Rolling Stock

The railway has about seventy-odd items of rolling stock (excluding locomotives) at Blaenavon. On this website we have tried to organise them into registers so that you can access the area in which you are interested, select the item of rolling stock, and study it in detail. The main areas are:

British Railways Mk1 carriages

This is the type of stock we use for everyday use, and most of those items that are not in use are planned to appear in service in the foreseeable future. This will allow temporary withdrawal of our current front-line stock for overhaul and refurbishment. To see the list click this link: Mk1 COACHES

Pre-nationalisation carriages

This is stock that was built before the railways were nationalized in 1948. Some of the stock dates back as far as the 1890s and thus pre-dates the ‘grouping’ of the many railway then in the UK into the ‘Big Four’ , that is GWR, LMS, LNER and SR, in 1923. To see the list of pre-nat stock, click this link: PRE-NAT COACHES

Diesel Multiple Units and Diesel Electric Multiple Units (DMUs and DEMUs).

These are self-contained trains that have engines built into them. Although there were one or two earlier varieties, DMUs and DEMUs did not come into service until the late fifties. The GWR championed the use of single units, but these were not multiple units, since they could not be worked in multiple. To see our small collection of such units click this link: DMUs and DEMUs

Wagons

All of our odd wagons are listed in a two-page register. To see the list, click this link: WAGONS

The Vintage Carriages Trust

In compiling this stocklist we have followed the example set by the Vintages Carriage Trust, with whom we work quite closely, and who have compiled a national archive of preserved carriages and of wagons under the name Railway Heritage Register. Registers have been compiled for both carriages, and for wagons. To enter the national register click on this link: Vintage Carriages Trust.