LOCOMOTIVES

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Mangapps Railway has a variety of steam locomotives including ROF No.8 (Barclay, 1943). ‘Minnie’ (Fox Walker, 1888) and Bagnall, 1940 are on static display and ‘Empress’ (Bagnall, 1954), ‘Toto’ (Barclay, 1919) and ‘Hastings’ (Hunslet, 1899) are being overhauled.

Mangapps also hosts occasional guest engines such as ex LNER Y7 68088 and J15 64562.
The diesel loco fleet ranges from a tiny Rushton 48hp shunter to a massive 2750hp Class 47. The fleet includes 4 ex British Railways Class 03 engines. Numbers 03089, 03399 are in regular use, 03018 and 03081 (081 is to return to service in 2008) are being restored. Class 04s, 11104 and D2325 are in regular operation, whilst ‘Elland No 1’ (Hudswell Clark, 1959) is in store. The star of our diesel fleet is EWS Class 47, No 47749, formerly and BR No 47579 ‘James Nightall GC ’. This loco will be in service on selected days during 2008.

ROLLING STOCK

The Railway has a large collection of passenger and goods rolling stock totalling over 80 vehicles almost all of which are in operational condition. Passenger coaches include historic Great Eastern, Great Central, Great Northern, London SW Railway vehicles, 4 LNER ‘Gresley’ design coaches and 2 BR Class 302 electric train vehicles. In addition passengers are carried in 2 former BR Mark 1 coaches or a BR diesel multiple unit vehicle. The fleet of goods wagon is one of the most comprehensive on any heritage railway in Britain.

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The collection includes 8 brake vans, several of which are regularly used on passenger trains, and a wide= variety of goods wagons, some over 90 years old, including several vehicles from the GER, and vehicles typical of an ‘agricultural’ railway, such as a cattle wagon, milk tank, grain wagon and fruit van.