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Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway No.1 The Earl and No.2 Countess
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Beyer, Peacock and Company· from 1902· preserved narrow gauge 0-6-0T locomotives
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway No. 1 The Earl: Peterjhw07· CC BY 3.0
- 2. 536. Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway Summer Gala: Two Penny Theatre· CC BY 2.0
- 3. Countess and Earl at Llanfair Caereinion: fairlightworks· CC BY 2.0
- 4. Llanfair Caereinion railway station platform, 2021: Rwendland· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway 1 The Earl - 2025-09-11: Hefin Owen· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway 1 The Earl B+W - 2025-09-11: Hefin Owen· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. Welshpool Heritage: Flying Stag· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. Welshpool- Getting ready. (8128200520): John Horton from Telford, England· CC BY 2.0
- 9. WLLR 1, Llanfair, 2016: Rwendland· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. WLLR 1, Welshpool water tower: Rwendland· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway No. 1 The Earl and No. 2 Countess are narrow gauge steam locomotives.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 124 years ago, in 1902.
- Weighs about as much as 3 African elephants (~6 t each).
tram / light rail: Street-running or light-rail vehicles that share or skirt the road.
spec sheet
- built
- 1902
- status
- in service
- number built
- 2
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Beyer, Peacock and Company
- operators
- Cambrian Railways, Great Western Railway, British Rail, Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway, Western Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 762 mm narrow gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0
- weight
- 19.3 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7982063, Wikipedia: Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway No.1 The Earl and No.2 Countess (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

