Statfold Barn Railway

Statfold Barn Railway
Locale	Tamworth, Staffordshire
Terminus	Statfold Barn Farm
Coordinates	52°39′19″N1°38′43″W / 52.6552°N 1.6454°W / 52.6552; -1.6454
Preserved operations
Length	1.5 miles (2.4 km)
Preserved gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge ; 2 ft 6 in (762 mm); 2 ft (610 mm)
1985	opened

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

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  Statfold Barn Railway Open Day 2013
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  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.
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  Marchlyn of Avonside in front of Sybil Mary of Hunslet
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  Isibutu of W. G. Bagnall
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  Davenport before restoration.
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  Harrogate of Peckett and Sons (built for Harrogate Gasworks Railway)
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  Vertical Boilered Paddy (now named Howard) on the Garden Railway
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  A cavalcade of steam locomotives

Steam locomotives

Identity	Works number	Type	Gauge	Builder	Year built	Previous operator	Status	Notes	Image
Hodbarrow	299	0-4-0 ST	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)	Hunslet	1882		Exhibit	[6]
Glenfield No.1	880	0-4-0 CT	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	0-6-0 PT	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	0-4-0 ST	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	0-4-0 ST	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	0-4-0 ST	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	0-4-2 T	2 ft (610 mm)	Krauss	1899	Sragi Sugar Mill, Pekalongan, Central Java	Operational	Restored to working order in 2008.
Handyman	573	0-4-0 ST	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	0-4-0 WT T	2 ft 6 in (762 mm)	Orenstein & Koppel	1900		Exhibit	Restored to working order in June 2006.
Pakis Baru No. 5	1473	0-4-4-0 T 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	0-4-0 ST	2 ft (610 mm) [6]	Hunslet	1906	Penrhyn Quarry	Operational	Restored to working order in 2013 in original open-cab form.
Seaforth	1026	0-4-2 T	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	0-4-0 ST	2 ft (610 mm) [6]	Hudswell Clarke	1914	Lautoka sugar mill, Fiji	Operational	Restored to working order in 2013.
Saccharine	13355	0-4-2 T	2 ft (610 mm) [6]	Fowler	1914	Sugar plantation in South Africa	Operational	Restored to working order in 2010. Overhauled in 2020.
	3010	0-6-0 WT	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	4-6-0 PT	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	0-6-0 WT	2 ft (610 mm)	Decauville	1919	French Government Artillery Railways, Mozambique	Dismantled as of 2017	Imported for preservation 2000.
	14928	0-8-0 T	2 ft (610 mm) [6]	Henschel	1917	Deutsche Feldbahn; Marromeu sugar mill, Mozambique	Awaiting restoration, for sale as of 2017
2 Roger	3128	0-4-0 ST	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	0-4-0 VBT	2 ft (610 mm) [6]	'Wilbrighton Wagon Works'	2007	Amerton Railway	Exhibit	Incorporates older components. In main entrance / ticket hall
Alpha	1172	0-6-0 PT	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	0-6-0 WT T	2 ft (610 mm)	Orenstein & Koppel	1923	Sragi Sugar Mill, Pekalongan, Central Java.	Operational
Liassic	1632	0-6-0 ST	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	0-6-0 WT	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	0-4-4-0 T Mallet	2 ft (610 mm)	Jung	1930	Jatibarang Sugar Mill, Brebes, Indonesia	Operational	Restored to working order in 2011.
Cegin	1991	0-4-0 WT	2 ft (610 mm)	Andrew Barclay	1931	Penrhyn Slate Quarry	Operational	In North America 1965–2016.
Michael	1709	0-4-0 ST	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	0-4-0 T	2 ft (610 mm)	Avonside	1933	Penrhyn Quarry	Visiting [13]	In United States 1965–2012.
Marchlyn	2067	0-4-0 T	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	0-4-2 ST	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	0-6-0 ST	2 ft (610 mm)	Peckett	1944	Harrogate Gas Works (originally fitted with cut down cab and chimney).	Operational	Overhauled in 2024.
Isaac	3023	0-4-2 T	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	4-4-0 T	2 ft (610 mm)	W. G. Bagnall	1940	Tongaat Sugar, Natal	Exhibit	Arrived on loan August 2023 [15]
Isibutu	2820	4-4-0 T	2 ft (610 mm) [6]	W. G. Bagnall	1945	Tongaat Sugar, Natal	Operational	Overhauled in 2021.
Wendy	2091	0-4-0 ST	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	0-4-2 PT	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	0-4-2 ST	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	0-4-0 ST	2 ft (610 mm)	Hunslet	1909	Penrhyn Quarry	Sectioned exhibit	Open cab. In Canada from early 1960s to 2017.
Cloister	542	0-4-0 ST	2 ft (610 mm)	Hunslet	1891	Dinorwic Quarry	Operational	Donated by Hampshire Narrow Gauge Railway Society in 2019.
Statfold	3903	0-4-0 ST	2 ft (610 mm)	Hunslet	2005	Statfold Barn Railway	Operational	Cab. Overhauled in 2017. [16]
Jack Lane	3904	0-4-0 ST	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	0-4-0 ST	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	0-4-0 T	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

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Identity	Works number	Type	Gauge	Builder	Year built	Previous operator	Status	Notes	Image
	1891	4w DM	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	0-4-0 DM	2 ft (610 mm)	Orenstein & Koppel	1936	ex Kriegsmarine (Keil), ex Norden Clay Works, Dorset, ex Durley Light Railway.	Operational	[17]
Sam	2019	0-4-0 DM	2 ft 6 in (762 mm)	Hunslet for Robert Hudson	1939	RNAD Broughton Moor	Unknown	Flameproof [17]
Atlas	2463	4w DM	2 ft (610 mm)	Hunslet	1941	Ministry of Defence depot, Long Marston, Warwickshire, later to Abbey Light Railway	Unknown	[17]
	3621	4w DM	2 ft (610 mm)	Hunslet for Robert Hudson	1947		Under restoration as of 2017
Charley	9976	4w DM	2 ft (610 mm)	Motor Rail	1954	Somerset River Board	Operational	[17]
Brambridge Hall	5226	4w DM	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	4w DM	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	4w DM	3 ft (914 mm) regauged to 2 ft (610 mm)	Plymouth	1954	St Marys Cement Company, Ohio	Operational	[17]
	418776 or 418767	4w DM	2 ft (610 mm)	Ruston & Hornsby	1957	Canada	Unknown	[17]
	6137	4w DM	3 ft (914 mm) regauged to 2 ft (610 mm)	Plymouth	1958	St Marys Cement Company, Ohio	Operational	[17]
W114H	6720	4w DH	2 ft (610 mm)	Hunslet-Taylor	1965	Western Reefs Gold Mine, South Africa	Operational	[17]
N13H	7588	4w DH	2 ft (610 mm)	Hunslet-Taylor	1968	Vaal Reefs Gold Mine, South Africa	Unknown	[17]
Welsh Highland No. 5	6285	4w DM	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	4w DH	2 ft (610 mm)	Hunslet, rebuilt by Andrew Barclay	1971 (rebuilt 1988)	Eastriggs	Unknown	[17]
	40SD503	4w DM	2 ft (610 mm)	Motor Rail	1975	Minworth sewage treatment works	Operational	[17]
	8819	4w DH	Originally 3 ft (914 mm), now 2 ft (610 mm)	Hunslet	1979	Nantgarw Colliery	Unknown	[17]
Tom	D1447 8847	0-6-0 DM	2 ft 6 in (762 mm)	Hudswell Clarke post acquisition by Hunslet	1981	John Summers & Sons steelworks, Shotton, Flintshire	Unknown	[17]
A10	3782	4w DH	2 ft 6 in (762 mm) regauged to 2 ft (610 mm)	Baguley-Drewry	1984	RNAD Trecwn	Sold to Amerton Railway 2017	[17]
	9294	4w DH	3 ft (914 mm)	Hunslet	1991	British Coal, Stillingfleet Mine, Yorkshire	Unknown	Flameproof [17]
	9351	4w DH	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	4w DH	2 ft (610 mm)	Hunslet	1994	Jan-Pan, Singapore	Operational	[17]
D4	1001	4w DM	2 ft (610 mm) [6]	Funkey	Unknown		Unknown	[17]
D5	1033	4w DM	2 ft (610 mm) [6]	Funkey	Unknown		Unknown	[17]
Carnegie	4524	0-4-4-0 DM	18 in (457 mm)	Hunslet	1954	Royal Arsenal Railway, Woolwich	Operational	Delivered 2020.
4 Alistair	201970	4w DM	2 ft (610 mm)	Ruston & Hornsby	1940	Bierrum & Partners; Ffestiniog Railway; Hayling Seaside Railway	Operational	On site as of 2021. [19]
	73	0-6-0 DH	12+1⁄4 in (311 mm)	Alan Keef	2005	Private owner, north Devon	Operational	[20]

Petrol locomotives

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Identity	Works number	Type	Gauge	Builder	Year built	Previous operator	Status	Notes	Image
	680	0-4-0 PM	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	0-4-0 PM	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	4w PM	2 ft (610 mm)	Robert Hudson	1924	Cairngryffe Quarry	Unknown	[17]
	36863	4w PM	2 ft (610 mm)	Robert Hudson	c. 1929		Restored	Paraffin powered; restored 1987
INCO No 3	4049	4w PM	2 ft (610 mm)	Vulcan Iron Works	1929	Inco Nickel Refinery, Port Colborne, Ontario		Converted to run on propane [13]
INCO No 5	4196	4w PM	2 ft (610 mm)	Vulcan Iron Works	1936	Inco Nickel Refinery, Port Colborne, Ontario		[22]
Charles	3746	4w PM	2 ft (610 mm)	Brookville	1951	Nichols Chemical Company, Sulphide Ontario	Unknown	[17]
	38384	4w PM	2 ft (610 mm)	Robert Hudson	1930	Steelworks, Staveley, Derbyshire	Under restoration	[17]

Compressed air locomotives

This list is complete and up to date as of March 2017.

Identity	Works number	Type	Gauge	Builder	Year built	Previous operator	Status	Notes	Image
Sid	9902	0-4-0 CA	2 ft (610 mm)	Etherington/Statfold Barn Railway	2009			[17]

Electric locomotives

This list is complete and up to date as of February 2024.

Identity	Works number	Type	Gauge	Builder	Year built	Previous operator	Status	Notes	Image
	6092	4w BE	2 ft 6 in (762 mm)	Wingrove & Rogers	1958	Beckermet Mining Co Ltd		[17]
	420253	4w BE	2 ft (610 mm)	Greenwood & Batley	1970	Weardale Lead Co Ltd	Operational	[17]
	5940A	4w BE	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

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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-2PM R	3 ft (914 mm)	Wickham	1946		Dismantled [6]	[17]
	4164	2w-2PM R	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)	Wickham	1948		Dismantled [6]	[17]
	5864	2w-2PM R	3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)	Wickham	1951		Dismantled [6]	[17]
DX 68010 DB965987	7073	2w-2PM R	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)	4w DM R	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		4-4wPM R [6]	2 ft (610 mm)	Statfold Barn Railway	2015		Operational	Built on Morris lorry chassis [22]
14/3	252319	2w-2PM R	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)	Fairmont	?	Canada	Unknown	[17] [6]
CN 168-31		2w-2PM R	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)	Fairmont	?	Canada	Unknown	[17] [6]
		2w-2PM R	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)	Fairmont	?	Canada	Unknown	[17] [6]

Trams

This list is complete and up to date as of March 2017.

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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External links

• 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