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Festiniog Railway Princess
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by George England and Company· from 1863· preserved Welsh narrow gauge steam locomotive
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Princess at Dublin Heuston Station: calflier001· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2. Ffestiniog PDold 3: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
Princess is an 0-4-0ST+T steam locomotive built by George England for the Ffestiniog Railway in 1863. It is one of the earliest narrow gauge steam locomotives and is one of the three oldest surviving narrow gauge locomotives still on its original railway.
who runs it
fun facts
- First built 163 years ago, in 1863.
- Served for 101 years (1863–1964).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1863
- in service from
- 1863
- retired
- 1964
- status
- retired
- number built
- —
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- George England and Company
- operators
- Ffestiniog Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 597 mm narrow gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-4-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16836635, Wikipedia: Festiniog Railway Princess (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.