Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway

Stocklist

This page contains details of all the locomotives, carriages and most of the wagons which are based on the Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway. Please use the following links to find your way around. IMPORTANT NOTE

The railway has a very large collection of industrial steam locomotives which are restored to very high standards to haul trains. There are also some diesel locomotives, used mainly for shunting and works trains, including ex-BR locos (classes 04, 08 and 14) which can be used to haul passenger trains and an early DMU. Also included are the railcranes.

As well as being involved with the restoration and maintenance of a sizeable fleet of ex-BR Mk I's, the railway also has a number of pre-BR coaches, some of which are in service on regular occasion providing a link back to the past and the "golden era" of railway travel. These are very popular and the fleet is increasing.

The railway's fleet of wagons is large, and comprises many different types and ages, inluding box vans, open wagons, hoppers and tank wagons. More and more of these are being restored for photo charters and use as originally intended. This is especially the case with the engineers wagons.


Locomotives

All the locomotives based on the Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway have at some stage in their lives been employed in Industrial service, and the collection represents the Yorkshire Industrial Locomotive builders well. Many are stored awaiting overhaul and not on display, but we hope to be able to rectify this with current developments.

Below are two tables of the locomotives currently based on the Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway. Please click on the name of the locomotive to visit a page which includes some pictures and information about that engine.

Jessie at Embsay. (C) Tim Warner. Visiting Locomotives
In addition to these locomotives which are based on the railway, there have been a number of visiting locomotives on the line. Please see our Visting Locomotives page to find out which locos will be on the railway, and those which have visited in the past.

BR classes 47, 31, and 08 are also currently based here. Later in the year Darfield No.1 will be visiting and LNER D49/1 Morayshire will make an appearance just for the Steam Gala.

Steam Locomotives

Name / Number Builder Condition
Monckton No. 1 Hunslet Engine Company Operational - repainted
No. 140 Hudswell Clarke Operational
'Thomas' (formerly 'Dorothy') Hudswell Clarke Operational - usually away on loan
Ann Sentinel Operational
Beatrice Hunslet Engine Company Undergoing overhaul - boiler being fitted
Illingworth (also called Mitchell) Hudswell Clarke Undergoing overhaul off site - early 2008 completion date??
S112 Revenge (formerly 'Spitfire') Hunslet Engine Company Boilerwork continuing
Annie Peckett Undergoing overhaul - boiler away
Warspite (formerly No. 8 'Sir Robert Peel') Hunslet Engine Company Undergoing boilerwork
S121 Primrose No. 2 Hunslet Engine Company Undergoing overhaul - off site
York No. 1 Yorkshire Engine Company In store - awaiting overhaul
BEA No. 2 Robert Stephenson & Hawthorn In store - awaiting overhaul
Slough Estates No. 5 Hudswell Clarke In store - awaiting overhaul
Airedale Hunslet Engine Company Overhaul awaited
No. 22 Andrew Barclay In store - awaiting overhaul
South Hetton No. 69 Hunslet Engine Company In store - awaiting overhaul
S134 Wheldale Hunslet Engine Company On display - awaiting overhaul
68005 Robert Stephenson & Hawthorn Withdrawn for overhaul October 2006
Harry Hudswell Clarke Off site - Undergoing overhaul

Diesel Locomotives & Plant

Name / Number Builder Condition
D.2203 / 11103 BR (Vulcan Drewry) Operational
D.3867 / 08 700 BR (Horwich) Undergoing overhaul - repainted
No. 38 / D.9513 BR (Swindon) Undergoing overhaul
Meaford No. 1 Barclay Operational
4200003 Fowler In store - awaiting overhaul
No. 36 Hudswell Clarke Undergoing overhaul - re-wheeling in progress
No. 887 Ruston Hornsby Operational
Wickham Trolley Wickham Test running required
H. W. Robinson Fowler Awaiting gearbox replacement / bodywork
48hp 'Baby Ruston' Ruston Hornsby SOLD - in Scotland
'The Bug' or 'Clockwork Orange' Bagulay Drewry Dismantled
The Railbus BRE-Leyland SOLD - Telford Railway
Class 107 DMU BR Derby Operational
Battery truck (non-rail) Greenwood & Batley Operational

Rail Cranes


Registered museum Yorkshire Dales Railway Museum Trust
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Bolton Abbey Station, Skipton, North Yorkshire, BD23 6AF
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