Visit the locomotive museum

The Roundhouse Museum

Our working museum is home to over 20 of the historic steam and diesel engines that make up the Statfold Collection. With 2 levels of museum you will find a mixture of both static and active locomotive displays from different manufacturers around the world!

As you enter our museum you will be able to walk along our turntable before exploring the tracks that branch out to our locomotives where you will find a selection of interactive videos and information boards to learn all about the history of our fantastic collection!

Meet the Engines

Get up close and personal with the iconic locomotives that make Statfold special! It’s a must-see for any railway enthusiast or curious visitor looking to delve deeper into the world of narrow-gauge railways.

Cloister

2-foot gauge
Built by Hunslet Engine Company (Leeds)
Wheel arrangement 0-4-0ST
Works number and build date 542 of 1891
Originally ‘No.2’ but renamed in 1893 to commemorate the winner of the Grand National
Transferred to the care of Statfold Trust in November 2019

Jack

18-inch gauge
Built by Hunslet Engine Company (Leeds)
Wheel arrangement 0-4-0WT
Works number and build date 684 of 1898
On loan from Leeds Industrial Museum at Armley Mills

Sybil Mary

2-foot gauge
Built by Hunslet Engine Company (Leeds)
Wheel arrangement 0-4-0ST
Works number and build date 921 of 1906
Originally built for the Penrhyn Quarries, last being used in 1955

Howard

2-foot gauge
Built by Hunslet Engine Company (Leeds)
Wheel arrangement 0-4-2T
Works number and build date 1842 of 1936
Originally built for 3-foot gauge, rebuilt to 2-foot gauge in 1969
Joined the collection at Statfold in 2013 and named Howard after Graham’s father

Trangkill No.4

2-foot gauge
Built by Hunslet Engine Company (Leeds)
Wheel arrangement 0-4-2ST
Works number and build date 3902 of 1971
Originally built to 750mm gauge before its rebuild at Statfold in 2004
Trangkill No.4 was the first steam engine in the collection

Statfold

2-foot gauge
Built by Hunslet Engine Company (Leeds)
Wheel arrangement 0-4-0ST
Works number and build date 3903 of 2005
Was built at Statfold Works

Jack Lane

2-foot gauge
Built by Hunslet Engine Company (Leeds)
Wheel arrangement 0-4-0ST
Works number and build date 3904 of 2005
Was built at Statfold Works

King of Scarletts

1-foot 10 ¾ gauge
Built by Hunslet Engine Company (Leeds)
Wheel arrangement 0-4-0ST
Works number and build date 492 of 1889
Arriving at Statfold in 2012

Gertrude

1-foot 10 ¾ gauge
Built by Hunslet Engine Company (Leeds)
Wheel arrangement 0-4-0ST
Works number and build date 995 of 1909
Arrived at Statfold in 2017 as an educational asset to the museum

Michael

1-foot 10 ¾ gauge
Built by Hunslet Engine Company (Leeds)
Wheel arrangement 0-4-0ST
Works number and build date 1709 of 1932
Michael was the last ‘Quarry Hunslet’ to be built until Statfold Works new generation in 2005

Lautoka No.19

2-foot gauge
Built by Hudswell Clarke (Leeds)
Wheel arrangement 0-4-0ST
Works number and build date 1056 of 1914
Arrived at Statfold in 2012

Fiji

2-foot gauge
Built by Hudswell Clarke & Co (Leeds)
Wheel arrangement 0-6-0
Works number and build date 972 of 1912
Also known as Lautoka No.11
Previously used for hauling sugar cane in Fiji

Alpha

2-foot gauge
Built by Hudswell Clarke & Co (Leeds)
Wheel arrangement 0-6-0PT
Works number and build date 1172 of 1922

GP39

2-foot gauge
Built by Hudswell Clarke (Leeds)
Wheel arrangement 0-6-0WT
Works number and build date 1643 of 1930
Joined the Statfold collection in 2010

Wendy

2-foot gauge
Built by Bagnall (Stafford)
Wheel arrangement 0-4-0ST
Works number and build date 2091 of 1919
Named Wendy after the Daughter of the Dorothea Quarry owner where it worked from 1930 to 1961
Joined the Statfold collection in 2019

Isibutu

2-foot gauge
Built by Bagnall (Stafford)
Wheel arrangement 4-4-0T
Works number and build date 2820 of 1945
Like several Bagnall design, Isibutu has a marine-type firebox, requiring a different firing technique
Joined the Statfold collection in 2007

Isaac

2-foot gauge
Built by Bagnall (Stafford)
Wheel arrangement 0-4-2T
Works number and build date 3023 of 1953
Isaac was sent to South Africa in 1953 where it was used to haul platinum ore from the mines to the reduction plant and returned to the UK in 1982
Joined the Statfold Collection in 2021

Liassic

2-foot gauge
Built by Peckett (Bristol)
Wheel arrangement 0-6-0ST
Works number and build date 1632 of 1923
Appropriate to its use in mineral -related activity,
Liassic gets it’s name from the geological period.
Joined the Statfold Collection in 2012

Harrogate

2-foot gauge
Built by Peckett (Bristol)
Wheel arrangement 0-6-0ST
Works number and build date 2050 of 1944
Harrogate acquired its name by being created for the Harrogate Gas Works Railway
Joined the Statfold Collection in 2003

Minas de Aller No.2

2-foot gauge
Built by Corpet (Paris)
Wheel arrangement 0-6-0PT
Works number and build date 439 of 1884
Statfold’s oldest narrow gauge locomotive and only working French built example

Sragi No.1

2-foot gauge
Built by Krauss (Munich, Germany)
Wheel arrangement 0-4-2T
Works number and build date 4045 of 1899
Acquired from the Sragi sugar mill on the island of Java in Indonesia

K1

2-foot gauge
Built by Beyer Peacock (Manchester)
Wheel arrangement 0-4-4-0T
Works number and build date 5292 of 1909
K1 is a compound, meaning that the exhaust steam from the high pressure cylinders is then reused by the low pressure cylinders
Whilst in Tasmania the locomotive was reported to be able to haul 70 tons up steep gradients
Joined the Statfold Collection in 2019 Festiniog Railway

Saccharine

2-foot gauge
Built by John Fowler (Leeds)
Wheel arrangement 0-4-2T
Works number and build date 13355 of 1912
In 1915, when working in Durban (South Africa), Saccharine was derailed and fell over a precipice , rolling over 70 yards down a steep embankment. Remarkably, the locomotive remained practically unscathed.
Joined the Statfold Collection in 2010

Sragi No.14 (Max)

2-foot gauge
Built by Orenstein and Koppel (Berlin)
Wheel arrangement 0-6-0WT+T
Works number and build date 10750 of 1923
Max was working at the Sragi Sugar Mill on the island of Java as late as the early 21st Century
While working at Java’s sugar mill, firewood or bagasse (sugar cane waste) was used as the primary fuel choice

Ryam Sugar No.1

2-foot gauge
Built by Davenport (Iowa, USA)
Wheel arrangement 0-4-0
Works number and build date 1586 of 1917
It was uncommon for US locomotives to be supplied to India during
British Rule. However, focus of the War Office due to the First World War
Joined the Statfold Collection in 2013

Roger ISC No.2

2-foot gauge
Built by Kerr Stuart (Stoke-on-Trent)
Wheel arrangement 0-4-0ST
Works number and build date 3128 of 1918
Standard example of the ‘Wren’ class, with an open cab and a full height chimney
Roger worked at the National Smelting Company’s zinc refinery at Avonmouth from 1918
Joined the Statfold Collection in 2016

Jatibarang No.9

2-foot gauge
Built by Arnold Jung (Kirchen, Germany)
Wheel arrangement 0-4-4-0T+T
Works number and build date 4878 of 1930
No.9 is a ‘Mallet’ articulated locomotive, understood to be the last
Mallet built in Germany and the most powerful 2’-0/600mm gauge example ever built

Cegin

2-foot gauge
Built by Andrew Barclay (Kilmarnock)
Wheel arrangement 0-4-0WT
Works number and build date 1991 of 1931
When working on the Durham Country Water Board’s reservoir project, 1991 was known as both No.4 and Red
Joined the Statfold Collection in 2016

Marchlyn

2-foot gauge
Built by Avonside (Bristol)
Wheel arrangement 0-4-0T
Works number and build date 2067 of 1933
From 1965 to 2010, Marchlyn was a static exhibit at Lake Winnepesaukah Amusement Park in Rossville, Georgia, USA
Joined the Statfold Collection in 2011