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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

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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

  • weight 19.3 tin working order
  • built 2made in total

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.

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