Rolling stock
Ashleigh No. 1991
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Free lance narrow gauge steam engine design
- Wheel arrangement: 2-4-0 Tender - Built: 1990 (rebuilt 2021) - Arrived at LWR: November 2021 - Builder: Moors Valley Railway - Hackworth valve gear - Boiler pressure: 100 PSI - Length: 3 metres - Fuel: coal - Status: In traffic Originally called Jupiter, we bought the engine after years of being in storage, Moors Valley overhauled the engine for us. Now renamed after the owners wife and painted in to Caledonian railway livery as her family has Scottish ancestry. Ashleigh is the most powerful engine to ever be based at LWR, capable of pulling a full 8 coach train if needed. |
Royal Scot No. 6100
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Based on the famous L.M.S Royal Scot class. Built to 1/8 scale.
- Wheel arrangement: 4-6-0 - Built: 1954 - Year arrived at LWR: 1968 - Designer: Henry Greenly with Steele adaptations - Builder: The secretary of Malden & district S.M.E - Walschaert's valve gear - Boiler pressure: 90 PSI - Length (with tender): 2.4 meters - Fuel: coal - Status: Undergoing overhaul (offsite) Little Western Railway was purposely built for Royal Scot. In it's first season over 70,000 passengers enjoyed a ride behind her. She ran for most of the 70's and the early 80's then again in the mid 90's, having last run in 1997. Royal scot has needed a complete rebuild including a new boiler. |
Class 43 (125 HST)
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Based on the British Railways High Speed Train (HST)
- Wheel arrangement: Bo-Bo (4-4w) - Built: 1980 - Year arrived at LWR: 1980 - Builder: Mardyke Miniature Railways - Power: 5HP Honda, with Eaton 7 transmission - Length: 2.8 meters - Fuel: Petrol - Status: Stopped pending overhaul, currently on display Our HST was the second to be built by Mardyke. Originally fitted with a 3HP petrol engine. Built especially for us she has never turned a wheel on another railway. The bulk of the work over the last 40 years has been done by HST. |
Linda No. 1990
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Free-lance narrow gauge shunter
- Wheel arrangement: Bo-Bo (4W-4) - Built: 2012 - Year arrived at LWR: 2021 - Builder: Mardyke Miniature Railways - Power: 6.5HP Briggs & Stratton, with Eaton 7 transmission - Length: 2.1 meters - Fuel: Petrol - Status: In traffic Originally built as a demonstrator for a new type of locomotive, which sadly never took off, this being the only example made. Used as a courtesy engine until Mardyke agreed to sell the engine to us as a stable mate for the HST. Linda is named after the current railway owners mother. |
Swallow No. 91001
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Based on the British Railways Class 91
- Wheel arrangement: Bo-Bo (4w-4w) - Built: 1991 - Year arrived at LWR: October 2022 - Builder: Mardyke Miniature Railways - Power: 12HP, 2 cylinder Kubota engine with hydraulic drive - Length: 3.15 meters - Fuel: Diesel - Status: In traffic Originally Swallow ran at the Ness Island Railway in North Scotland and was called Uncle Frank. In 2015 the locomotive was sold to Thompson Park Railway in Burnley and named Swallow, just like its full size counterpart. We then bought this powerful locomotive from Thompson Park to help Linda and the 125 HST on the busy days in the school holidays. |
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Our coaches are sit a strides built by Cromar White, 4 of them came from Brookside miniature railway and the other 4 from the now closed Dobwalls Forest Railroad. A normal rake consists of 3 coaches for Linda or the 125 HST, Swallow and Ashleigh normally run with 4 however, on busy days it has been known for Ashleigh to pull a rake of 6 coaches.
On special occasions we also put our goods train on display. Normally the goods train only sees use when there is something that needs moving on the railway or we are doing maintenance on the track.
On special occasions we also put our goods train on display. Normally the goods train only sees use when there is something that needs moving on the railway or we are doing maintenance on the track.
