Currently most locomotives using the track are 5" gauge though sometimes the 3½" gauge locomotive get a good run on open days. The railway uses an extensive collection of members and club owned locomotives to operated the railway and most are pictured below.

This is a 5" gauge model of an Austrian State Railways (ÖBB) Class 1020. These standard gauge articulated locos were built for heavy freight use on tightly curving mountain lines. One of many types of 'Krokodil', the bonnets are attached to the bogies and swing with them. The central bodywork containing a large transformer and two driving cabs is slung between the bogies. Over 200 were built in Germany, of which about 45-50 went to Austria.


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The British Rail Class 47 diesel locomotive also known as a 'Brush Type Four' is a class of British locomotive. It was once the most numerous class, but full sized numbers are now dwindling.

This model locomotive now belongs to the society and has been a regular performer. It is petrol driven with a 50cc Honda engine which supplies a direct mechanical drive to all wheels.

The locomotive was in storage from 1986 until 2005 when it was once again returned to active service.
This is a very powerful loco for its small size and can now be seen hauling passengers on sunny Open Days.

5” Gauge Nigel Gresley 2-8-0 LNER Locomotive

The loco seen here with its current owner Andy in May 2007 is commonly known as the “Nigel Gresley” designed by Martin Evens.

The previous owner, Ron Gobel completed the locomotive and named it “Fl./Sgt. George Thompson V.C.” in honour of this former crew mate in bomber command. George was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross following an attack on the Dortmund-Ems Canal on 1st January 1945 in which there Lancaster bomber was hit by heavy shell fire. George rescued two fellow crew members that day but died from has injuries three weeks later.

5" Gauge Simplex 0-6-0T

Arthur with his 5" gauge 0-6-0T locomotive, this is a freelance design know as Simplex.

The locomotive is a good runner and well balanced, here we see Arthur just about to move off the steaming bays ready for the days activities.

5" Gauge 0-6-0PT Pannier Tank

This locomotive is seen here with builder Len on a nice summers day. This loco is a really first rate performer and runs really well.

An 0-6-0PT known as a Pannier Tank, is a type of steam locomotive built by the Great Western Railway with the water tanks carried on both sides of the boiler, in the manner of panniers. They were used for shunting duties, for branch line passenger and goods traffic and as banker engines on inclines.

5" Gauge 0-4-0 Sweet Pea
The original Sweet Pea was designed by Jack Buckler around 30 years ago. It is not a model of a full size loco but look rather like the narrow gauge engines built by Bagnall. Because it is a narrow gauge engine it is built to a larger scale than many other engines and is notably taller and wider than many

The Sweet Pea design is very popular as the engine is relatively easy to build but it is said that no two are alike. Her boiler is most unusual as visitors may be able to see. It is known as a stay less boiler and has a so-called marine type-firebox which can be safely removed by undoing two nuts while the engine is still in steam. Sweet Pea has Hackworth valve gear which is not often seen in locomotives.

5" Gauge Polly 2 Loco “Jonathan”.

Bob running on his Polly 2 type locomotive “Jonathan”. This was built by Dick Westoby in 1987 from a Clarke & Co. kit.

After Dick’s death in 1989 it was boxed  away for 14 years but is now back in steam and running well.

When this roadside tramway closed in 1964 she was bought by a Ffestiniog director by the name of John Ransom and imported to the UK. Three years later 'Mountaineer' arrived at the Ffestiniog. The Ffestiniog railway gave her the name 'Mountaineer' which was inherited, along with the bell, from an original Ffestiniog loco that had been dismantled.

The Great Northern Railway (GNR) G class Stirling Single is a class of steam locomotive designed for express passenger work. Designed by Patrick Stirling, they are characterised by a single pair of large driving wheels. A total of forty nine were built at Doncaster, with some variation between, particularly improvements in boiler pressure