Statfold Barn Railway

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Template:Short description Template:Use British English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox Heritage Railway 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 Template:RailGauge 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 Template:RailGauge 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 Template:RailGauge gauge line approximately Script error: No such module "convert". long with a "balloon loop" at one end with a station at the other end, originally with Template:RailGauge 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 Template:RailGauge 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 Template:RailGauge, Template:RailGauge and Template:RailGauge, 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.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

For the 2017 season, a narrow gauge tram track was laid in concrete parallel to the level section of the Field Railway incorporating an Template:RailGauge 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 Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 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

Steam locomotives

Identity Works number Type Gauge Builder Year built Previous operator Status Notes Image
Hodbarrow 299 0-4-0Template:Whyte suffix Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Hunslet 1882 Exhibit [6] File:Statfold Barn Railway Hodbarrow No. 5 (geograph 4164056).jpg
Glenfield No.1 880 0-4-0Template:Whyte suffix Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Andrew Barclay 1902 Glenfield & Kennedy Ltd, Kilmarnock Exhibit Cosmetically restored, on display outside the entrance[4] File:Andrew Barclay 0-4-0 Crane Tank Glenfield No.1 at the Statfold Barn Railway.jpg
Minas de Aller No. 2 439 0-6-0Template:Whyte suffix Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[6] Corpet-Louvet 1884 Brown-pattern indirect drive to lower connecting rod via lever and fulcrum; Joy's valve gear. Coal mines, Aller, Asturias, Spain. Operational Restored to working order in 2012. File:Statfold Barn Railway - Minas de Aller No. 2 (geograph 4165711).jpg
Portugesa 748 0-4-0Template:Whyte suffix Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Black, Hawthorn & Co 1883 Oldest 'Leeds Mainstream'- pattern narrow gauge locomotive in Britain built outside Leeds. Minas Y Ferrocarriles de Utrillas, Teruel, Spain Undergoing restoration[7]
King of the Scarlets 492 0-4-0Template:Whyte suffix Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[6] Hunslet 1889 Dinorwic Quarry Exhibit In original open-cab form. Now substantively a mainstream Alice class but contains much material from 1903-built Maid Marian. In Canada 1965–2012. File:Statfold Barn Railway - King of the Scarlets (geograph 3909985).jpg
DHR 778 3518 0-4-0Template:Whyte suffix Template:RailGauge Sharp, Stewart 1889 Darjeeling Himalayan Railway Undergoing 10 Year overhaul & New Boiler is being constructed DHR B Class. Purchased by The Darjeeling Tank Locomotive Trust 2023 from former Beeches Light Railway.[8] File:Beeches Light Railway 2205 08.jpg
Sragi No. 1 4045 0-4-2Template:Whyte suffix Template:RailGauge Krauss 1899 Sragi Sugar Mill, Pekalongan, Central Java Operational Restored to working order in 2008. File:Krauss Sragi No. 1.jpg
Handyman 573 0-4-0Template:Whyte suffix Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Hudswell Clarke 1900 Burton Ironstone Company Cosmetic Restoration Transferred from the National Railway Museum in 2021.[9] File:Handyman Post Restoration.jpg
Pakis Baru No. 1 614 0-4-0Template:Whyte suffixT Template:RailGauge Orenstein & Koppel 1900 Exhibit Restored to working order in June 2006. File:Pakis Baru No. 1.jpg
Pakis Baru No. 5 1473 0-4-4-0Template:Whyte suffix
Mallet
Template:RailGauge Orenstein & Koppel 1905 Pakis Baru Sugar Mill in Pati, Central Java Exhibit Restored to working order in March 2007. File:Statfold Barn Railway - Mallet locomotive (geograph 3911830).jpg
Sybil Mary 921 0-4-0Template:Whyte suffix Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[6] Hunslet 1906 Penrhyn Quarry 'Large Quarry' class. Operational Restored to working order in 2013 in original open-cab form. File:Sybil Mary (locomotive).jpg
Seaforth 1026 0-4-2Template:Whyte suffix Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Hunslet 1910 Pleystow sugar mill, Queensland Awaiting restoration Repatriated in 2021[10] File:Hunslet 1026 Seaforth at Statfold Barn.jpg
No. 11 Fiji 972 0-6-0Template:Whyte suffix Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[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. File:Hudswell Clarke No. 11 Fiji.jpg
No. 19 1056 0-4-0Template:Whyte suffix Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[6] Hudswell Clarke 1914 Lautoka sugar mill, Fiji (descended from W/N 853 North Eton Mill No. 2 but with outside valve gear). Operational Restored to working order in 2013. File:Apedale Valley Light Railway - visiting locomotive (geograph 4482989).jpg
Saccharine 13355 0-4-2Template:Whyte suffix Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[6] Fowler 1914 Sugar plantation in South Africa Operational Restored to working order in 2010. Overhauled in 2020. File:Fowler Saccharine tailing a train.jpg
3010 0-6-0Template:Whyte suffix Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[6] Kerr, Stuart and Company 1916 French Government Artillery Railways (Maker's Joffre class). Awaiting restoration as of 2017. First imported to UK for preservation in 1974. File:Kerr Stuart 3010.jpg
WDLR 779 44657 4-6-0Template:Whyte suffix Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[6] Baldwin 1916 British War Department Light Railways, France; Ryam Sugar Company, Bihar state, India Undergoing restoration[11] File:WDLR 779.jpg
Cannonball Express 1586 0-4-0Template:Whyte suffix Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[6] Davenport 1917 Ryam Sugar Company, Bihar state, India Operational Restored to working order in 2015. File:Statfold Barn Railway - coming through! (geograph 4907546).jpg
1735 0-6-0Template:Whyte suffix Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Decauville 1919 French Government Artillery Railways (Ancestor of Kerr, Stuart Joffre class), Mozambique Dismantled as of 2017 Imported for preservation 2000.
14928 0-8-0Template:Whyte suffix Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[6] Henschel 1917 Deutsche Feldbahn (Klien-Lindner axles); Marromeu sugar mill, Mozambique Awaiting restoration, for sale as of 2017
2 Roger 3128 0-4-0Template:Whyte suffix Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Kerr, Stuart and Company 1918 Imperial Smelting Co., Avonmouth, Bristol (Maker's Wren class). Operational Formerly spent some time in Canada. Mainly used on the Garden Railway. File:Kerr Stuart Wren Roger.jpg
6 Howard (previously Paddy) 2 0-4-0Template:Whyte suffix Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[6] 'Wilbrighton Wagon Works' 2007 Amerton Railway Exhibit Incorporates older components. In main entrance / ticket hall File:Vertical Boilered Howard at Statfold.jpg
Alpha 1172 0-6-0Template:Whyte suffix Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[6] Hudswell Clarke 1922 Ryam Sugar Company, Bihar (Maker's 'P' class). Operational Restored to working order in 2016.[12] File:Locomotive, Alpha at WLLR -1.jpg
Sragi No. 14
Max
10705 0-6-0Template:Whyte suffixT Template:RailGauge Orenstein & Koppel 1923 Sragi Sugar Mill, Pekalongan, Central Java. Operational File:Sragi No. 14 Max.jpg
Liassic 1632 0-6-0Template:Whyte suffix Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[6] Peckett 1923 Southam Cement Works, Warwickshire Operational as of 2017 Restored to working order in 2017. File:Peckett Liassic.jpg
No. GP 39 1643 0-6-0Template:Whyte suffix Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[6] Hudswell Clarke 1930 Surrey County Council Highways Department (Maker's 'G' class). Operational but with non-authentic boiler. Penrhyn Slate Quarry Bronllwyd, then at Bressingham Steam Museum 1966–2010. Overhauled in 2017. File:Hudswell, Clarke and Co. Locomotive No. 1643 at WLLR -1.jpg
Jatibarang 9 4878 0-4-4-0Template:Whyte suffix
Mallet
Template:RailGauge Jung 1930 Jatibarang Sugar Mill, Brebes, Indonesia Static Exhibit Restored to working order in 2011. File:Jatibarang No. 9 Mallet on display.jpg
Cegin 1991 0-4-0Template:Whyte suffix Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Andrew Barclay 1931 County Durham Reservoir, later Penrhyn Slate Quarry (Maker's 'E' class). Operational In North America 1965–2016. File:Statfold Barn Railway (51244828008).jpg
Michael 1709 0-4-0Template:Whyte suffix Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[6] Hunslet 1932 (Dinorwic Port [2] class) Dinorwic Quarry Awaiting restoration to working order as of 2017. In Canada 1965–2012. File:Hunslet 0-4-0ST 1709 Michael.jpg
Ogwen 2066 0-4-0Template:Whyte suffix Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Avonside 1933 County Durham Reservoir, later Penrhyn Quarry. Visiting[12] In United States 1965–2012. File:Ogwen (locomotive).jpg
Marchlyn 2067 0-4-0Template:Whyte suffix Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[6] Avonside 1933 County Durham Reservoir, later Penrhyn Quarry (Sister to Ogwen) Operational In United States 1965–2011; restored to working order in 2012. File:Marchlyn (locomotive).jpg
Howard No. 2 (previously Lady Morrison) 1842 0-4-2Template:Whyte suffix Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[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. File:Statfold Barn Railway - a pair of Brazils (geograph 4907531).jpg
Harrogate 2050 0-6-0Template:Whyte suffix Template:RailGauge Peckett 1944 Harrogate Gas Works (originally fitted with cut down cab and chimney). Operational Overhauled in 2024. File:Statfold Barn Railway - Harrogate approaching (geograph 4903378).jpg
Isaac 3023 0-4-2Template:Whyte suffix Template:RailGauge W. G. Bagnall 1953 Rustenburg Platinum Mines, South Africa Operational Overhauled in 2012; moved to the railway in 2021.[13] File:Bagnall Isaac at Woody Bay station.jpg
A. Boulle 2627 4-4-0Template:Whyte suffix Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". W. G. Bagnall 1940 Tongaat Sugar, Natal Exhibit Arrived on loan August 2023[14] File:A. Boulle W.G. Bagnall 4-4-0T works no 2627 of 1940.jpg
Isibutu 2820 4-4-0Template:Whyte suffix Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[6] W. G. Bagnall 1945 Tongaat Sugar, Natal Operational Overhauled in 2021. File:Bagnall Isibutu.jpg
Wendy 2091 0-4-0Template:Whyte suffix Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 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. File:Narrow gauge railway, Amberley working museum - geograph.org.uk - 476806.jpg
Tamar 3756 0-4-2Template:Whyte suffix Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Hunslet 1952 Cameroon Development Corporation Undergoing restoration Kerr, Stuart Tamar class design, a pannier tank variant of the Kerr, Stuart 'New Type Brazil' class.[12] File:Hunslet 0-4-2T 3756 Tamar class.jpg
Trangkil No. 4 3902 0-4-2Template:Whyte suffix Template:RailGauge regauged Template:RailGauge 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 File:Statfold Barn Railway - steam train (geograph 4518828).jpg
Gertrude 995 0-4-0Template:Whyte suffix Template:RailGauge Hunslet 1909 Penrhyn Quarry Sectioned exhibit (Sister to Sybil Mary). Open cab. In Canada from early 1960s to 2017. File:Penrhyn Quarry Hunslet 995 Gertrude.jpg
Cloister 542 0-4-0Template:Whyte suffix Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Hunslet 1891 (Dinorwic Alice class). Dinorwic Quarry Static Exhibit Donated by Hampshire Narrow Gauge Railway Society in 2019. File:Cloister, Museum locomotive.jpg
Statfold 3903 0-4-0Template:Whyte suffix Template:RailGauge Hunslet 2005 Statfold Barn Railway (Updated version of Michael). Operational Enclosed cab. Overhauled in 2017.[15] File:Statfold Barn Railway - short train (geograph 4526458).jpg
Jack Lane 3904 0-4-0Template:Whyte suffix Template:RailGauge Hunslet 2005 Statfold Barn Railway (Updated version of Michael). Operational Open cab. Overhauled in 2016.[15] File:Statfold Barn Railway - narrow gauge locomotive (geograph 4171265).jpg
K1 5292 0-4-0+0-4-0Template:Whyte suffix Garratt Template:RailGauge 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. File:WHR K1 at Rhyd Ddu 2013-09-06.jpg
Jack 684 0-4-0Template:Whyte suffix Template:RailGauge 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. File:Hunslet 0-4-0WT 684 Jack.jpg
Woolwich 1748 0-4-0Template:Whyte suffix Template:RailGauge Avonside 1915 (Derived from 2 ft. gauge locos for South Africa but with outside valve gear). Royal Arsenal Railway, Woolwich Cosmetically restored Donated to the railway in 2020. File:Avonside 0-4-0T Woolwich at Statfold Barn Railway.jpg
Victoria 332 2-4-2T Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Exmoor Steam Railway 2007 Statfold Barn Railway Operational Mease Valley Light Railway File:Victoria ESR works no. 332.jpg
Carol Ann 350 2-6-2 Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Exmoor Steam Railway 2024 Statfold Barn Railway Operational Mease Valley Light Railway File:Carol Ann ESR works no. 350.jpg

Diesel locomotives

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Identity Works number Type Gauge Builder Year built Previous operator Status Notes Image
1891 4wTemplate:Whyte suffix Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". regauged to Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Plymouth Locomotive Works 1924 a quarry in Ohio Unknown [16] File:Statfold Barn Rly diesel 2.jpg
20777 0-4-0Template:Whyte suffix Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Orenstein & Koppel 1936 ex Kriegsmarine (Keil), ex Norden Clay Works, Dorset, ex Durley Light Railway. Operational [16] File:Orenstein & Koppel 20777.jpg
Sam 2019 0-4-0Template:Whyte suffix Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Hunslet for Robert Hudson 1939 RNAD Broughton Moor Unknown Flameproof [16] File:Hunslet 2019.jpg
Atlas 2463 4wTemplate:Whyte suffix Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Hunslet 1941 Ministry of Defence depot, Long Marston, Warwickshire, later to Abbey Light Railway Unknown [16] File:Hudson Hunslet 2463.jpg
3621 4wTemplate:Whyte suffix Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Hunslet for Robert Hudson 1947 Under restoration as of 2017 File:Hunslet 3621.jpg
Charley 9976 4wTemplate:Whyte suffix Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Motor Rail 1954 Somerset River Board Operational [16] File:Simplex 9976.jpg
Brambridge Hall 5226 4wTemplate:Whyte suffix Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 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 4wTemplate:Whyte suffix Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Motor Rail 1939 Anglo Gulf West Indies Petroleum Corporation, Fawley Refinery Operational Donated by Hampshire Narrow Gauge Railway Society in 2019.
5800 4wTemplate:Whyte suffix Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". regauged to Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Plymouth 1954 St Marys Cement Company, Ohio Operational [16] File:Statfold Barn Railway - diesel locomotive (geograph 3924573).jpg
418776 or 418767 4wTemplate:Whyte suffix Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Ruston & Hornsby 1957 Canada Unknown [16]
6137 4wTemplate:Whyte suffix Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". regauged to Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Plymouth 1958 St Marys Cement Company, Ohio Operational [16] File:Plymouth diesel 6137.jpg
W114H 6720 4wTemplate:Whyte suffix Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Hunslet-Taylor 1965 Western Reefs Gold Mine, South Africa Operational [16] File:Hunslet Taylor 6720.jpg
N13H 7588 4wTemplate:Whyte suffix Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Hunslet-Taylor 1968 Vaal Reefs Gold Mine, South Africa Unknown [16] File:Hunslet-Taylor 7588.jpg
Welsh Highland No. 5 6285 4wTemplate:Whyte suffix Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". regauged to Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Hunslet 1968 Millom Haematite Ore & Iron Co Ltd Unknown Returned to Welsh Highland Heritage Railway 2017[16][17] File:Hunslet 6285.jpg
35 7010
6941
4wTemplate:Whyte suffix Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Hunslet, rebuilt by Andrew Barclay 1971 (rebuilt 1988) Eastriggs Unknown [16]
40SD503 4wTemplate:Whyte suffix Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Motor Rail 1975 Minworth sewage treatment works Operational [16] File:Statfold Barn Railway - Motor Rail locomotive (geograph 4215905).jpg
8819 4wTemplate:Whyte suffix Originally Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., now Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Hunslet 1979 Nantgarw Colliery Unknown [16] File:Hunslet 8819.jpg
Tom D1447
8847
0-6-0Template:Whyte suffix Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Hudswell Clarke post acquisition by Hunslet 1981 John Summers & Sons steelworks, Shotton, Flintshire Unknown [16] File:Hudswell D1419.jpg
A10 3782 4wTemplate:Whyte suffix Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". regauged to Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Baguley-Drewry 1984 RNAD Trecwn Sold to Amerton Railway 2017 [16] File:Statfold Barn Railway - RNAD Trecwn A10 (geograph 4220678).jpg
9294 4wTemplate:Whyte suffix Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Hunslet 1991 British Coal, Stillingfleet Mine, Yorkshire Unknown Flameproof [16]
9351 4wTemplate:Whyte suffix Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 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 [16] File:Hunslet 9351.jpg
9332 4wTemplate:Whyte suffix Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Hunslet 1994 Jan-Pan, Singapore Operational [16] File:Hunslet 9332.jpg
D4 1001 4wTemplate:Whyte suffix Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[6] Funkey Unknown Unknown [16] File:Funkey 1001.jpg
D5 1033 4wTemplate:Whyte suffix Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[6] Funkey Unknown Unknown [16] File:Funkey 1033.jpg
Carnegie 4524 0-4-4-0Template:Whyte suffix Template:RailGauge Hunslet 1954 Royal Arsenal Railway, Woolwich Operational Delivered 2020. File:Hunslet 4524.jpg
4 Alistair 201970 4wTemplate:Whyte suffix Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Ruston & Hornsby 1940 Bierrum & Partners; Ffestiniog Railway; Hayling Seaside Railway Operational On site as of 2021.[18]
73 0-6-0Template:Whyte suffix Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Alan Keef 2005 Private owner, north Devon Operational [19]

Petrol locomotives

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Identity Works number Type Gauge Builder Year built Previous operator Status Notes Image
680 0-4-0Template:Whyte suffix Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Baguley 1916 Jacob's biscuits, Aintree (originally Ministry of Munitions National Filling Factory No 2) Originally paraffin powered, changed to petrol in 1927[16] File:Baguley 680.jpg
774 774 0-4-0Template:Whyte suffix Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 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[20] File:Baguley 774.jpg
8 39924 4wTemplate:Whyte suffix Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Robert Hudson 1924 Cairngryffe Quarry Unknown [16] File:Hudson 39924.jpg
36863 4wTemplate:Whyte suffix Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Robert Hudson c. 1929 Restored Paraffin powered; restored 1987 File:Hudson 36863.jpg
INCO No 3 4049 4wTemplate:Whyte suffix Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Vulcan Iron Works 1929 Inco Nickel Refinery, Port Colborne, Ontario Converted to run on propane[12]
INCO No 5 4196 4wTemplate:Whyte suffix Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Vulcan Iron Works 1936 Inco Nickel Refinery, Port Colborne, Ontario [21]
Charles 3746 4wTemplate:Whyte suffix Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Brookville 1951 Nichols Chemical Company, Sulphide Ontario Unknown [16] File:Brookville 3746.jpg
38384 4wTemplate:Whyte suffix Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Robert Hudson 1930 Steelworks, Staveley, Derbyshire Under restoration [16]

Compressed air locomotives

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Identity Works number Type Gauge Builder Year built Previous operator Status Notes Image
Sid 9902 0-4-0Template:Whyte suffix Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Etherington/Statfold Barn Railway 2009 [16] File:Statfold Barn Railway - Sid (geograph 3910002).jpg

Electric locomotives

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Identity Works number Type Gauge Builder Year built Previous operator Status Notes Image
6092 4wTemplate:Whyte suffix Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Wingrove & Rogers 1958 Beckermet Mining Co Ltd [16] File:Wingrove & Rogers 6092.jpg
420253 4wTemplate:Whyte suffix Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Greenwood & Batley 1970 Weardale Lead Co Ltd Operational [16] File:Greenbat 420253.jpg
5940A 4wTemplate:Whyte suffix Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Clayton Equipment Company 1972 Streeters [16] File:SBR Clayton.jpg
The Coalition 1278 0-4-0Template:Whyte suffix Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 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[22] File:Llechwedd Coalition.jpg
The Eclipse 1445 0-4-0Template:Whyte suffix Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 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[23] File:Llechwedd Eclipse.jpg
809 A-1-1-A Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". English Electric 1931 London Post Office Railway Static display London Post Office Railway 1930 Stock File:Railway museum - London mail rail car.jpg

Railcars

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Identity Works number Type Gauge Builder Year built Previous operator Status Notes Image
Libbie 1097 2w-2Template:Whyte suffix Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Baguley 1920 École Chemin de Fer, France Operational [16] File:Baguley 1097.jpg
4091 2w-2Template:Whyte suffix Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Wickham 1946 Dismantled[6] [16]
4164 2w-2Template:Whyte suffix Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Wickham 1948 Dismantled[6] [16]
5864 2w-2Template:Whyte suffix Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Wickham 1951 Dismantled[6] [16]
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7073 2w-2Template:Whyte suffix Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Wickham 1955 Unknown [16][6]
3170 Target trolley Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Wickham c. 1943 Ministry of Supply, Lydd Ranges Operational Loaned from The Rail Trolley Trust 2020[24]
(4164) 4wTemplate:Whyte suffix Convertible from Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". up to Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". J Craven 1987 Converted from a Wickham trolley built in 1948[16][6]
9903 4w-2Template:Whyte suffix Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Land Rover converted at Statfold Barn Railway 2009 Operational [16][6] File:SBR Land Rover rail conversion.jpg
The Goose 4-4wTemplate:Whyte suffix[6] Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Statfold Barn Railway 2015 Operational Built on Morris lorry chassis[21] File:Statfold Barn Railway - going neck and neck (geograph 4513191).jpg
14/3 252319 2w-2Template:Whyte suffix Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Fairmont ? Canada Unknown [16][6]
CN 168-31 2w-2Template:Whyte suffix Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Fairmont ? Canada Unknown [16][6]
2w-2Template:Whyte suffix Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Fairmont ? Canada Unknown [16][6]

Trams

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Identity Works number Type Gauge Builder Year built Previous operator Status Notes Image
14 Single Truck, Double Deck (open Top) Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Brush 1906 Midland Railway, Burton and Ashby Light Railway Operational[12] 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. File:Statfold Barn Railway - tram (geograph 4907505).jpg

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[25] but in 2023, following the acquisition of other stock, these were donated to the Bala Lake Railway.[26] 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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  11. Historic Military Vehicle Forum. 2013-07-24. Retrieved 2017-05-20.
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  15. a b Statfold Barn Railway Guide & Stock List, Issue 2.
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  18. Railway Magazine May 2021 p. 75.
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