Cameroon Development Corporation 0-6-0WT No. 5 'Elf' (932)
Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, UK
Location: Vale of Rheidol Railway
Status: Overhaul
Posted: Mar 8, 2025 @ 10:03:04 by Russell Newman
The former Cameroon Development Corporation, Orenstein & Koppel built 0-6-0WT (Works No. 12740) No. 5 "Elf", which last ran at the Leighton Buzzard Railway in 2017 has been moved to the Vale of Rheidol Railway at Aberystwyth, Ceredigion in Wales, where it is now under overhaul in their workshops there and is expected back into traffic in mid-2026.
Posted: Oct 12, 2022 @ 03:10:36 by Dale W Fickés
This was No. 932 with the Cameroon DC although it originally ran for its predecessor, the Likomba Banana Railway in Cameroon when a colony. It has been with the LBR since 1973 and was stored in 1996. The correct built gauge was 600mm.
Posted: Apr 24, 2020 @ 13:04:03 by luke
status should be awaiting overhaul