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List of rolling stock items in the UK National Collection

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Source updated August 20, 2026
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The UK National Collection is a collection of around 280 historic rail vehicles (predominantly of British origin). The majority of the collection is kept at four national museums:

Other items are on short or long-term loans to museums and heritage railways such as the Museum of the Great Western Railway at Swindon and the Head of Steam museum at Darlington.

01Steam locomotives

Standard gauge designs up to 1869

These locomotives are all 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) gauge unless noted otherwise.

Railway Number and name Type or Class Builder Works
Number		 Built Wheels Location Object Number Image
S&D Locomotion No. 1 R Stephenson 3 1825 0-4-0 Shildon 1978-7010
Shutt End Colliery Agenoria Foster, Rastrick and Company 1829 0-4-0 York 1884-92
L&M Rocket R Stephenson 19 1829 0-2-2 York 1862-5
S&D Rocket Replica 1935 0-2-2 York 1935-87
S&D Rocket Replica Locomotion Enterprises (1975) Ltd. 2 1979 0-2-2 Shildon 1979-7002
L&M Sans Pareil Timothy Hackworth 1829 0-4-0 Shildon 1864-45
L&M Sans Pareil Replica 1979 0-4-0 Shildon 2009-7054
L&M Novelty Replica, features original cylinder and wheel parts. Ericsson and Braithwaite 1929 0-2-2 Manchester 1929-866
L&M 9 Planet Replica Science and Industry Museum 1992 2-2-0 Manchester YD1995.128
Hetton Colliery Bradyll Timothy Hackworth c. 1837 0-6-0 Shildon 2008-7058
S&D 18 Etherley 1840 Shildon 1981-426
S&D 25 Derwent Kitching 1845 0-6-0 Darlington 1978-7012
Hetton Colliery Lyon 1852 0-4-0 Shildon 1978-7009
GJR Columbine GJR Crewe 1845 2-2-2 York 1975-7016
Furness 3 Coppernob Bury, Curtis, and Kennedy 1846 0-4-0 York 1975-7015
LNWR 3020 Cornwall LNWR Crewe 1847 2-2-2 Quainton Road 1975-7026
Sandy and Potton 5 Shannon George England and Co. 1858 0-4-0 WT Didcot 1978-7013
LNWR 1439 4ft shunter Crewe 1865 0-4-0 ST Preston 1978-7015
MR 158A 156 Class MR Derby 1866 2-4-0 Barrow Hill 1978-7016
NER 66 Aerolite X1 (LNER) NER Gateshead 1869 2-2-4 T Shildon 1975-7013

Standard gauge designs 1870 to 1899

These locomotives are all 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) gauge.

Railway Number and name Type or Class Builder Works
Number		 Built Wheels Location Object Number Image
GNR 1 Stirling Single GNR Doncaster 1870 4-2-2 York 1975-7014
LSWR 30587 (BR) 0298 Class ("Beattie Well Tank") Beyer Peacock 1412 1874 2-4-0WT Bodmin 1978-7018
Hebburn Works 2 Bauxite Black, Hawthorn 305 1874 0-4-0ST York 1953-354
NER 1275 1001 Class Dübs 708 1874 0-6-0 York 1975-7009
NER 910 901 Class NER Gateshead 1875 2-4-0 Shildon 1975-7004
LBSCR 82 Boxhill A1 Class (Terrier) LBSCR Brighton 1880 0-6-0T York 1975-7012
LBSCR 214 Gladstone B1 Class LBSCR Brighton 1882 0-4-2 York 1975-7017
NER 1463 1463 Class NER Darlington 1885 2-4-0 Darlington 1975-7020
LYR 1008 Class 5 LYR Horwich 1 1889 2-4-2T Bury 1976-7003
LNWR 790 Hardwicke Improved Precedent LNWR Crewe 3286 1892 2-4-0 Shildon 1975-7023
S&MR 1 Gazelle Alfred Dodman & Co. 1893 0-4-2WT Tenterden 1975-7010
NER 1621 M1 Class
(LNER D17/1)		 NER Gateshead 1893 4-4-0 Shildon 1975-7008
GNR 1002 (Only tender survives, now coupled to No.1) Stirling Single 1893 York 1978-7122
GER GER 490
BR 62785		 T26 Class
(LNER E4)		 GER Stratford 836 1894 2-4-0 Bressingham 1975-7002
LSWR LSWR 245 M7 Class LSWR Nine Elms , 1897 0-4-4T York 1978-7020
GWR 2516 2301 Class (Dean Goods) GWR Swindon 1557 1897 0-6-0 Swindon 1978-7021
TVR TVR 28 O1 Class TVR Cardiff 306 1897 0-6-2T Gwili 1978-7022
GNR 990 Henry Oakley Class C1 (small boiler)
(LNER C2)		 GNR Doncaster 708 1898 4-4-2 York 1975-7001
MR 673 115 Class MR Derby 1899 4-2-2 York 1978-7023
GNR 1247 Class J13
(LNER J52)		 Sharp Stewart 4492 1899 0-6-0ST York 1980-7001
LSWR 30120 T9 Class LSWR Nine Elms , 1899 4-4-0 Swanage 1978-7024

Standard gauge designs 1900 to 1922

These locomotives are all 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) gauge unless noted otherwise.

Railway Number and name Type or Class Builder Works
Number		 Built Wheels Location Object Number Image
SECR 737 D Class SECR Ashford 1901 4-4-0 York 1975-7006
MR 1000 1000 Class MR Derby 1902 4-4-0 Barrow Hill 1975-7018
GNR 251 C1 Class (large boiler)
(LNER C1)		 GNR Doncaster 991 1902 4-4-2 Doncaster 1975-7005
GWR 3440 City of Truro 3700 Class ("City") GWR Swindon 2000 1903 4-4-0 Swindon 1978-7025
GER 87 S56 Class
(LNER J69)		 GER Stratford 1249 1904 0-6-0T Bressingham 1975-7003
GER 1217 G58 Class
(LNER J17)		 GER Stratford 1905 0-6-0 Barrow Hill 1978-7026
GWR 4003 Lode Star 4000 Class ("Star") Swindon Works 2231 1907 4-6-0 York 1978-7027
LTSR 80 Thundersley 79 Class Stephenson 3367 1909 4-4-2T Bressingham 1978-7028
Longmoor Woolmer Avonside 1572 1910 0-6-0ST Basingstoke 2008-7159
GCR 63601 (BR) 8K Class
(LNER O4)		 GCR Gorton 1911 2-8-0 Loughborough 1975-7027
NER 901 T3 Class
(LNER Q7)		 NER Darlington 1919 0-8-0 Shildon 1978-7029
GCR 506 Butler Henderson 11F Class
(LNER D11)		 GCR Gorton 1920 4-4-0 Barrow Hill 1978-7030
LNWR 49395 (BR) Class G2 LNWR Crewe 5662 1921 0-8-0 Shildon 1978-7031

Standard gauge designs 1923 to 1947

These locomotives are all 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) gauge unless noted otherwise.

Railway Number and name Type or Class Builder Works
Number		 Built Wheels Location Object Number Image
GWR 4073 Caerphilly Castle 4073 Class ("Castle") GWR Swindon 1923 4-6-0 Swindon 1961-76
LNER 60103 Flying Scotsman A3 Class LNER Doncaster 1564 1923 4-6-2 York/Mainline 2004-7103
LMS 4027 4F LMS Derby , 1924 0-6-0 Sharpness 1978-7033
SR (LSWR) 777 Sir Lamiel N15 (King Arthur) Class North British 23223 1925 4-6-0 Loughborough 1978-7034
LMS 13000 5MT ("Crab") LMS Horwich , 1926 2-6-0 York 1978-7036
SR 850 Lord Nelson Lord Nelson SR Easteligh , 1926 4-6-0 Ropley 1978-7035
GWR 6000 King George V 6000 Class ("King") GWR Swindon 1927 4-6-0 Swindon 1978-7037
SR 925 Cheltenham V ("Schools") SR Eastleigh , 1934 4-4-0 York 1978-7038
LMS 2500 4MT LMS Derby , 1934 2-6-4T Bury 1978-7039
Chinese Government Railways KF7 KF1 Class Vulcan 4674 1935 4-8-4 York 1987-7001
LMS 5000 5MT LMS Crewe 216 1935 4-6-0 Shildon 1978-7040
LNER 4771 Green Arrow V2 Class LNER Doncaster 1837 1936 2-6-2 Doncaster 1975-7025
LNER 4468 Mallard A4 Class LNER Doncaster 1870 1938 4-6-2 York 1975-7007
LMS 6229 Duchess of Hamilton "Princess Coronation" LMS Crewe , 1938 4-6-2 York 1976-7000
SR C1 Q1 SR Brighton 1942 0-6-0 York 1978-7041
SR 34051 Winston Churchill Battle of Britain SR Brighton 1946 4-6-2 Shildon 1978-7042
GWR 9400 9400 Class GWR Swindon Works 1947 0-6-0PT Swindon 1978-7043
BR (SR) 35029 Ellerman Lines Merchant Navy SR Eastleigh 1949 4-6-2 York 1975-7021

Standard gauge designs from 1948 onwards

These locomotives are all 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) gauge unless noted otherwise.

Railway Number Type or Class Builder Works
Number		 Built Wheels Location Object Number Image
BR 70013 Oliver Cromwell 7MT ("Britannia") BR Crewe 1951 4-6-2 Loughborough 1978-7044
Industrial 1 Barclay 2373 1956 0-4-0F Shildon 1978-7045
Industrial 5 Frank Galbraith Sentinel 9629 1957 0-4-0 VBT Hull 1981-7000
BR 92220 Evening Star 9F BR Swindon , 1960 2-10-0 York 1975-7024

Narrow gauge steam locomotives

Railway Number or name Type or Class Builder Works
Number		 Built Wheels Gauge Location Object Number Image
LNWR Pet LNWR Crewe 1865 0-4-0 ST 18 in (457 mm) York 1978-7014
IoMR 3 Pender Beyer, Peacock 1255 1873 2-4-0 T 3 ft (914 mm) Manchester Y1980.12
Ffestiniog Railway Livingston Thompson Double Fairlie Boston Lodge 1885 0-4-4-0 T 1 ft 11+1⁄2 in (597 mm) York 1990-7368 (loan from Ffestiniog Railway)
LYR Wren Beyer, Peacock 2825 1887 0-4-0 ST+T 18 in (457 mm) Bury 1975-7019
Cape Govt. 993 SAR 7A Sharp, Stewart 4150 1896 4-8-0 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) York 2005-7445
SAR 2352 SAR GL Beyer, Peacock 6639 1929 4-8-2+2-8-4 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) Manchester Y1984.873

Broad gauge

Railway Name Type or Class Builder Works
Number		 Built Wheels Gauge Location Object Number Image
Wylam Colliery Puffing Billy William Hedley 1813
Rebuilt c.1830		 4w VCG 5 ft (1,524 mm) Kensington 1862-2
SDR Tiny Vertical boiler Sara and Company 1868 0-4-0T 7 ft 1⁄4 in (2,140 mm) Buckfastleigh 1978-7017
NWR 3157 Vulcan Foundry 2764 1911 4-4-0 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) Manchester Y1982.2
GWR North Star Star (replica) GWR Swindon 1925 2-2-2 7 ft 1⁄4 in (2,140 mm) Swindon 1978-7011
GWR Iron Duke Iron Duke (replica) Resco Railways 1985 4-2-2 7 ft 1⁄4 in (2,140 mm) Didcot 1985-1989

02Electric locomotives

Standard gauge

Railway Number (current) Type or Class Builder Works
Number		 Built Wheels Location Object Number Image
C&SLR 13 Mather & Platt / Beyer, Peacock 1890 Bo LT Museum 1923-301
Waterloo & City 75S Siemens Brothers & Co 6 1898 Bo Shildon 1978-7003
NER 1 (BR) ES1 BTH 1904 Bo-Bo Shildon 1975-7022
NSR 1 Battery-electric NSR /
Thomas Bolton		 1917 Bo Shildon 1978-7004
CEGB Battery-electric EE 1378 1944 Bo East Lancashire Railway Plant
BR E26020 Class 76 BR Gorton 1027 1951 Bo-Bo York 1978-7005
BR 1505 Ariadne Class 77
(NS 1500)		 BR Gorton 1066 1954 Co-Co Manchester Y1987.207
BR E5001 Class 71 BR Doncaster , 1958 Bo-Bo Shildon 1978-7006
BR 84001 Class 84 North British 27793 1960 Bo-Bo York 1979-7001
BR 87001 Stephenson / Royal Scot Class 87 BREL Crewe , 1973 Bo-Bo York 2005-7698

Narrow gauge electric

Railway Number Type or Class Builder Works
Number		 Built Wheels Gauge Location Object Number Image
Channel Tunnel Construction RA36 4wBE/WE Hunslet 9423 1990 900 mm (2 ft 11+7⁄16 in) York 1992-7394

Electric multiple units coaches

All these coaches are 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) gauge unless noted otherwise.

Railway Unit number Unit type or class Car number Car type Builder Built Location Object Number Image
North Eastern Railway Electric unit 3267 Parcels 1904 North Shields 1978-7067
Southern Railway 1293 405 (4-SUB) 8143 Eastleigh Works 1925 York 1978-7069
Southern Railway 3131 404 (4-COR) 11179 MBTO Lancing Carriage Works (underframes)
Eastleigh Works (bodywork)		 1937 Shildon 1978-7071
London & North Western Railway LNWR electric 28249 MBTO Metropolitan Cammell 1915 York 1978-7068
Southern Railway 2090 401 (2-BIL) 12123 MBT Southern Railway 1937 Shildon 1985-7001
Southern Railway 2090 401 (2-BIL) 10656 DTC Southern Railway 1937 Shildon 1985-7002
Southern Region of British Railways 4308 414 (2-HAP) 61275 DMBSO Eastleigh Works 1958 Shildon 2010-7198/1
Southern Region of British Railways 4308 414 (2-HAP) 75395 DTC Eastleigh Works 1958 Shildon 2010-7198/2
Eastern Region of British Railways 306017 Class 306
  • 65217
  • 65417
  • 65617
  • DMSO
  • TBSO
  • DTSO
 Birmingham Railway Carriage & Wagon Company
Metro-Cammell		 1949 Shildon 2010-7263
JR-West H94→Q2 0 Series Shinkansen 22-141 Panto/Cab Hitachi 1976 York 2001-7500
Eurostar International Class 373 373308 Power Car GEC-Alsthom 1994 York 2019-359

Electric tramcars

Railway Number Class or Type Builder Works
Number		 Built Wheels Location Object Number Image
Glasgow Corporation 585 Standard Glasgow Corporation 1901 Single truck Wroughton (store) 1962-356

03Internal combustion

Standard gauge locomotives

The following locomotives are all 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) gauge and powered by diesel engines unless noted otherwise.

Railway Number Type or
Class		 Builder Works
Number		 Built Wheels Location Object Number Image
Industrial Petrol Motor Rail 4217 1925 4wPM Shildon 1987-7000
CEGB D21 Hexhamshire Diesel electric Armstrong Whitworth D21 1933 0-4-0 Shildon 1978-7008
LMS 7050 Diesel mechanical Drewry/EE Drewry 2047
EE 874		 1934 0-4-0 York 2008-7160
BR 13079 Class 08 BR Darlington , 1953 0-6-0 Shildon 1985-7000
BR 08911 Class 08 BR Horwich , 1962 0-6-0 Shildon Plant
EE DP1 Deltic Prototype EE 2007 1955 Co-Co Shildon 1963-80
BR D8000 Class 20 EE/Vulcan EE 2347 VF D375 1957 Bo-Bo York 1981-7002
BR 31018 Class 31/0 Brush 71 1957 A1A-A1A Shildon 1978-7000
BR D200 Class 40 EE/Vulcan EE 2367 VF D395 1958 1Co-Co1 Shildon 1988-7001
Industrial H001 Diesel hydraulic Sentinel 10003 1959 4wDH Shildon 2009-7090
BR D2090 Class 03 BR Doncaster , 1960 0-6-0 Shildon 1976-7005
BR D6535 Class 33/1 BRC&W DEL 127 1960 Bo-Bo Loughborough 2005-7286
BR D2860 Class 02 Yorkshire Engine Co. 2843 1961 0-4-0 York 1978-7001
BR D6700 Class 37 EE/Vulcan EE 2863 VF D579 1961 Co-Co Loughborough 2001-7861
BR D9002 Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Class 55 EE/Vulcan EE 2907 VF D559 1961 Co-Co York 1987-7002
BR 09017 Class 09 Horwich Works , 1961 0-6-0 York Plant
BR D1023 Western Fusilier Class 52 BR Swindon , 1963 C-C Didcot 1978-7002
BR 47798 Prince William Class 47 BR Crewe , 1965 Co-Co York 2004-7243
BR 41001 Class 41 BREL Crewe , 1972 Bo-Bo Shildon 1988-7000
BR 43002 Sir Kenneth Grange Class 43 BREL Crewe , 1975 Bo-Bo York 2020-105
BR 43102 The Journey Shrinker Class 43 BREL Crewe , 1978 Bo-Bo Shildon 2021-966

Narrow gauge locomotives

These locomotives are all powered by diesel engines unless noted otherwise.

Railway Number Type Builder Works
Number		 Built Wheels Gauge Location Object Number Image
Yorkshire Water Authority Simplex No 2275 Petrol Motor Rail 1377 1918 4w PM 2 ft (610 mm) Leighton Buzzard
Yorkshire Water Authority Ruston Hornsby 187105 1937 4w DM 2 ft (610 mm) Leighton Buzzard 1978-7046
NCB 14 Hudswell Clarke DM1274 1962 0-6-0 DM 3 ft (914 mm) Shildon 2005-7601
NCB 9 Hunslet 9227 1986 Bo-Bo 3 ft (914 mm) Shildon 2005-7600

Diesel multiple unit coaches

All these coaches are 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) gauge and power by diesel engines unless noted otherwise.

Railway Number Class or Type Builder Works
Number		 Built Location Object Number Image
GWR 4 Railcar AEC 1934 York 1978-7070
BR 51562 + 51922 2-car
Class 108		 BR Derby 1959-1960 Barrow Hill 1993-7000
BR 51192 + 54352 2-car
Class 101		 Metro Cammell 1957-1958 NNR 2004-7105
BR APT-E Gas turbine prototype APT BR Derby 1970 Shildon 1976-7002
BR LEV1 Experimental railbus Leyland 1975 Shildon 1987-7017
BR 142001
(55542 + 55592)		 2-car
Class 142		 BR Derby 1985 Shildon 2020-106

04Coaching stock

Railway Number Type Builder Diagram and lot no. Built Location Object Number Image
B&WR Four-wheel composite 1834 York 1975-7037
B&WR Four-wheel second 1834 York 1975-7038
B&WR Four-wheel open third 1834 York 1975-7039
L&BR 2 Four-wheel Royal Saloon Underframe (Euston Works)

Body (Carriage builder in Gough Street)

1842 York 1983-7001
M&BR 1 Four-wheel first Wright and Sons 1844 Manchester Y1993.101
S&DR 31 Four-wheel 1st & 2nd comp Horner & Wilkinson 1846 Shildon 1975-7034
S&DR 59 Four-wheel 1st & 2nd comp Tweeddale Barton 1847 Shildon 1975-7041
ECR 64 Four-wheel first 1852 York 1978-7054
NBR 1 Horse-drawn "Dandy Car" NBR, St Margarets, Edinburgh Dia 117 1856 York 1975-7058
Cornwall Railway 5 Broad gauge third (body section) 1859 or 1865? Wroughton (store) 1995-7788
LNWR 802 12-wheel Royal Saloon (two 6w bodies as one) Wolverton 1869, 1895 (rebuilt to 12w) York 1983-7002
NLR 32 Four-wheel Directors' Saloon Bow 1872 Shildon 1975-7029
MR 901 Six-wheel composite Derby Dia No. 516, Lot no. 111 1885 York 1975-7033
Lynton and Barnstaple Railway 2 1 ft 11+1⁄2 in (597 mm) gauge Brake comp/Obs saloon Bristol 1897 York 1988-7002
ECJS 12 Clerestory Corridor Third York Dia No. 18, 14 1898 Shildon 1978-7056
WCJS (LNWR) 200 Twelve-wheel 1st class Dining Wolverton Dia No. LNW29 1900 Shildon 1975-7032
LNWR 800 Twelve-wheel Royal Saloon Wolverton 1902 York 1983-7004
LNWR 801 Twelve-wheel Royal Saloon Wolverton 1902 Shildon 1983-7003
LSWR 847 Tri-comp Lavatory Brake Eastleigh Dia No. 69, Lot No. 1190 1903 York 1978-7057
LNWR 303 Brake First Corridor Wolverton Dia No. 127 1905 York 1978-7058
LNWR 310 Brake First Corridor Wolverton Dia No. 127 1905 Shildon 1978-7059
NER 3591 Clerestory Dynamometer Car Darlington Works Dia No. 101a 1906 York 1975-7050
SR (ex LSWR) 7834 (72) Dining Saloon, later ambulance car Eastleigh 1907 York 2013-7191
ECJS 395 Twelve-wheel Royal Saloon Doncaster Dia No. 81 1908 York 1983-7007
GCR 666 Third Open Dukinfield Dia No. 5G1, Lot No. 5067 1910 Quainton Road 1988-7003
SECR 59 Topaz Pullman Parlour First Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company, Smethwick Dia No. G 1914 York 1975-7028
MR 3463 Twelve-wheel 3rd dining Derby Dia No. 575, Lot No. 843 1914 York 1975-7030
Rhodesia Railways 1808 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) gauge 1st/2nd class sleeping car (originally 1st) Metropolitan Carriage, Wagon and Finance Company, Birmingham 1928 National Collections Centre, Wroughton 2005-7446
L&MR Four-wheel 2nd Open (replica) 1930 York 1975-7036
L&MR 1 Four-wheel 2nd Open (replica) 1930 York 1975-7036
L&MR Huskisson Four-wheel 1st (replica) LMS 1930 York 1978-7050
L&MR Traveller Four-wheel 1st (replica) LMS 1930 York 1975-7035
GWR 9631 Buffet Car Swindon Dia No. H41, Lot No. 1518 1934 Swindon 1978-7063
CIWL 3792 Sleeping Car Ateliers de Construction du Nord de la France, Blanc-Misseron 1936 Shildon 1978-7047
LNER 650 Buffet Car York Dia No. 167, Lot No. 761 1937 York 1978-7065
LMS 5987 Corridor Brake Third Derby Dia No. 1968, Lot No. 1035 1937 Shildon 1977-7000
LMS 45053 Mobile Test Unit 1938 Embsay
LMS 799 Twelve-wheel Royal Saloon Wolverton Dia No. 2054, Lot No. 1168 1941 York 1983-7006
BR 35468 Brake Corridor Second Wolverton railway works, BR Dia No. 181, Lot No. 30721 1963 York 1990-7377
BR 21274 Brake Corridor Composite Derby, BR Dia No. 172, Lot No. 30732 1964 Shildon 1995-7147

Non-passenger coaching stock

Railway Number Type Builder Diagram and lot no. Built Location Object Number Image
Grand Junction Railway 282693 1838 Travelling Post Office replica Wolverton (LMS) 1938 Shildon 1975-7043/1
West Coast Joint Stock (LNWR) 186 TPO Wolverton Dia No. 87 1883 York 1975-7042
GNR 948 Six-wheel full brake Doncaster 1887 York 1975-7044
ECJS 82 Gangwayed Full Brake Doncaster Dia No. 38 1908 Shildon 1988-7008
LNWR 275 Four-wheel Open Carriage Truck Wolverton Dia No. 466 1908 York 1988-7009
GWR 2775 "Siphon G" Milk Van Swindon Dia No. O33, Lot No. 1578 1936 Shildon 1988-7010
LMS 44057 Six-wheel milk tank Derby Works Dia No. 1994, Lot No. 1067 1937 York 1988-7011
SR 3733 Special Cattle Van Lancing, BR 1951 Shildon 1988-7012
BR 96369 Horse Box Earlestown, BR Dia No. 751, Lot No. 30146 1957 Shildon 1988-7013

05Goods wagons and freight stock

Railway Number Type Builder Diagram and lot no. Built Location Object Number Image
Peak Forest Tramway 174 Four-wheel quarry truck 1815 York 1975-7053
Four-wheel Chaldron wagon 1826 Shildon 1975-7054
Thomas James, Stratford and Moreton Tramway Horse-drawn wagon c.1840-45 York 1995-7001
Dandy cart c.1845 design Shildon 1975-7060
GNR 112 Four-wheel hand crane Doncaster, GNR 1848 Shildon 1978-7120
Seaham Harbour 31 Chaldron wagon c.1865-70 Shildon 1975-7055
NER 512 Four-wheel oil tank wagon Darlington Wagon & Engineering Co. 1889 Shildon 1975-7045
MSLR 6671 4-plank Goods wagon Dukinfield, MSLR 1890 Manchester Y1998.24
NER 12 Snow Plough NER Dia No. U31 1891 Shildon 1978-7123
LSWR 99 Four-wheel goods brake van Eastleigh, LSWR Dia No. 1541 1894 Shildon 1978-7091
Caledonian Railway 300041 Well Trolley St. Rollox, CR Dia No. 41 1896 Bo'ness
LSWR 5830 Open Carriage Truck Eastleigh, LSWR Dia No. 1641 1898 Yeovil 1978,
Shell-Mex and BP 3171 Four-wheel rectangular tank wagon 1901 Shildon 1983-7775
NER 4551 Four-wheel 8-plank hopper 1902 Shildon 1978-7093
NER 63229 Stores van York Dia No. H3 1902 North Yorkshire Moors 1982-7002
NER CME 13 Steam breakdown crane Manchester, Cravens 1907 York 1975-7051
NER 14974 Four-wheel loco sand wagon 1912 Shildon 1978-7095
LSWR 1380 Gunpowder Van Eastleigh, LSWR Dia No. 1701 1912 Yeovil
LNWR 21408 Goods van Earlestown, LNWR Dia No. 88 1917 York 1978-7076
GCR Single bolster Birmingham, Metro-Cammell 1920 Shildon 1994-7391
LNER 14 Nitric Acid Tank 1928 Yeovil
Stanton Ironworks 9988 7-plank end-tip mineral wagon 1931 Shildon 1978-7115
GWR 112884 'Mink G' goods van Swindon, GWR Dia No. V.22, Lot No. 1067 1931 York 1978-7101
LMS 295987 Goods brake van Derby, LMS Dia No. D1890, Lot No. 71x 1933 York 1984-7000
PLM 475014 Ferry Van Mauberge, PLM 1935 York 1988-7017
BR ex GWR 126438 Motor Car Goods Van Swindon, GWR Dia No. G31 1935 Shildon 1988-7016
SR 56297 "Queen Mary" goods brake van Lancing/Ashford Works, SR Dia No. 1550, Lot No. 867 1936 Shildon 1980-7002
LMS 472867 3-plank open wagon Derby, LMS Dia No. D1927, Lot No. 922 1936 Shildon 1982-7003
LMS 499254 Tube Wagon Horbury, Chas Roberts Dia No. D1675, Lot No. 938 1936 Battlefield 1978-7116
BR ex WD W 161042 "Warflat" 50-ton Bogie Flat Wagon Birmingham, Metro-Cammell Dia No. BR 73 1940 Shildon 1988-7015
LNER 246710 Goods brake van Darlington Works, LNER Dia No. 158 1941 North Yorkshire Moors 1994-7392
LMS 700728 Lowmac Shildon, LNER Dia No. P54A, Lot No. 1342 1944 Shildon 1978-7103
LNER 270919 Coal Hopper Motherwell, Hurst Nelson Dia No. 100 1945 Shildon 1978-7106
LNER DE 470818 Ballast Brake Van Wishaw, R. Y. Pickering Dia No. 203 1948 Shildon 1993-7121
BR 900805 Well Trolley Derby, BR Dia No. 2/730, Lot No. 2029 1950 Shildon 1978-7110
BR B 901601 Trestrol EC Teesside Bridge & Engineering Dia No. 2/681, Lot No. 2175 1950 East Lancs 1992-7393
BR 893343 Cattle Van Swindon, BR Dia No. 1/353, Lot No. 2269 1951 York 1978-7111
BR B 943139 Bogie Bolster Birmingham, Metro-Cammell Dia No. 1/471, Lot No. 2406 1952 Shildon 1978-7112
ICI 19154 Bogie Mineral Hopper Wagon Horbury, Chas Roberts 1953 Shildon 2001-7167
National Benzole 2022 Petrol Tank Wagon Cardiff, Powell Duffryn 1954 Shildon 1975-7048
BR 227009 Mineral Wagon Teesside Bridge & Engineering Dia No. 1/108, Lot No. 2742 1955 Shildon 1982-7005
BR 743141 China Clay wagon Swindon, BR Dia No. 1/051, Lot No. 2697 1955 Shildon 1995-7146
BR 873368 Presflo Cement Hopper Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company Dia No. 1/272, Lot No. 3361 1961 Shildon 1986-7004
BR B 882583 Banana Van Wolverton, BR Dia No. 1/246, Lot No. 3290 1960 York 1978-7114
BR 350000 "Merry-go-Round" hopper coal wagon Darlington, BR Prototype HAA 1964 Shildon 1995-7852
Philips Petroleum 85209 Bogie Petrol Tank Wagon Horbury, Chas Roberts Dia No. 6/291 1970 Shildon 7053-1985
BR 60152-601403 Pair of Freightliner Bogie Flat Wagons Ashford, BR FGA 1971 York

06Rolling stock formerly part of the National Collection

Standard gauge steam locomotives

Railway Number and name Type or Class Builder Works
Number		 Built Wheels Location Object Number Image
LSWR 563 T3 Class LSWR Nine Elms 380 1893 4-4-0 Swanage 1975-7000
GWR 2818 2800 Class GWR Swindon 2122 1905 2-8-0 Swindon 1976-7001
NSR 2 New L Class NSR Stoke 1922 0-6-2T Foxfield 1978-7032
CEGB Eustace Forth Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns 7063 1942 0-4-0ST Foxfield 1978-7007
WD King Feisal of Iraq Hunslet 3183 1944 0-6-0ST 2005-7287

Internal combustion

Railway Number and name Type or Class Builder Works
Number		 Built Wheels Location Object Number Image
BR 50033 Glorious Class 50 English-Electric 3803 1968 Co-Co Severn Valley Railway

Narrow gauge steam locomotives

Railway Number or name Type or Class Builder Works
Number		 Built Wheels Gauge Location Object Number Image
Industrial Handyman Hudswell Clarke 573 1900 0-4-0 ST 3 ft (914 mm) Statfold 2008-7985

Narrow gauge electric

Railway Number Type or Class Builder Works
Number		 Built Wheels Gauge Location Object Number Image
Post Office 809 1930 stock EE 809 1931 A-1-1-A 2 ft (610 mm) York 1986-7000

Electric multiple unit coaches

Railway Unit number Unit class Car number Car type Builder Built Location Object Number Image
LMS 502
  • 28361
  • 29896
  • DMBTO
  • DTC
 Derby 1939 Merseyside Transport Trust
BR (SR) 3545 4-VEP 76875 DTC British Railways 1974 Shepherdswell 2006-7360
BR Class 370 49006 Power Car BREL Derby 1978 Crewe Heritage Centre 1988-7006/7

Passenger coaches

Railway Number Type Builder Diagram and lot no. Built Location Object number Image
GWR 820 Six-wheel tricomposite (was BG) Swindon Dia No. U29, Lot no. 370 1887 Didcot 1978-7055
MR 2234 Railmotor, now Saloon Derby, MR Dia No. 479, Lot No. 578 1904, Saloon: 1907 Horncliffe
LYR 10825 Third Class Corridor, later Medical Examination Car Newton Heath, LYR Dia No. 90, Lot No. E32 1910 Rowsley
LNWR 5000 Chairman's Saloon Wolverton Dia No. D12 1920 Butterley
GWR 9006 Special Saloon Swindon Dia No. G64 1945 Carnforth 1987-7011
SR 1456 Third Open Lancing (underframe)
Eastleigh (body)		 Dia No. 2017, Lot No. E3234 1947 Ropley
BR 4286 Tourist Second Open BRCW Dia No. 93, Lot No. 30207 1956 North Yorkshire Moors
BR 311 Eagle Pullman Kitchen First Metro Cammell Dia No. 130, Lot No. 3281 1960 Tyseley Locomotive Works
BR 1100 Prototype Griddle Car Eastleigh, BR Dia No. 30, Lot No. 30637 1960 Great Central
BR 13252 Prototype Mk2 FK Swindon (BR) Dia No. 120, Lot No. 30550 1962 Mid-Norfolk
BR 81025 Gangwayed Full Brake Sheffield, Cravens Dia No. 711, Lot No. 30224 1956 Bluebell Railway Museum catering vehicle Countess of York

Non-passenger coaching stock

Railway Number Type Builder Diagram and lot no. Built Location Object number Image
SR 4920 Post Office Sorting Van Eastleigh Dia No. 3192, Lot No. 1043 1939 Nene Valley Railway
LMS 30272 Post Office Sorting Van Wolverton Dia No. 2167, Lot No. 1559 1949 Nene Valley Railway

Wagons

Railway Number Type Builder Diagram and lot no. Built Location Object Number Image
MSLR Goods van underframe 1882 Aysgarth 1978-7075
GCR 10 Goods van body 1910 York, now scrapped 1978-7075
GNR 432764 Goods van GNR 1915 York, now scrapped or dismantled 1976-7096
NER Goods van NER 1917 Embsay
LSWR 11813 Machinery Flat Eastleigh, LSWR Dia No. 1676 1921 Ropley 1994-7393
LMS 197266 Ballast/Plough brake van Sheffield, Cravens Dia No. D1805, Lot No. 635 1932 Embsay 1980-7008
LMS 722702 Single bolster Derby (LMS) Dia No. D1950, Lot No. 1105 1938 York, now scrapped
SNCF 192437 Mineral Wagon Birmingham, Metro-Cammell Dia No. 1/112, Lot No. 2286 1946 Midsomer Norton 1978-7105
SR 14036 Shock absorbing wagon Ashford (BR SR) Dia No. 1392, Lot No. 3443 1948 Bluebell Railway 1982-7007
BR B 383560 Iron Ore Tippler Shildon, BR Dia No. 1/181, Lot No. 2601 1953 Rutland Railway Museum 1978-7113
BR B 436275 Iron Ore Hopper Birmingham Railway Carriage & Wagon Company Dia No. 1/162, Lot No. 2148 1950 Rutland Railway Museum 1978-7108
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