Statfold Barn Railway
4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge; 2 ft 6 in (762 mm); 2 ft (610 mm)
The Statfold Barn Railway is a narrow gauge railway based near Tamworth, Staffordshire and partially in Warwickshire, England.[1] Founded by engineering entrepreneur Graham Lee and his wife Carol at their farm-based home, they originally designed what is still termed the garden railway, in which Graham could run his trains and Carol could design an extensive English country garden around a lake.
Graham Lee chaired the family-owned LH Group, with its main focus on railway engineering services. After LH Group acquired what remained of the Hunslet Engine Company in 2005, Graham pursued the opportunity to acquire the last steam locomotive built by Hunslet. Commissioned in 1971, it had been ordered by Leeds-based Robert Hudson & Co Ltd, who supplied and installed a complete railway system for the Trangkil sugar mill estate in Indonesia. As he pursued the Hunslet, Graham noticed a number of other interesting but defunct steam locomotives of European origin in Indonesia, and set about recovering these as well.
After Wabtec acquired LH Group in 2012, Graham retained the rights to produce steam locomotives under the Hunslet name. He had produced the first new steam powered Hunslet in 2006, and also restored several locomotives in the collection. In 2017, Graham and Carol Lee gave the collection of over 100 locomotives and associated vehicles, equipment and ephemera to the newly formed Statfold Narrow Gauge Museum Trust, to ensure the collection was retained and maintained at its current site.
Today the railway has an extensive workshop where locomotives are built and restored. The railway is open to the public.[2]
History
Having acquired Statfold Farm near Tamworth, Staffordshire as their family home, engineer Graham Lee – who had worked his way up through family owned LH Group, and eventually became chairman – persuaded his wife Carol to build a 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge railway around their garden and lake.
Happy with the garden railway, it was not until LH Group acquired what remained of the Hunslet Engine Company in 2005, that Graham pursued the opportunity to acquire the last steam locomotive built by Hunslet (and the last steam locomotive to be built in the UK for industrial use). Commissioned in 1971 to an original Kerr Stuart design, it had been ordered by Leeds-based Robert Hudson & Co, who supplied and installed a complete railway system for the Trangkil sugar mill estate in Indonesia. Negotiations were conducted via Hunslet's agent in Jakarta, and after visiting the site during negotiations and to supervise the loading of Trangkil No.4, Graham noticed a number of other interesting but defunct steam locomotives of European origin in Indonesia, and set about recovering these as well. Pakis Baru and Sragi sugar mills had interesting locomotive fleets and two examples from German manufacturers were acquired from each.[3]
As Indonesia's state environmental laws do not allow the export of scrap-metal, Trangkil No.4 together with five other locomotives Graham proposed to export back to the UK had to be shown in steam and moving. Whilst Trangkil No.4 was still 2 ft gauge, the other five locomotives were built to the more common European 2 ft 6inches gauge. Graham hence built with friends what is now term the mainline – in dual 2 ft and 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) gauge – which runs around the outside in a basic oval shape of the original garden railway. Thus was formed the Statfold Barn Railway, and its core collection.[3]
After Wabtec acquired LH Group in 2012, Graham retained the rights to produce steam locomotives under the Hunslet name. He had produced the first new steam powered Hunslet in 2006, and used the same facilities to restore items in the collection.[3] In March 2010 some 51 locomotives were based on the Statfold Barn Railway, either operable or waiting for restoration or rebuild.
In 2017, Graham and Carol Lee gave the collection of over 100 locomotives and associated vehicles, equipment and ephemera to the newly formed Statfold Narrow Gauge Trust, to ensure the collection was retained and maintained at its current site.
Today the railway has its own workshop where locomotives are restored and maintained. The 'Field Railway' is a 2 ft (610 mm) gauge line approximately 1.5 miles (2.4 km) long with a "balloon loop" at one end with a station at the other end, originally with 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) mixed gauge. There is a passing loop halfway along the line which has a single platform 'Oak Tree Halt' and a siding heading off to storage facilities in the 'Grain Store' roundhouse. There is also a separate (but connected) loop line 'Garden Railway' of 2 ft (610 mm) gauge round an ornamental lake. Alongside the core 2 ft and 2 ft 6 inch collection, the museum also displays locomotives of other gauges including 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge, 18 in (457 mm) and 2 ft 6 in (762 mm), and other vehicles.
In July 2023 DHR locomotive 778 was relocated to the Statfold Barn Railway. It is the only DHR locomotive outside of India, and has the oldest currently working steam boiler in the world.[citation needed]
For the 2017 season, a narrow gauge tram track was laid in concrete parallel to the level section of the Field Railway incorporating an 18 in (457 mm) mixed gauge rail line. The running shed had a triple gauge line leading down into the standard gauge storage sidings and then across the Field Railway where a short stub led into a field.
March 2023 saw the opening of a new miniature railway, the 12+1⁄4 in (311 mm) gauge 'Mease Valley Light Railway'.[4]
Statfold Engineering Ltd is a separate company operating on the same site operated by Graham Lee's grandson, Nick Noon. Established in 2017, it undertakes work for outside customers, mainly in the railway industry.[5]
Rolling stock
- Statfold Barn Railway Open Day 2013
- Dual gauge track in 2007. The 2 ft 6 in gauge rail has since been discontinued owing to the dominance of the 2 ft gauge.
- Marchlyn of Avonside in front of Sybil Mary of Hunslet
- Isibutu of W. G. Bagnall
- Davenport before restoration.
- Harrogate of Peckett and Sons (built for Harrogate Gasworks Railway)
- Vertical Boilered Paddy (now named Howard) on the Garden Railway
- A cavalcade of steam locomotives
Steam locomotives
Identity | Works number | Type | Gauge | Builder | Year built | Previous operator | Status | Notes | Image |
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Hodbarrow | 299 | 0-4-0ST | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) | Hunslet | 1882 | Exhibit | [6] | ![]() | |
Glenfield No.1 | 880 | 0-4-0CT | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) | Andrew Barclay | 1902 | Glenfield & Kennedy Ltd, Kilmarnock | Exhibit | Cosmetically restored, on display outside the entrance[4] | ![]() |
Minas de Aller No. 2 | 439 | 0-6-0PT | 600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in)[6] | Corpet-Louvet | 1884 | Coal mines, Aller, Asturias, Spain | Operational | Restored to working order in 2012. | ![]() |
Portugesa | 748 | 0-4-0ST | 600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in) | Black, Hawthorn & Co | 1883 | Minas Y Ferrocarriles de Utrillas, Teruel, Spain | Undergoing restoration[7] | ||
King of the Scarlets | 492 | 0-4-0ST | 1 ft 10+3⁄4 in (578 mm)[6] | Hunslet | 1889 | Dinorwic Quarry | Exhibit | In original open-cab form. In Canada 1965–2012. | ![]() |
DHR 778 | 3518 | 0-4-0ST | 2 ft (610 mm) | Sharp, Stewart | 1889 | Darjeeling Himalayan Railway | DHR B Class. Purchased by The Darjeeling Tank Locomotive Trust 2023 from former Beeches Light Railway.[8] | ![]() | |
Sragi No. 1 | 4045 | 0-4-2T | 2 ft (610 mm) | Krauss | 1899 | Sragi Sugar Mill, Pekalongan, Central Java | Operational | Restored to working order in 2008. | ![]() |
Handyman | 573 | 0-4-0ST | 3 ft (914 mm) | Hudswell Clarke | 1900 | Burton Ironstone Company | Undergoing cosmetic restoration off-site.[9] | Transferred from the National Railway Museum in 2021.[10] | ![]() |
Pakis Baru No. 1 | 614 | 0-4-0WTT | 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) | Orenstein & Koppel | 1900 | Exhibit | Restored to working order in June 2006. | ![]() | |
Pakis Baru No. 5 | 1473 | 0-4-4-0T Mallet | 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) | Orenstein & Koppel | 1905 | Pakis Baru Sugar Mill in Pati, Central Java | Exhibit | Restored to working order in March 2007. | ![]() |
Sybil Mary | 921 | 0-4-0ST | 2 ft (610 mm)[6] | Hunslet | 1906 | Penrhyn Quarry | Operational | Restored to working order in 2013 in original open-cab form. | ![]() |
Seaforth | 1026 | 0-4-2T | 2 ft (610 mm) | Hunslet | 1910 | Pleystow sugar mill, Queensland | Awaiting restoration | Repatriated in 2021[11] | ![]() |
No. 11 Fiji | 972 | 0-6-0 | 2 ft (610 mm)[6] | Hudswell Clarke | 1912 | Lautoka sugar mill, Fiji | Operational | Converted to diesel for operation on a tourist railway. Returned to UK in 2011, arrived at Statfold in 2012 and restored to working order in its original steam form in 2014. Overhauled in 2020. | ![]() |
No. 19 | 1056 | 0-4-0ST | 2 ft (610 mm)[6] | Hudswell Clarke | 1914 | Lautoka sugar mill, Fiji | Operational | Restored to working order in 2013. | ![]() |
Saccharine | 13355 | 0-4-2T | 2 ft (610 mm)[6] | Fowler | 1914 | Sugar plantation in South Africa | Operational | Restored to working order in 2010. Overhauled in 2020. | ![]() |
3010 | 0-6-0WT | 2 ft (610 mm)[6] | Kerr, Stuart and Company | 1916 | French Government Artillery Railways | Awaiting restoration as of 2017. | First imported to UK for preservation in 1974. | ![]() | |
WDLR 779 | 44657 | 4-6-0PT | 2 ft (610 mm)[6] | Baldwin | 1916 | British War Department Light Railways, France; Ryam Sugar Company, Bihar state, India | Undergoing restoration[12] | ![]() | |
Cannonball Express | 1586 | 0-4-0 | 2 ft (610 mm)[6] | Davenport | 1917 | Ryam Sugar Company, Bihar state, India | Operational | Restored to working order in 2015. | ![]() |
1735 | 0-6-0WT | 2 ft (610 mm) | Decauville | 1919 | French Government Artillery Railways, Mozambique | Dismantled as of 2017 | Imported for preservation 2000. | ||
14928 | 0-8-0T | 2 ft (610 mm)[6] | Henschel | 1917 | Deutsche Feldbahn; Marromeu sugar mill, Mozambique | Awaiting restoration, for sale as of 2017 | |||
2 Roger | 3128 | 0-4-0ST | 2 ft (610 mm) | Kerr, Stuart and Company | 1918 | Imperial Smelting Co., Avonmouth, Bristol | Operational | Formerly spent some time in Canada. Mainly used on the Garden Railway. | ![]() |
6 Howard (previously Paddy) | 2 | 0-4-0VBT | 2 ft (610 mm)[6] | 'Wilbrighton Wagon Works' | 2007 | Amerton Railway | Exhibit | Incorporates older components. In main entrance / ticket hall | ![]() |
Alpha | 1172 | 0-6-0PT | 2 ft (610 mm)[6] | Hudswell Clarke | 1922 | Ryam Sugar Company, Bihar | Operational | Restored to working order in 2016.[13] | ![]() |
Sragi No. 14 Max | 10705 | 0-6-0WTT | 2 ft (610 mm) | Orenstein & Koppel | 1923 | Sragi Sugar Mill, Pekalongan, Central Java. | Operational | ![]() | |
Liassic | 1632 | 0-6-0ST | 1 ft 11+1⁄2 in (597 mm)[6] | Peckett | 1923 | Southam Cement Works, Warwickshire | Operational as of 2017 | Restored to working order in 2017. | ![]() |
No. GP 39 | 1643 | 0-6-0WT | 2 ft (610 mm)[6] | Hudswell Clarke | 1930 | Surrey County Council Highways Department | Operational | Penrhyn Slate Quarry Bronllwyd, then at Bressingham Steam Museum 1966–2010. Overhauled in 2017. | ![]() |
Jatibarang 9 | 4878 | 0-4-4-0T Mallet | 2 ft (610 mm) | Jung | 1930 | Jatibarang Sugar Mill, Brebes, Indonesia | Operational | Restored to working order in 2011. | ![]() |
Cegin | 1991 | 0-4-0WT | 2 ft (610 mm) | Andrew Barclay | 1931 | Penrhyn Slate Quarry | Operational | In North America 1965–2016. | |
Michael | 1709 | 0-4-0ST | 1 ft 10+3⁄4 in (578 mm)[6] | Hunslet | 1932 | Dinorwic Quarry | Awaiting restoration to working order as of 2017. | In Canada 1965–2012. | ![]() |
Ogwen | 2066 | 0-4-0T | 2 ft (610 mm) | Avonside | 1933 | Penrhyn Quarry | Visiting[13] | In United States 1965–2012. | ![]() |
Marchlyn | 2067 | 0-4-0T | 2 ft (610 mm)[6] | Avonside | 1933 | Penrhyn Quarry | Operational | In United States 1965–2011; restored to working order in 2012. | ![]() |
Howard No. 2 (previously Lady Morrison) | 1842 | 0-4-2ST | 2 ft (610 mm)[6] | Hunslet | 1936 | British Aluminium Company, Fort William | Awaiting Overhaul | A latter-day representative of the Kerr, Stuart 'Old Type Brazil' class. Restored to working order (re-gauged from original 3 ft.) in 2014. Its older classmate (built by Kerr, Stuart in 1916) is now with the Cavan and Leitrim Railway in the Irish Republic, still 3 ft. gauge but with side tanks and a non-original pattern boiler. | ![]() |
Harrogate | 2050 | 0-6-0ST | 2 ft (610 mm) | Peckett | 1944 | Harrogate Gas Works (originally fitted with cut down cab and chimney). | Operational | Overhauled in 2015. | ![]() |
Isaac | 3023 | 0-4-2T | 2 ft (610 mm) | W. G. Bagnall | 1953 | Rustenburg Platinum Mines, South Africa | Overhauled in 2012; moved to the railway in 2021.[14] | ![]() | |
A. Boulle | 2627 | 4-4-0T | 2 ft (610 mm) | W. G. Bagnall | 1940 | Tongaat Sugar, Natal | Exhibit | Arrived on loan August 2023[15] | ![]() |
Isibutu | 2820 | 4-4-0T | 2 ft (610 mm)[6] | W. G. Bagnall | 1945 | Tongaat Sugar, Natal | Operational | Overhauled in 2021. | ![]() |
Wendy | 2091 | 0-4-0ST | 2 ft (610 mm) | W. G. Bagnall | 1919 | Dorothea Quarry, Nantlle Valley (previously Votty & Bowydd Quarry, Blaenau Ffestiniog) | Awaiting Overhaul | Donated by Hampshire Narrow Gauge Railway Society in 2019. | ![]() |
Tamar | 3756 | 0-4-2PT | 2 ft (610 mm) | Hunslet | 1952 | Cameroon Development Corporation | Undergoing restoration | Kerr, Stuart Tamar class design, a pannier tank variant of the Kerr, Stuart 'New Type Brazil' class.[13] | ![]() |
Trangkil No. 4 | 3902 | 0-4-2ST | 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in) regauged 2 ft (610 mm) | Hunslet | 1971 | Trangkil Sugar Mill, Pati, Central Java (built to Kerr, Stuart 'New Type Brazil' class drawings but with a more modern pattern of feed pump). | Operational | ![]() | |
Gertrude | 995 | 0-4-0ST | 2 ft (610 mm) | Hunslet | 1909 | Penrhyn Quarry | Sectioned exhibit | Open cab. In Canada from early 1960s to 2017. | ![]() |
Cloister | 542 | 0-4-0ST | 2 ft (610 mm) | Hunslet | 1891 | Dinorwic Quarry | Operational | Donated by Hampshire Narrow Gauge Railway Society in 2019. | ![]() |
Statfold | 3903 | 0-4-0ST | 2 ft (610 mm) | Hunslet | 2005 | Statfold Barn Railway | Operational | Cab. Overhauled in 2017.[16] | ![]() |
Jack Lane | 3904 | 0-4-0ST | 2 ft (610 mm) | Hunslet | 2005 | Statfold Barn Railway | Operational | Open cab. Overhauled in 2016.[16] | ![]() |
K1 | 5292 | 0-4-0+0-4-0 Garratt | 2 ft (610 mm) | Beyer, Peacock and Company | 1909 | Tasmanian Government Railways K class | Operational | Transferred temporarily from Welsh Highland Railway 2019 for overhaul, which was completed in 2020. | ![]() |
Jack | 684 | 0-4-0ST | 18 in (457 mm) | Hunslet | 1898 | John Knowles (fireclay works), Woodville, Derbyshire | Operational as of 2018 | Restored to working order in 1982 whilst at Armley Mills Industrial Museum, Leeds. | ![]() |
Woolwich | 1748 | 0-4-0T | 18 in (457 mm) | Avonside | 1915 | Royal Arsenal Railway, Woolwich | Cosmetically restored | Donated to the railway in 2020. | ![]() |
Victoria | 332 | 2-4-2T | 12+1⁄4 in (311 mm) | Exmoor Steam Railway | 2007 | Statfold Barn Railway | Operational | Mease Valley Light Railway | ![]() |
Carol Ann | 350 | 2-6-2 | 12+1⁄4 in (311 mm) | Exmoor Steam Railway | 2024 | Statfold Barn Railway | Operational | Mease Valley Light Railway | ![]() |
Diesel locomotives
Identity | Works number | Type | Gauge | Builder | Year built | Previous operator | Status | Notes | Image |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1891 | 4wDM | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) regauged to 2 ft (610 mm) | Plymouth Locomotive Works | 1924 | a quarry in Ohio | Unknown | [17] | ![]() | |
20777 | 0-4-0DM | 2 ft (610 mm) | Orenstein & Koppel | 1936 | ex Kriegsmarine (Keil), ex Norden Clay Works, Dorset, ex Durley Light Railway. | Operational | [17] | ![]() | |
Sam | 2019 | 0-4-0DM | 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) | Hunslet for Robert Hudson | 1939 | RNAD Broughton Moor | Unknown | Flameproof [17] | ![]() |
Atlas | 2463 | 4wDM | 2 ft (610 mm) | Hunslet | 1941 | Ministry of Defence depot, Long Marston, Warwickshire, later to Abbey Light Railway | Unknown | [17] | ![]() |
3621 | 4wDM | 2 ft (610 mm) | Hunslet for Robert Hudson | 1947 | Under restoration as of 2017 | ![]() | |||
Charley | 9976 | 4wDM | 2 ft (610 mm) | Motor Rail | 1954 | Somerset River Board | Operational | [17] | ![]() |
Brambridge Hall | 5226 | 4wDM | 2 ft (610 mm) | Motor Rail | 1936 | Hall & Co., Brambridge gravel pits, Colden Common (previously A. E. Farr, Winchester By-Pass construction) | Operational | Donated by Hampshire Narrow Gauge Railway Society in 2019. | |
AGWI Pet | 4724 | 4wDM | 2 ft (610 mm) | Motor Rail | 1939 | Anglo Gulf West Indies Petroleum Corporation, Fawley Refinery | Operational | Donated by Hampshire Narrow Gauge Railway Society in 2019. | |
5800 | 4wDM | 3 ft (914 mm) regauged to 2 ft (610 mm) | Plymouth | 1954 | St Marys Cement Company, Ohio | Operational | [17] | ![]() | |
418776 or 418767 | 4wDM | 2 ft (610 mm) | Ruston & Hornsby | 1957 | Canada | Unknown | [17] | ||
6137 | 4wDM | 3 ft (914 mm) regauged to 2 ft (610 mm) | Plymouth | 1958 | St Marys Cement Company, Ohio | Operational | [17] | ![]() | |
W114H | 6720 | 4wDH | 2 ft (610 mm) | Hunslet-Taylor | 1965 | Western Reefs Gold Mine, South Africa | Operational | [17] | ![]() |
N13H | 7588 | 4wDH | 2 ft (610 mm) | Hunslet-Taylor | 1968 | Vaal Reefs Gold Mine, South Africa | Unknown | [17] | ![]() |
Welsh Highland No. 5 | 6285 | 4wDM | 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) regauged to 2 ft (610 mm) | Hunslet | 1968 | Millom Haematite Ore & Iron Co Ltd | Unknown | Returned to Welsh Highland Heritage Railway 2017[17][18] | ![]() |
35 | 7010 6941 | 4wDH | 2 ft (610 mm) | Hunslet, rebuilt by Andrew Barclay | 1971 (rebuilt 1988) | Eastriggs | Unknown | [17] | |
40SD503 | 4wDM | 2 ft (610 mm) | Motor Rail | 1975 | Minworth sewage treatment works | Operational | [17] | ![]() | |
8819 | 4wDH | Originally 3 ft (914 mm), now 2 ft (610 mm) | Hunslet | 1979 | Nantgarw Colliery | Unknown | [17] | ![]() | |
Tom | D1447 8847 | 0-6-0DM | 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) | Hudswell Clarke post acquisition by Hunslet | 1981 | John Summers & Sons steelworks, Shotton, Flintshire | Unknown | [17] | ![]() |
A10 | 3782 | 4wDH | 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) regauged to 2 ft (610 mm) | Baguley-Drewry | 1984 | RNAD Trecwn | Sold to Amerton Railway 2017 | [17] | ![]() |
9294 | 4wDH | 3 ft (914 mm) | Hunslet | 1991 | British Coal, Stillingfleet Mine, Yorkshire | Unknown | Flameproof [17] | ||
9351 | 4wDH | 2 ft (610 mm) | Hunslet | 1991 | Hire to Balfour Beatty Amec Joint Venture for London Underground Jubilee Line Extension construction, later to Lower Lea Valley Cable Tunnels construction | Unknown | [17] | ![]() | |
9332 | 4wDH | 2 ft (610 mm) | Hunslet | 1994 | Jan-Pan, Singapore | Operational | [17] | ![]() | |
D4 | 1001 | 4wDM | 2 ft (610 mm)[6] | Funkey | Unknown | Unknown | [17] | ![]() | |
D5 | 1033 | 4wDM | 2 ft (610 mm)[6] | Funkey | Unknown | Unknown | [17] | ![]() | |
Carnegie | 4524 | 0-4-4-0DM | 18 in (457 mm) | Hunslet | 1954 | Royal Arsenal Railway, Woolwich | Awaiting restoration | Delivered 2020. | ![]() |
4 Alistair | 201970 | 4wDM | 2 ft (610 mm) | Ruston & Hornsby | 1940 | Bierrum & Partners; Ffestiniog Railway; Hayling Seaside Railway | Operational | On site as of 2021.[19] | |
73 | 0-6-0DH | 12+1⁄4 in (311 mm) | Alan Keef | 2005 | Private owner, north Devon | Operational | [20] |
Petrol locomotives
Identity | Works number | Type | Gauge | Builder | Year built | Previous operator | Status | Notes | Image |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
680 | 0-4-0PM | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) | Baguley | 1916 | Jacob's biscuits, Aintree (originally Ministry of Munitions National Filling Factory No 2) | Originally paraffin powered, changed to petrol in 1927[17] | ![]() | ||
774 | 774 | 0-4-0PM | 2 ft (610 mm) | Baguley | 1919 | Timber Supply Department railway at Pennal, then Oakeley Slate Quarry, then preserved by Rodney Weaver, sold to Gloddfa Ganol, purchased by the Narrow Gauge Railway Museum, cosmetically restored at the Amerton Railway | Unknown | Stored at Statfold between 2008 and 2012, then returned to the Narrow Gauge Railway Museum in Tywyn[21] | ![]() |
8 | 39924 | 4wPM | 2 ft (610 mm) | Robert Hudson | 1924 | Cairngryffe Quarry | Unknown | [17] | ![]() |
36863 | 4wPM | 2 ft (610 mm) | Robert Hudson | c. 1929 | Restored | Paraffin powered; restored 1987 | ![]() | ||
INCO No 3 | 4049 | 4wPM | 2 ft (610 mm) | Vulcan Iron Works | 1929 | Inco Nickel Refinery, Port Colborne, Ontario | Converted to run on propane[13] | ||
INCO No 5 | 4196 | 4wPM | 2 ft (610 mm) | Vulcan Iron Works | 1936 | Inco Nickel Refinery, Port Colborne, Ontario | [22] | ||
Charles | 3746 | 4wPM | 2 ft (610 mm) | Brookville | 1951 | Nichols Chemical Company, Sulphide Ontario | Unknown | [17] | ![]() |
38384 | 4wPM | 2 ft (610 mm) | Robert Hudson | 1930 | Steelworks, Staveley, Derbyshire | Under restoration | [17] |
Compressed air locomotives
Identity | Works number | Type | Gauge | Builder | Year built | Previous operator | Status | Notes | Image |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sid | 9902 | 0-4-0CA | 2 ft (610 mm) | Etherington/Statfold Barn Railway | 2009 | [17] | ![]() |
Electric locomotives
Identity | Works number | Type | Gauge | Builder | Year built | Previous operator | Status | Notes | Image |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
6092 | 4wBE | 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) | Wingrove & Rogers | 1958 | Beckermet Mining Co Ltd | [17] | ![]() | ||
420253 | 4wBE | 2 ft (610 mm) | Greenwood & Batley | 1970 | Weardale Lead Co Ltd | Operational | [17] | ![]() | |
5940A | 4wBE | 2 ft (610 mm) | Clayton Equipment Company | 1972 | Streeters | [17] | ![]() | ||
The Coalition | 1278 | 0-4-0E | 2 ft (610 mm) | W. G. Bagnall, rebuilt by Llechwedd quarry | 1890 (rebuilt c. 1930) | Llechwedd quarry | Awaiting restoration | Rebuilt from 0-4-0T Edith. Loaned from Slate Heritage International 2019[23] | ![]() |
The Eclipse | 1445 | 0-4-0E | 2 ft (610 mm) | W. G. Bagnall, rebuilt by Llechwedd quarry | 1895 (rebuilt 1927) | Llechwedd quarry | Awaiting restoration | Rebuilt from 0-4-0ST Margaret. Loaned from Slate Heritage International 2019[24] | ![]() |
809 | A-1-1-A | 2 ft (610 mm) | English Electric | 1931 | London Post Office Railway | Static display | London Post Office Railway 1930 Stock | ![]() |
Railcars
Identity | Works number | Type | Gauge | Builder | Year built | Previous operator | Status | Notes | Image |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Libbie | 1097 | 2w-2PM | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) | Baguley | 1920 | École Chemin de Fer, France | Operational | [17] | ![]() |
4091 | 2w-2PMR | 3 ft (914 mm) | Wickham | 1946 | Dismantled[6] | [17] | |||
4164 | 2w-2PMR | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) | Wickham | 1948 | Dismantled[6] | [17] | |||
5864 | 2w-2PMR | 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) | Wickham | 1951 | Dismantled[6] | [17] | |||
DX 68010 DB965987 | 7073 | 2w-2PMR | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) | Wickham | 1955 | Unknown | [17][6] | ||
3170 | Target trolley | 2 ft (610 mm) | Wickham | c. 1943 | Ministry of Supply, Lydd Ranges | Operational | Loaned from The Rail Trolley Trust 2020[25] | ||
(4164) | 4wDMR | Convertible from 2 ft (610 mm) up to 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) | J Craven | 1987 | Converted from a Wickham trolley built in 1948[17][6] | ||||
9903 | 4w-2DM | 2 ft (610 mm) | Land Rover converted at Statfold Barn Railway | 2009 | Operational | [17][6] | ![]() | ||
The Goose | 4-4wPMR[6] | 2 ft (610 mm) | Statfold Barn Railway | 2015 | Operational | Built on Morris lorry chassis[22] | ![]() | ||
14/3 | 252319 | 2w-2PMR | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) | Fairmont | ? | Canada | Unknown | [17][6] | |
CN 168-31 | 2w-2PMR | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) | Fairmont | ? | Canada | Unknown | [17][6] | ||
2w-2PMR | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) | Fairmont | ? | Canada | Unknown | [17][6] |
Trams
Identity | Works number | Type | Gauge | Builder | Year built | Previous operator | Status | Notes | Image |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
14 | Single Truck, Double Deck (open Top) | 900 mm (2 ft 11+7⁄16 in) | Brush | 1906 | Midland Railway, Burton and Ashby Light Railway | Operational[13] | Previously 3'6" gauge. Withdrawn when the Burton & Ashby Light Railways were closed in 1927. Body survived in a garden in Church Gresley until removed for preservation circa 1970. Exported to Detroit USA 1976 where it was mounted on a Lisbon tramways 900mm gauge truck. Returned to UK 2014 and rebuilt at Statfold with a Clayton battery electric traction package. | ![]() |
Unpowered passenger stock
In May 2014 the railway obtained a rake of four passenger coaches, originally built in 1984 for the Thorpe Park theme park, and latterly used on the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway[26] but in 2023, following the acquisition of other stock, these were donated to the Bala Lake Railway.[27] In 2019 it was donated a coach which originated with the Ramsgate Tunnel Railway of 1936. In 2023 the railway brought three more coaches from the South Tyne Side railway which was then joined by the Beaches light railway coaches as they had been brought and permanently moved there by The Darjeeling Tank Locomotive Trust.
References
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- ^ "STATFOLD ENGINEERING Ltd - Overview (Free company information from Companies House)".
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External links
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- Official website
- Report and photos of a visit to the railway
- Videos of the railway on 2 June 2007 from YouTube: part 1 part 2