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Sir Haydn

🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Brush Traction· from 1878· preserved British 0-4-2ST locomotive

🚂 steam locomotive steam
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. Talyllyn 3 at Tywyn: Rob Phillips· CC BY-SA 2.0
  2. 2. Talyllyn Railway No. 3 Sir Haydn - 2018-06-16: Voice of Clam· Public domain
  3. 3. "Narrow Gauge Railway" "Tal-y-Llyn Railway" "Sir Haydn" Steam "Steam Railway" (8062047014): Peter Broster· CC BY 2.0
  4. 4. 390. Sir Haydn at Anything Goes Gala: Two Penny Theatre· CC BY 2.0
  5. 5. Falcon Works 0-4-2ST 323 (1878) No 3 'Sir Haydn' (ex-Corris Rly) Abergynolwyn, TR, N Wales 17.8.1992 (10196723476): Gillett's Crossing from Bristol, United Kingdom· CC BY 2.0
  6. 6. Kidderminster Town - 43106 arriving with Sir Haydn: Geof Sheppard· CC BY-SA 4.0
  7. 7. Kidderminster Town - Corris Railway 3 Sir Haydn on Flat ED B906811: Geof Sheppard· CC BY-SA 4.0
  8. 8. No3 Sir Haydn Abergynolwyn Talyllyn Rly '76 (33164933732): Rob Hodgkins· CC BY-SA 2.0
  9. 9. Sir Haydn (19465763611): Peter Broster· CC BY 2.0
  10. 10. Sir Haydn (19465766851): Peter Broster· CC BY 2.0
Read about it on Wikipedia ↗
Sir Haydn, photo 1 of 10
1/10 Rob Phillips· CC BY-SA 2.0

what is it?

Sir Haydn is a narrow gauge steam locomotive, built by Hughes's Locomotive & Tramway Engine Works (later known as the Falcon Works), Loughborough in 1878. It operated on the Corris Railway in Wales, until closure in 1948, and since 1951 has operated on the nearby Talyllyn Railway. It has carried the operating number 3 under four successive owners.

who runs it

Talyllyn RailwayCorris Railway

base stats

  • built 3made 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 148 years ago, in 1878.

steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.

spec sheet

built
1878
in service from
1878
number built
3
kind
Steam
traction
steam
origin
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
builders
Brush Traction, Hughes's Locomotive & Tramway Engine Works Ltd.
operators
Talyllyn Railway, Corris Railway
top speed
—
power
—
gauge
686 mm narrow gauge
wheel arrangement
0-4-2

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: Wikidata Q7527071, Wikipedia: Sir Haydn (locomotive) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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