The Engine Shed

 

WLLR locomotive No.85 inside the engine shed at Llanfair

Copyright © Geoff Gauntlett 2007

Ex Sierra Leone Government Railway locomotive No. 85 slumbers in the shed at Llanfair.

Built by Hunslet in 1954

Repatriated to the UK in 1975

Wheel arrangement 2-6-2
Cylinders10.75" diameter x 15" stroke
Boiler Pressure 160psi (11 Bar)
Tractive Effort 8417 lbs
Weight in working order 21.5 tons

 

 

WLLR Diesel locomotive Chattenden outside the engine shed at Llanfair
Copyright © Geoff Gauntlett 2007

No. 7 Chattenden 23/9/07

Built in 1949 at Burton-upon-Trent by E E Baguley Ltd. on behalf of the Drewry Car Co. for the Admiralty.
It initially worked on the Lodge Hill & Upnor Railway in Kent and then had short spells at Ernsettle in Devon and Broughton Moor in Cumbria.
The locomotive came to the W&LLR in 1968.

Wheel arrangement 0-6-0 with jackshaft drive
Gardner 6LXB diesel engine rated at 150hp
Transmission consists of a fluid flywheel, freewheel, 4 speed gearbox and a forward/reverse final drive gearbox
Weight in working order 13 tons

 

 

Home
Copyright © Geoff Gauntlett 2007 - 2008
Last revised: February 16, 2008.

<Back Llanfair Caereinion Station Next>