Western Railway 4-6-2 No. 38 (762)
Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, UK 		Location: Vale of Rheidol Railway
Status: Stored
Posted: Nov 25, 2025 @ 01:11:01 by
Both were on display at the VoR Steam Festival. 762 looking pretty good, 765 looked a bit twisted, but that may be superficial. Can be seen on videos.
Posted: Oct 11, 2024 @ 10:10:14 by Russell Newman
It has been announced that the former Gwalior Pacific Railway of Western Railway Bagnall built 4-6-2 Pacific No. 38 (762), is to be restored to steam again at the Vale of Rheidol Railway. No. 38 will enter the workshops at Aberystwyth for full restoration early next year in 2025 with the aim of having the locomotive in service for 2028.
Posted: Aug 21, 2024 @ 18:08:45 by Russell Newman
Yes it is correct as No. 762 is at the Vale of Rheidol Railway, as it was a miss type error sorry.
Posted: Aug 21, 2024 @ 16:08:46 by Steve Frost, European Editor
The Vale of Rheidol Railway website clearly shows the loco as No.762. Our record confused the two locos at Hambleton - No. 38 was shown with the alternative number of 765 which should have been 762 whereas No.41 was shown as 762 when it should have been 765. I have corrected both records and moved 38 (762) to Aberystwyth. I sincerely hope this is correct!
Posted: Aug 21, 2024 @ 06:08:36 by Dale W Fickés
Are we talking about IR (WR) No. 762 or No. 765. Previous notes are somewhat confusing!!
Posted: Aug 20, 2024 @ 12:08:19 by Russell Newman
The former Gwalior Pacific Railway of Western Railway Bagnall built 4-6-2 Pacific No. 765, has been relocated to its new home at the Vale of Rheidol Railway at Aberystwyth, Ceredigion in Wales, where for the first time since it was repatriated from India, will be on public display for the very first time after many years in storage. No.762 has been out of the public gaze for over four decades, having been stored under cover in the private collection of the then Phyllis Rampton Narrow Gauge Railway Trust. It remains in ‘as withdrawn’ condition, and is effectively a time capsule of it’s time in India. The locomotive will be put on temporary display at Aberystwyth station over the August Bank Holiday weekend from the 24th to 26th of August 2024, as part of the line’s Rheidol Steam Festival event then. Following the event, No.762 will be put back into storage in the sheds at Aberystwyth, but however, the Vale of Rheidol Railway will be announcing further plans for this locomotive later in 2024.