# Rolling stock of the Bodmin and Wenford Railway

The rolling stock of the Bodmin and Wenford Railway are the locomotives, carriages and wagons used on the Bodmin and Wenford Railway, a heritage railway in Cornwall, England.
The Great Western Railway (GWR) opened a branch line from Bodmin Road to Bodmin General in 1887 and this was extended in 1888 to connect with the earlier Bodmin and Wadebridge Railway at Boscarne Junction. Passenger services ended early in 1967 and freight traffic ceased in 1983. The two sections of the line reopened as a heritage railway in 1990 and 1996 respectively.
The heritage railway's main depot is at Bodmin General and there is a carriage shed at Bodmin Parkway.

## Locomotives

Most of the locomotives operating on the Bodmin and Wenford Railway are Great Western Railway (GWR) steam locomotives and British Rail (BR) diesels typical of those that have operated in Cornwall and west Devon, along with shunting locomotives typical of industrial and military sites in the area.

### Steam locomotives

| Number & name | Wheels | Class | Built | To B&WR | Notes |
| 4612 | 0-6-0PT | GWR 5700 | 1942 | 2001 | An example of the GWR's most numerous class of 'Pannier tanks', 4612 was withdrawn in 1965 and sold to the Woodham Brothers for scrap. It was sold to provide spare parts for another preserved locomotive but was eventually sold to the Bodmin Railway Trust and restored. It is currently (2023) out of service and awaiting overhaul. |
| 5552 | 2-6-2T | GWR 4575 | 1928 | 1986 | This 'Prairie tank' was withdrawn from Truro shed in 1961. The Bodmin Railway Trust rescued it from Woodham's scrapyard in Barry in 1986 and it was returned to steam in 2003. It was taken out of service in 2013 for an overhaul and is expected to return to service in 2023. |
| 5553 | 2-6-2T | GWR 4575 | 1928 | 1986 | This 'Prairie tank' was once based at St Blazey. It is on loan from Peak Rail during 2023. |
| 75178 | 0-6-0ST | Austerity | 1944 | 1997 | Bagnall's works number 2766 was one of many locomotives built to Hunslet's 'Austerity' design during World War II. It worked in Antwerp before being sold to the National Coal Board in 1947 for use at Treorchy and, from 1970, at Maesteg. It was withdrawn in 1973. and restoration started before it came to Bodmin where it eventually returned to steam in 2017, painted in War Department green. It is currently (2023) out of service and awaiting an overhaul. |
| Alfred | 0-4-0ST | Port of Par | 1953 | 1987 | Alfred (Bagnall works number 3058) was the last of the locomotives specially constructed to go under a low bridge at the Port of Par that had to be negotiated to reach clay driers at Par Moor. It was withdrawn in 1977 and preserved by the Cornish Steam Locomotive Preservation Society. It is currently (2023) out of service awaiting an overhaul. |
| Judy | 0-4-0ST | Port of Par | 1937 | 2003 | Judy was the first of Bagnall's special saddle tanks for the Port of Par was works number 2572. It was withdrawn in 1969 but kept at Par for several years until it was donated to the china clay museum at Wheal Martyn. In 2004 it joined Alfred in the care of the Cornish Steam Locomotive Preservation Society. It was successfully steamed on 31 October 2008. |

### Diesel locomotives

| Number & name | Class | Built | To B&WR | Notes |
| D3452 | Class 10 | 1957 | 1989 | After withdrawal by British Rail this shunting locomotive was sold to English China Clays plc in September 1968 to work at Fowey. After 23 years shunting wagons of china clay it was preserved, arriving at Bodmin on 5 March 1989. The locomotive is currently (2023) painted in British Rail black livery but is out of service awaiting an overhaul. |
| 08359 | Class 08 | 1958 | 2022 | Built at the BR Workshops at Crewe in March 1958 and originally numbered D3429. Withdrawn by British Rail as non standard in 1984. On hire from The Diesel Electric Shunter Company while 08444 is being overhauled. |
| 08444 | Class 08 | 1958 | 1987 | One of the many Class 08 locomotives sold by British Rail, 08444 was bought by the Bodmin Railway Trust and arrived on 27 March 1987. It carries BR green livery but is scheduled for an overhaul during 2023. |
| 37142 | Class 37 | 1963 | 2003 | 37142 was the first Class 37 to be work in Cornwall. It was bought from the Harry Needle Railroad Company by one of the members of the Bodmin Heritage Diesels group. It was stopped for an overhaul in 2019 and has not yet (2023) returned to service. |
| 47306 The Sapper | Class 47 | 1964 | 2007 | 47306 was regarded as a heritage locomotive by English, Welsh and Scottish Railway and painted in the short-lived BR Railfreight Distribution livery. It came to Cornwall for a gala on the B&WR in 2002 and was then stored at St Blazey. It was preserved back at Bodmin in March 2007 and restored to operational condition. |
| 50042 Triumph | Class 50 | 1968 | 1991 | 50042 was withdrawn from service at Laira depot at Plymouth in 1990 and restored at Bodmin, entering service in 1993. It is painted in the BR large logo blue livery with a black roof. |
| P403D Denise | Sentinel | 1960 | 2014 | Sentinel works number 10029 operated by for British Steel until 1970 when it was sold to English China Clay and shunted wagons at Rocks Drier near Bugle. It was number P403D in their fleet and given the name Denise. It was donated in 2014 to the Bodmin and Wenford Railway and entered service after a two-year restoration. |

## Diesel Multiple Units

| Number | Class | Built | To B&WR | Notes | Image |
| 121020 (55020) | Class 121 | 1960 | 2017 | This single-car unit was painted in chocolate and cream livery for the GWR 150 celebrations in 1985. From 2002 until 2017 it was operated by Chiltern Railways. It has not yet been repainted from the blue colour that it carried then but is out of service awaiting repairs. | |

## Coaching stock

Trains on the Bodmin and Wenford Railway are mostly formed from British Rail (BR) Mark 1 coaches but some GWR are also in use.
| Number | Company | Type | Built | Notes |
| 232 | GWR | Autocoach | 1951 | Built by BR to a GWR Hawksworth design. Used as an inspection saloon on the Dartmouth Steam Railway. Arrived at Bodmin in 2008 and fully restored, entering service in 2011. |
| 248 | GWR | SAL | 1881 | First class family saloon, believed to be the oldest surviving GWR bogie coach. |
| 392 | SR | B | 1938 | |
| 1855 | SR | PMV | 1940 | |
| 1873 | BR | RMB | 1961 | |
| 2434 | GWR | TO | 1910 | A 'Toplight' design, built as a compartment coach but the interior was destroyed before preservation. |
| 3960 | BR | TSO | 1955 | Moved to Bodmin in 2022 from Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway. |
| 4037 | BR | TSO | 1955 | Moved to Bodmin in 2016 from East Somerset Railway. |
| 4484 St Piran | BR | SO | 1957 | At the Llangollen Railway from 1990 until 2002. Used in the B&WR dining train. |
| 4656 | BR | TSO | 1957 | |
| 4789 St Petroc | BR | SO | 1957 | At the Llangollen Railway from 1991 until 2002. Used in the B&WR dining train. |
| 4963 | BR | TSO | 1962 | |
| 9214 | BR | BSO | 1955 | Converted by BR for use in a rerailing train. Now used by B&WR permanent way team. |
| 10618 | BR | SLEP | 1983 | Mark 3a sleeper sold to the Bodmin and Wenford Railway in 1994. |
| 25660 | BR | SK | 1957 | |
| 25807 | BR | SK | 1961 | At the Llangollen Railway from 1990 until 2010. |
| 34627 | BR | BSK | 1955 | |
| 35130 | BR | BSK | 1957 | |
| 80702 St Pinnock | BR | BG | 1955 | Brake van for the B&WR dining train. |
| 94257 | BR | CCT | 1959 | |
| 94732 | BR | CCT | 1961 | |

## Goods wagons

Heritage goods wagons on the Bodmin and Wenford Railway include several examples of open wagons that had been built by British Rail (BR) to carry china clay in Cornwall. Other wagons are used to maintain the railway and its equipment.
| Number | Company | Type | Built | Notes |
| 2506 | PO | Tank | 1932 | SA milk tank owned by United Dairies and operated on a GWR six-wheel chassis. |
| 5108 | PO | Open | 1963 | A steel open registered by the Army to operate on the main line until 1981 and then used internally at Marchwood Military Port. Used as part of the freight train. |
| 5442 | PO | Tank | 1944 | A Class A tank wagon for aviation spirit (fuel oil), registered by Shell-Mex BP with the London, Midland and Scottish Railway. |
| 34620 | BR | Bogie flat | 1955 | British Rail Mark 1 coach underframe now used as a flat-bed wagon. |
| 35302 | GWR | Brake van | 1946 | Telegraphic code: Toad. |
| 41799 | GWR | Shunters truck | 1902 | Telegraphic code: Chariot. |
| 103999 | GWR | Van | 1923 | Telegraphic code: Mink A. |
| 104663 | GWR | Van | 1924 | Telegraphic code: Mink. |
| 222814 | LNER | Van | 1938 | Non-ventilated London and North Eastern Railway fruit van. |
| 261052 | LNER | Van | 1943 | London and North Eastern Railway van. |
| 301568 | LNER | Open | 1947 | Long wheelbase open wagon, telegraphic code: Tube. |
| 489672 | BR | Open | 1954 | Steel wagon, telegraphic code: Hyfit. |
| 700709 | LMS | Machinery flat | 1944 | A London Midland and Scottish Railway machinery wagon, telegraphic code: Lowmac MO. Used as permanent way train. |
| 743031 | BR | Open | 1955 | End-tipping china clay wagon. |
| 743171 | BR | Open | 1955 | End-tipping china clay wagon. |
| 743226 | BR | Open | 1957 | End-tipping china clay wagon. |
| 743353 | BR | Open | 1957 | End-tipping china clay wagon. |
| 743415 | BR | Open | 1959 | End-tipping china clay wagon. |
| 743443 | BR | Open | 1959 | End-tipping china clay wagon. |
| 743495 | BR | Open | 1959 | End-tipping china clay wagon. |
| 743535 | BR | Open | 1959 | End-tipping china clay wagon. |
| 743823 | BR | Open | 1960 | End-tipping china clay wagon. |
| 904546 | BR | Machinery flat | 1952 | A British Rail machinery wagon, telegraphic code: Lowmac WP. Used as permanent way train. |
| 952045 | BR | Brake van | 1953 | A standard British Rail goods brake van. |
| 955166 | BR | Brake van | 1961 | A standard British Rail goods brake van. Operational |
| 983591 | BR | Ballast hopper | 1960 | Telegraphic code: Dogfish. Stored at Walkers Line Sidings, Bodmin. |
| 983622 | BR | Ballast hopper | 1960 | Telegraphic code: Dogfish. Stored at Walkers Line Sidings, Bodmin. |
| 993895 | BR | Ballast plough | 1957 | A brake and staff van for ballast trains, telegraphic code: Shark. Stored in Bodmin Parkway. |
| None | BR | Bogie flat | Unknown | Crane runner, original number unknown. |
| None | BR | Flat | Unknown | The underframe from a ventilated van, number unknown. |
| Camel | LSWR | Trolley | 1875 | A ganger's pump trolley dating from when the London and South Western Railway owned the Bodmin and Wadebridge line. It used to be kept in a shed at Dunmere Junction. |

## Past members of the B&WR fleet

These locomotives and multiple units have been based on the Bodmin and Wenford Railway in the past. These lists do not include locomotives based on other lines that were short term visitors, for example to a gala weekend or for a season.

### Steam

| Number & name | Wheels | Class | Built | On B&WR | Notes |
| 3802 | 2-8-0 | GWR 2884 | 1938 | 1990-2002 | This locomotive was being restored at Bodmin but it was moved to the Llangollen Railway before this was complete. |
| 4247 | 2-8-0T | GWR 4200 | 1916 | 2000s-2022 | A heavy freight locomotive that used to haul trains of China clay from St Blazey to Fowey. In 2022 went to the East Somerset Railway for an overhaul after which it will be based on the Dartmouth Steam Railway. |
| 6435 | 0-6-0PT | GWR 6400 | 1937 | 2008-2024 | Another 'pannier tank' engine, members of this class were fitted with equipment for working Auto trains. 6435 was withdrawn on 12 October 1964 and entered preservation with the Dart Valley Railway on 17 October 1965. It was transferred to the Torbay Steam Railway but proved too small and was sold to the Bodmin Railway Trust. It was withdrawn from service in 2021 and sold to the West Somerset Railway in 2024. |
| 30120 | 4-4-0 | LSWR T9 | 1899 | 2008-2017 | One of the LSWR's 'Greyhound' 4-4-0s that pulled express trains from Exeter to Wadebridge and Padstow. Part of the National Collection, it went to the Swanage Railway after being used at Bodmin. |
| 30587 | 2-4-0WT | LSWR 0298 | 1874 | 2002-2017 | A 'Beattie Well Tank', one of three that were used for many years on the mineral branch from Boscarne Junction to Wenfordbridge. It is part of the National Collection. It returned to Bodmin in late 2023 and now appears at special events on static display. |
| 34007 Wadebridge | 4-6-2 | SR WC | 1945 | 1990s-2007 | This air-smoothed Southern Railway 'West Country' class locomotive came to Bodmin for restoration and was steamed in 2006 but then moved to the Mid Hants Railway. |
| 19 | 0-4-0ST | Bagnall | 1950 | 1986–2024 | This locomotive was built by W. G. Bagnall in 1950, their works number 2962. It was delivered to Devonport Dockyard, the last steam locomotive to enter service there before diesels started to arrive in 1955. It was sold to the Cornwall Steam Locomotive Preservation Society (CSLPS) and moved to their site at Bodmin in 1969. The CSLPS moved to Bugle in 1977 where number 19's restoration was completed. It returned to Bodmin and the B&WR in 1986. It was painted in Devonport Dockyard's plum colour. |
| 62 Ugly | 0-6-0ST | RSH 56 | 1950 | 1990s-2000s | Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns works number 7673 was one of nine similar locomotives built for Stewarts & Lloyds. It was originally restored on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway and acquired the nickname Ugly while on the Lavender Line. It worked at Bodmin for several years before moving to the Barry Tourist Railway but since 2008 has been based on the Spa Valley Railway. |
| (1611) | 0-4-0ST | Peckett W5 | 1923 | 1987-2009 | This locomotive was donated to the Cornish Steam Locomotive Preservation Society by Albright & Wilson who had displayed it at their Portishead works since it was taken out of service. It was never restored before it was sold to the Swanage Railway but is now on display at Beal railway station. |
| (3121) | 0-4-0F | Bagnall | 1957 | 1987-? | The last fireless locomotive built by W. G. Bagnall, it was used at the china clay works at Marsh Mills near Plymouth. It came to Bodmin with the other Cornish Steam Loocmotive Preservation Society locomotives but has since moved elsewhere. |

### Diesel

| Number | Class | Built | On B&WR | Notes |
| 20166 | Class 20 | 1966 | ?-2007 | Sold to Harry Needle in exchange for 47306. It carried the name River Fowey while at Bodmin. |
| 20197 | Class 20 | 1967 | ?-2007 | Brought to provide spare parts for 20166 and sold to Harry Needle with it. |
| 33110 | Class 33 | 1960 | 1993-2020 | This Southern Region locomotive arrived at Bodmin in December 1993. It was sold when 47306 became available for service. |
| 1 Peter | Fowler | 1940 | 2009-c.2020 | A John Fowler 0-4-0DM, works number 22928. It formerly worked for the North Devon Clay Company at Meeth. |
| 2 Progress | Fowler | 1945 | 1980s-2008 | A John Fowler 0-4-0DM, works number 400001. It formerly worked at Peters Marland Clay Company's site near Great Torrington. |
| 3 Lec | RH DS48 | 1960 | 2009-c.2020 | A small 4-wheeled diesel that originally worked for LEC Refrigeration at Bognor Regis and was known as 'Lec' but while at Bodmin its name was changed to Brian. This was Ruston & Hornsby's works number 443642. |
| 50980 & 52054 | Class 108 | 1959 & 1961 | 1993-2018 | This two-car set operated services on the Bodmin & Wenford Railway but has been sold to the Weardale Railway. |
| 51947 | Class 108 | 1961 | 1993-2021 | This coach was never restored but was a source of spares for the 50980 and 52054. It was moved to the East Somerset Railway in 2021. |
| 53645 | Class 108 | 1958 | 1993-1999 | This coach was not restored before it was moved to the Nottingham Heritage Railway in 2021. |