Almond Valley Light Railway
Builder Type Date Works number Livery Notes/Current Status
Baldwin 4w OE 1049 1902 unknown Worked at the Oakbank Oil Company on one of the first electric railways in Scotland . Museum exhibit inside heritage centre building . Fitted with trolley pole to collect current from the Oakbank System 's overhead wires . On loan from National Museums of Scotland
Hunslet Engine Company 0-4-0 DM 1049 1940 2270 Worked at the RNAD Broughton Moor depot in Cumberland . Fitted with air braking . Occasionally used on passenger train
Greenwood 4w BE 1049 1941 1698 Flameproof steeple cab battery electric . Worked at ROF Bishopton and ROF Bridgwater ( fleet no.B3583 ) . Has been cosmetically restored . Stored
Andrew Barclay 4w DM 1970 557 Blue ex- ICI explosives factories at Ardeer and Powfoot . Fitted with air braking . This locomotive is in full working order and usually operates the passenger train
Brook Victor 4w BE 1972 ? Yellow ( weathered ) Worked at ROF Bishopton ( fleet no.18 ) . Lightweight battery locomotive for moving explosive products around within the storage bunkers . These locos were referred to at Bishopton as tractors . Stored
Brook Victor 4w BE 1972 612 Yellow ( weathered ) Worked at ROF Bishopton ( fleet no.20 ) . Lightweight battery locomotive for moving explosive products around within the storage bunkers . These locos were referred to at Bishopton as tractors . Stored
Brook Victor 4w BE 1974 698 Yellow ( weathered ) Worked at ROF Bishopton ( fleet no.38 ) . Lightweight battery locomotive for moving explosive products around within the storage bunkers . These locos were referred to at Bishopton as tractors . Stored
Brook Victor 4w BE 1974 700 Yellow ( weathered ) Worked at ROF Bishopton ( fleet no.42 ) . Lightweight battery locomotive for moving explosive products around within the storage bunkers . These locos were referred to at Bishopton as tractors . Stored
Hunslet Engine Company 4w DM 1973 7330 Red Stored . Worked at ROF Bishopton
Baguley-Drewry 4w DM 1980 3572 Yellow Acquired in February 2004 . Previously worked at the RNAD Dean Hill naval depot in Hampshire . Fitted with air braking . Undergoing overhaul
Motor Rail 4w DM 1981 40SPF522 Yellow ( weathered ) Worked at ROF Bishopton and ROF Bridgwater . Latterly cannibalised for spares at Bishopton . Stored
Locomotives
The line uses only internal combustion locomotives . It has never intended to use steam locomotives and therefore has no facilities for them . The railway is home to a number of electric locomotives ( five battery , one overhead ) ; however , these are not used . All of the battery locomotives are likely to require new batteries before being used again . [ 1 ]
The Almond Valley Light Railway is a narrow gauge heritage railway running at the Almond Valley Heritage Trust site at Livingston, Scotland. The railway operates at weekends between Easter and the end of September and daily during some school holiday periods. There are two stations, both with waiting shelters and run round loops. A small two-road loco shed is provided at the Heritage centre end of the line. There is a storage siding here also.