Corris Railway 0-4-2ST No. 3 'Sir Haydn'
Tywyn, Gwynedd, UK 		Location: Talyllyn Railway
Status: Operational
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Posted: Apr 17, 2025 @ 08:04:33 by Russell Newman
The ex Corris Railway 0-4-2ST No. 3 "Sir Haydn", is being repainted as the famous Thomas the Tank Engine character "Sir Handel", for the Talyllyn Railway’s Rev W Awdry’s Railway Series Weekend on the 10th & 11th of May 2025 as part of the 80th anniversary of the Rev W Awdry’s Railway Series books on Thomas the Tank Engine and his friends, which the Talyllyn Railway was the inspiration for the Skarloey Railway.
Posted: Mar 14, 2024 @ 13:03:52 by Russell Newman
For the first time in over a 100 years, two "Falcon" 0-4-2ST type locomotives will operate at the Corris Railway again as Talyllyn Railway based ex Corris Railway 0-4-2ST No. 3 "Sir Haydn", visits its former stomping grand to work along side their new-build replica Corris Railway "Falcon" 0-4-2ST No. 10, in June 2024, where the pair will operate along with new-build Tattoo Class 0-4-2ST No. 7, during a special Gala at the Corris Railway on the 16th of June 2024.
Posted: Sep 27, 2021 @ 12:09:50 by Russell Newman
This is the history of ex Corris Railway 0-4-2ST No. 3 "Sir Haydn" which is the 3rd locomotive on the Talyllyn Railway. No. 3 was built in 1878 by Hughes’ Loco & Tramway Eng. Works Ltd of Loughborough for the Corris Railway which is other 2ft 3ich narrow gauge railway in Wales. A bit like No. 1 "Talyllyn" was orginally built as a 0-4-0ST but was rebuilt as a 0-4-2ST for better riding at Corris. No. 3 worked on the Corris Railway until its closure in 1948 but in 1951 it was purchased by the Talyllyn Railway along with No. 4 for futhur use with them in preservation. No. 3 was named after the Talyllyn Railway’s late owner, Sir Henry Haydn Jones. But in the early preservation years of the Talyllyn Railway in the 1950’s the precarious state of the track led to its being little used for the first few years, and firebox problems caused its withdrawal in 1957. Following repairs and overhaul No. 3 re-entered service again in 1968 and has been operating ever since and has more recently returned from a major overhaul at the Vale of Rheidol Railway in Aberystwyth and still going strong today. No. 3 "Sir Haydn" was the inspiration for the famous Thomas the Tank Engine character "Sir Handel".
Posted: Dec 16, 2020 @ 12:12:12 by luke
status should be operational
Posted: Apr 19, 2018 @ 14:04:57 by Russell Newman
Ex Corris Railway 0-4-2ST No. "Sir Haydn" has return home to the Talyllyn Railway following completion of its overhaul at the Vale of Rheidol Railways Aberystwyth works. No. 3 has been painted back in the Talyllyn Railways famous Green livery and will soon to doing test runs before it enters traffic for the summer season.
Posted: Nov 7, 2017 @ 16:11:52 by Steve Frost
Currently being overhauled at the Aberystwyth works of the Vale of Rheidol Railway. On a loco of this age, costs quickly escalate when working on them, and this is not an exception. The boiler needs more work than anticipated and the Tlyllyn Railway has appealed for the money needed to complete the overhaul.

Mechanically much has been done with the tyres turned, a new driving axle fitted and new crank pins made. The cylinders have been re-bored, the valve faces machined and the cylinders fitted to the frames. The cylinders are reaching the end of their life, though and new ones will be needed for the next overhaul.

Posted: Jul 17, 2003 @ 18:07:53 by Graham French

Some of the unknown details are as follows:-

Drive wheel diameter 30"

Trailing pony wheel diameter 11" [ this loco along with its

two sisters was originally 0-4-0 wheel arrangement.]

Tractive effort 2665 lbs

Boiler pressure 160 lbs

Cylinders 7" X 12"