Spent much of its working life in South Africa until it was replaced by diesel traction.
Ten-yearly overhaul was completed in 2020, with the locomotive now painted in South African Railways black with SAR/SAS logo on the coal bunker.
[2] At the start of 2024 during winter maintenance, 87s whistle was moved to in front of the regulator dome to reduce the noise in the cab due to concerns over potential hearing issues.
Having first moved under its own steam on 5 February 2021,[4] the locomotive hauled its first (private) passenger train on 30 April 2021.
Entered service in plain black livery in 1998, but was due for boiler recertification in 2009.
143 re-entered service in 2011 in green livery for the Fairlies, Garratts and Mallets competition.
This 335 hp diesel hydraulic locomotive was built for work in a diamond mine and was later used for cement traffic at Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
This 180 hp Gardner 6LXB diesel-engined locomotive was built for RNAD Ernesettle, Plymouth.
Bought by the Ffestiniog Railway in 1981 and re-gauged, it was re-bodied and overhauled at Boston Lodge in 1986 and frequently used on 'pull and push' trains.
It was built for the Drewry Car Co, for Underhill Day & Co, for the South Johnstone Co-operative Sugar Milling Association in Australia.
The mill gave it the number 9 and used it to work sugar cane wagons in Innisfail district of Far North Queensland.
In 2004 the locomotive was purchased by a member of the Lynton & Barnstaple Trust, who shipped it from Australia in 2005.
It is believed to have been stored in Essex and in Somerset before being moved to the Exmoor Steam Railway.
With the FR-WHR link now open, FR locos visit fairly regularly on special services.
A development of the Winson Engineering carriages delivered in 1997, including wider door opening for easier access to passengers with reduced mobility.
In 2010, the carriage was named 'Glaslyn' by Queen Elizabeth II at a ceremony at Dinas station.