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Douglas Ferreira
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by TMA Engineering· from 2005· narrow-gauge loco built in 2005
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4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. DouglasFerreira: Skarloey at en.wikipedia· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. DOUGLAS FERREIRA DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE ON THE RAVENGLASS STATION ON THE RAVENGLASS AND ESKDALE RAILWAY CUMBRIA OCT 2013 (10115625826): calflier001· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 3. Douglas Ferreira at Dalegarth: Tall Fool· CC BY 2.0
- 4. Douglas Ferreira loco: Tall Fool· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
The Douglas Ferreira is a 15-inch gauge diesel-hydraulic locomotive that was built in 2005 by TMA Engineering for on the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway in Cumbria, England. Its wheel configuration is B-B and was named after Douglas Ferreira, the former General Manager of the railway from 1961 until 1994. It is owned and was designed by a working group from the Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway Preservation Society and now works passenger trains almost every time they are scheduled, specifically the off-peak trains during the summer months and the vast majority of service trains during winter.
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 21 years ago, in 2005.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 2005
- number built
- 1
- kind
- Diesel
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- TMA Engineering
- designer
- Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway Preservation Society
- operators
- Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway
- top speed
- 43 km/h
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- B-B
- length
- 6.1 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5301470, Wikipedia: Douglas Ferreira (locomotive) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.