Eaton Hall Railway 0-4-0T No. 'Katie'
Ravenglass, Cumbria, UK 		Location: Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway
Status: Operational
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Posted: Jun 13, 2025 @ 12:06:50 by Russell Newman
The former Eaton Hall Railway 1896 built 15inch gauge 0-4-0T "Katie", will be taking part on display with many other locomotives from around the UK at the Greatest Gathering at Litchurch Lane works in Derby as part of the Railway 200 celebrations from the 1st to 3rd of August 2025. To mark 200 years of opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway and 200 years of the modern railway we all know and use today. Being the oldest operational 15inch gauge steam locomotive still running, "Katie" will be operating on a short section of 15inch gauge track giving rides during the event.
Posted: Jul 10, 2024 @ 06:07:11 by Russell Newman
The former Eaton Hall Railway 1896 built 15inch gauge 0-4-0T "Katie", is making a rare visit to the Heatherslaw Light Railway near Ford in Northumberland for a special weekend from the 1st to 4th of August 2024, and will also be used on a Evening Photo Charter on the 1st of August.
Posted: Apr 5, 2024 @ 14:04:38 by Russell Newman
The former Eaton Hall Railway 1896 built 15inch gauge 0-4-0T "Katie", is making a visit to the Perrygrove Railway for their Steam Gala Weekend on the 18th and 19th of April 2024.
Posted: Mar 21, 2022 @ 07:03:38 by Russell Newman
The former Eaton Hall Railway 1896 built 15inch gauge 0-4-0T "Katie" will be the second visiting locomotive at the Romney Hythe & Dymchurch Railway for their “95th Anniversary” Steam and Diesel Gala on the 14th and 15th of May 2022.
Posted: Feb 20, 2022 @ 11:02:01 by Russell Newman
The former Eaton Hall Railway 1896 built 15inch gauge 0-4-0T "Katie" is also to visit Beamish Open Air Museum for their Steam Gala Weekend on the 9th and 10th of April 2022 as a load on a vintage road lorry for the Gala.
Posted: Aug 8, 2019 @ 14:08:38 by Russell Newman
Former Eaton Hall Railway 1896 built 15inch gauge 0-4-0T "Katie" will also be visiting the Kirklees Light Railway as part of the line up for their 14th Annual Steam & Diesel Gala Weekend over the weekend of 14 & 15 September 2019.
Posted: Feb 25, 2019 @ 05:02:14 by Russell Newman
Former Eaton Hall Railway 1896 built 15inch gauge 0-4-0T "Katie" is the second loco visiting Beamish North of England Open Air Museum for their Great North Steam Fair on the 11th to 14th of April 2019 as well.
Posted: Aug 22, 2017 @ 13:08:45 by Robin R Beck
KATIE was built at Duffield Bank workshops. Katie was the first of 3 locomotives sold to Duke of Westminster for his Eaton Hall Railway, built to connect the estate with the railway station at Balderton. This 15 inch gauge railway operated from 1896 to 1946 mostly for moving coal, timber, bricks etc. A few passenger wagons and carriages were used over the years. The railway obtained petrol locomotives in 1922 so steam operations ceased.

Katie was first sold to the Ravenglass & Eskdale railway. 1922 sold to Llewellyn miniature railway, Southport. 1923 sold to Fairbourne railway in North Wales but was partially scrapped by them in 1926. In 1980 her frames were recovered from sand dunes near Fairbourne station. The Ravenglass railway and Station Road Steam Ltd, Metheringham have rebuilt the engine. She is now used on special days at Ravenglass & Eskdale railway.

Posted: Jul 4, 2017 @ 14:07:34 by Russell Newman
The 15in Eaton Hall Railway 0-4-0T "Katie" has now been fully restored to working order and has now moved to the Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway where it came found on display in there new museum set up there.
Posted: Apr 13, 2014 @ 14:04:24 by Steve Frost
Built to the designs of Sir Arthur Heywood, that great enthusiast for 15 inch gauge, this loco passed through a number of owners until it ended up as little more than the bare frames in the sand at Fairbourne in North Wales.

It is undergoing restoration to original condition with the aim of being back in steam in 2015, the centenary of the conversion of the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway to 15 inch gauge.

A working replica exists on the Perrygrove Railway which can be found on the site with a photo showing how this engine will look when the work is completed.