War Department Light Railways 4-6-0T No. 794
Porthmadog, Gwynedd, UK 		Location: Welsh Highland Heritage Railway
Status: Operational
Posted: Mar 24, 2025 @ 15:03:00 by Russell Newman
Following an overhaul in the workshops at the Vale of Rheidol Railway, the ex War Department Light Railways Baldwin built 4-6-0T No. 794 now running as Welsh Highland Railway No. 590, has returned to traffic and has returned home to the Welsh Highland Heritage Railway and will be hauling trains there for the 2025 running season.
Posted: May 13, 2023 @ 09:05:28 by Russell Newman
With its restoration now completed, the ex War Department Light Railways Baildwin built 4-6-0T No. 794 has successfully steamed for the first time in preservation and will now be relocated back home at the Welsh Highland Heritage Railway at Porthmadog, Gwynedd in North Wales where it will be launched into traffic at a special Gala on the weekend of the 27th to 28th of May 2023.
Posted: Feb 5, 2023 @ 10:02:30 by Russell Newman
The ownership of ex War Department Light Railways Baildwin built 4-6-0T No. 794 has been has been permanently transferred from its previous owners the Imperial War Museum into the ownership of the Welsh Highland Heritage Railway at Porthmadog. The locomotive was on long term loan to the Welsh Highland Heritage Railway from the Imperial War Museum but following continuing review of its collections alongside further consultation from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport it was felt that the Welsh Highland Heritage Railway would make the most appropriate long-term home for the locomotive.