The GWR 5101 Class or Large Prairie was originally designed by G.J. Churchward and was later improved by Collett.This locomotive is number 5199 and is based at The Llangollen Railway when not out on hire to other railways.

This Great Western Railway 56xx 0-6-2T locomotive was built at Swindon in 1924. It worked in South Wales and when withdrawn in 1963 ended up at Barry in Woodhams scrapyard.It was saved and went to the Steamtown Railway Museum at Carnforth. When that closed it was bought by the Lakeside Railway Society, who then set up the Furness Railway Trust as a charity to manage it. It was at the Ribble Steam Railway in Preston I think now in 2011.

This GWR Auto train is about to head for Carrog. This photo was take from the coach end in Llangollen station in 2007. The auto coach is No.178 and is in the GWR chocolate and cream livery. This Auto coach was built in 1930, by the Great Western Railway. It is based at the Dean Forest Railway, when not out at other railways.

These auto trains were the steam for runners, of todays DMUs, with controls at this end of the coach when runing this way. The driver coming to this end, with the fireman staying in the locomotive. The driver operates the regulator and brakes and the whistle by levers and rods under the coach which are connected to the locomotive. The fireman looking after the fire and valve settings. This all saved time and stopped the need to run round at stations.

This locomotive is a Great Western Railway class 2-8-0T designed by G. J. Churchward for short-haul trips from the coal mines in south wales to the ports. 205 of these locomotives were built by the GWR, with this one built in 1924.