Collector Notes

WANTAGE TRAMWAY LOCOMOTIVES

 Manufacturer               Introduced      Scale  Model Status                          Notes

 

0-4-0WT (GWR No.5)                                                                                  

George England & Co                                                                               

1 locomotive was built in 1857 for the Sandy & Potton Railway in Bedfordshire. After the company became part of the London & North Western Railway, the locomotive saw service between 1863 and 1868 with the Cromford & High Peak Railway before being sold to the Wantage Tramway in May 1878. After the tramway closed in 1945, it was purchased by the Great Western Railway for preservation in 1946 (the Wantage Tramway linked to the GWR at Wantage Road). This locomotive has been preserved

 Alan Gibson                2000                4mm   Status unknown                      Kit of parts for Model Railway Journal project

 

F Class 0-4-0T (Wantage Tramway No.7)                                             

Manning Wardle & Co                                                                   

This locomotive was one of 139 contractors locomotives built between 1869 and 1921. This locomotive was delivered to T. A. Walker for the Manchester Ship Canal contract in March 1888. It was sold to the Wantage Tramway in 1893 and became No. 7 in the fleet. It was used on the demolition trains after the line closed in 1946 before being sold to a contractor. It then went to Cordes Steel Mills at Newport until it closed in 1964. Although offered for sale there were no buyers and the locomotive was subsequently broken up.

 Chivers Finelines      1992                4mm   Catalogue                               Kit