Steam Locomotive Information

Here is the photo album for SAR No. 87, a 2-6-2+2-6-2 located in Dinas, Gwynedd. If you would like to suggest additional photos for this album, please click here.

Near the terminus at Caernarfon.

Viewed from the rear, No.87 shows its former owner's identity on the coal bunker - in English S.A.R, South African Railways / in Afrikaans, S.A.S - Suid Afrikanse Spoorwee.

No.87's number plate shows it's former owner's identity too - in English S.A.R, South African Railways / in Afrikaans, S.A.S - Suid Afrikanse Spoorwee.

No.87's leading power bogie, which carries the water tank.

No.87's trailing power bogie, which carries the coal bunker.

No.87's builder's plate, attached to the girder that carries the loco boiler. Englishman John Cockerill founded the company with his brother, Charles James Cockerill in 1825 as an iron foundry. In 1835 they built the first Belgian built locomotive, 'Le Belge' and continued locomotive manufacturing which continues today.

No.87 photographed at Dinas with a train for Porthmadog on 16th September 2026.

No.87 crossing the street in Porthmadog on the final few yards of its journey to the station on 17th September 2026.


SAR 2-6-2+2-6-2 No. 87 Dinas, Gwynedd, UK	Location: Welsh Highland Railway (Caernarfon) Status: Operational