogie open wooden sides | Kim Winter | 05-Mar-06 | See Bocoals for any notes or comments. WD type D open wagon ex Arnold, Leighton Buzzard 1969, via EAG to FR 1971. Sides and one end removed. | FRM 47, 54 |
| 73 N | Bogie open wooden sides | . | . | Two-door drop side War Dept type D design; ex Arnold, Leighton Buzzard; acquired 1969 and refurbished by East Anglian Group, to FR 1971. Converted to Carriage 39 in 1992 | TGBC |
| 73 H | Wooden Bolster Wagon | . | . | Spooner type Bolster Wagon, rebuilt 2016. Formerly 136 (1967 number), renumbered 2017. | |
| 74 B | Bogie open steel sides | Tim Goodspeed | 02-May-06 | All steel 2-door drop sides; See Locoals for any notes or comments. ex RAF Fauld 1981 | FRM 93 |
| 75 B | Bogie open steel sides | Kim Winter | 01-May-05 | See Locoals for any notes or comments. ex RAF Fauld 1981 | |
| 75 HB | 4-wheel 2 ton Slate Wagon (GWR) | See GWR Slate Wagons for any notes or comments. Historic GWR number. | |||
| 76 B | Bogie open steel sides | . | . | See Locoals for any notes or comments. ex RAF Fauld 1981 | TGBC |
| 76 H | Wooden Bolster Wagon | . | . | Spooner type Bolster Wagon, rebuilt 2016. Formerly 138 (1967 number), renumbered 2017. | |
| 77 B | Bogie open steel sides | Kim Winter | 09-Mar-08 | See Locoals for any notes or comments. ex RAF Fauld 1981 | - |
| 78 B | Bogie open steel sides | Cyril Perrier | 26-Jun-01 | See Locoals for any notes or comments. ex RAF Fauld 1981 | |
| 79 H | 4-wheel 2-ton wooden slate | Jim Hewett | 12 Sept 09 | built c1857 at Boston Lodge. Listed in 1910 as allocated to Bwlch-y-Slater Quarry traffic. Picture here. | TGBC |
| 79 B | Bogie open steel sides | Kim Winter | 19-Oct-06 | See Locoals for any notes or comments. ex RAF Fauld 1981 | |
| 80 B | Bogie open steel sides | . | . | See Locoals for any notes or comments. ex RAF Fauld 1981. | |
| 81 | Bogie open steel sides | All steel 2-door drop sides; See Locoals for any notes or comments. ex RAF Fauld 1981 | TGBC | ||
| 82 B | Four-Wheel Steel Side-Discharge Hopper Wagon No.82 | Kim Winter & Tim Goodspeed | 01-May-05 & 02-May-06 | Both sides photographed - See Four-Wheel Steel Side-Discharge Hopper Wagon No.82 for any notes or comments | |
| 83 B | 4-wheel Hudson open | Steel body, drop sides; ex RAF Lichfield 1963; built Hudson 1952 | TGBC | ||
| 84 B | 4-wheel Hudson open | Steel body, drop sides; ex RAF Lichfield 1963; built Hudson 1952 | TGBC | ||
| 85 B | 4-wheel Hudson open | Kim Winter | 09-Mar-2008 | See RAFs for any notes or comments | |
| 86 B | 4-wheel Hudson open | Steel body, drop sides; ex RAF Lichfield 1963; built Hudson 1952 | TGBC | ||
| 86 HB | 4-wheel 2 ton Slate | Steel body. Historic number. In use for gravity trains Oct 2013. | |||
| 86 H | 4-wheel 2 Ton Slate (LNWR) | LNWR number. Previously ran as LNW69. Built LNWR Earlestown 1885-7. In use for gravity trains Oct 2013. Rebuilt 2024, new floor etc. | FRM 266 | ||
| 87 B | 4-wheel Hudson open | Kim Winter | 22-Oct-06 | See RAFs for any notes or comments | |
| 88 B | 4-wheel Hudson open | Steel body, drop sides; ex RAF Lichfield 1963; built Hudson 1952 | TGBC | ||
| 89 B | 4-wheel Hudson open | Kim Winter | 22-Oct-06 | See RAFs for any notes or comments | |
| 89 B | 4-wheel Hudson open | Steel body, drop sides; ex RAF Lichfield 1963; built Hudson 1952 | TGBC | ||
| 90 B | 4-wheel Hudson open | Kim Winter | 22 Oct 2006 | Steel body, drop sides; ex RAF Lichfield 1963; built Hudson 1952 | TGBC |
| 91 B | 4-wheel Hudson open | Steel body, drop sides; ex RAF Lichfield 1963; built Hudson 1952 | TGBC | ||
| 92 B | 4-wheel Hudson open | Steel body, drop sides; ex RAF Lichfield 1963; built Hudson 1952 | FRM214 | ||
| 93 B | 4-wheel Hudson open | Steel body, drop sides; ex RAF Lichfield 1963; built Hudson 1952 | TGBC | ||
| 94 B | 4-wheel Hudson open | Steel body, drop sides; ex RAF Lichfield 1963; built Hudson 1952 | TGBC | ||
| 95 B | 4-wheel Hudson open | Tim Goodspeed | 02-May-06 | See RAFs for any notes or comments | |
| 96 B | 4-wheel Hudson open | Barrie Hughes | 12-Aug-06 | Steel body, drop sides; ex RAF Lichfield 1963; built Hudson 1952 | |
| 97 B | 4-wheel Hudson open | KCB | May 2005 | Steel body, drop sides; ex RAF Lichfield 1963; built Hudson 1952 | TGBC |
| 98 B | 4-wheel Hudson open | Tim Goodspeed | 02-May-06 | Steel body, drop sides; ex RAF Lichfield 1963; built Hudson 1952 | TGBC |
| 99 B | 4-wheel Covered Van | Kim Winter | 15-Oct-2005 | Was Electrical Dept stores van until 2015, restored 2017. |
References[edit]
- ^ Boyd, James I.C. (1975) [1959]. The Festiniog Railway 1800 - 1974; Vol. 2 Locomotive and Rolling Stock and Quarry Feeders. Blandford: The Oakwood Press. p. 532. ISBN 085361-168-8.
- ^ Boyd, James I.C. (1975) [1959]. The Festiniog Railway 1800 - 1974; Vol. 2 Locomotive and Rolling Stock and Quarry Feeders. Blandford: The Oakwood Press. p. 522. ISBN 085361-168-8.