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The locomotives and
rolling stock operating the line are all privately owned, either by Austin or
the volunteers, and have been have been collected and restored from around the
country, and the oldest examples date from the early 1900's. Of particular
importance is the collection of ex-Fairbourne Railway locos and rolling stock
which Austin has collected over the years. These include the steam loco
Katie (GSLE 1954) and
internal combustion locomotives
Whippet Quick (Lister 1935)
and Gwril
(Lister 1943). Siān
(GSLE 1963), sister to Katie and owned by the
Siān Project Group, is also in use on the line. Other locomotives in use
include two 4-6-2DE Barlow locomotives
Duke of Edinburgh (1950) &
Princess Anne (1948),
originally built for use in Southport, also from Southport are 4-6-0DH
City of London (Jubilee
Volante 1987) and No 14 4wPM (G Walker). Two Severn lamb Hydraulic locomotives
originally built for use at Cleethorpes,
Konigswinter and the
Rio Grande are also in use.
Also under restoration is 2-2w-4BE railcar
No 1 from Blaise Castle. The
steam engines also include 4-4-2
Red Dragon, built by G Walker
and Austin Moss in 1990 and containing several original Bassett Lowke class 10
components, and 2-6-2T St
Christopher, built in 2001 by
the Exmoor Steam Railway for Quentin Jones, a volunteer on the line. Coaches
and wagons include examples from Fairbourne, Romney, Bressingham, Liverpool
Garden Festival and Dudley Zoo. For more details, please
contact us.
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