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British narrow gauge railway engineering company

Alan Keef Ltd
Company typeRolling stock & Locomotive manufacturer
IndustryRailways
Founded1972; 53 years ago (1972)
FounderAlan Keef
The Alan Keef Ltd works at Lea, Herefordshire; locomotive Woto at an open day

Alan Keef Ltd is a British narrow gauge railway engineering company which manufactures, overhauls, and deals in narrow gauge locomotives, rolling stock and associated equipment.

History

The limited company was formed in 1975 at Cote, Bampton, Oxfordshire, continuing what Alan Keef had already been doing for some years as an individual. The first new locomotive was built in 1976.

In 1986 the company moved to larger premises at Lea, near Ross-on-Wye in Herefordshire. In 1987 it took over the production of Motor Rail locomotives.

Production

As of 2008, the company had built more than eighty locomotives – steam, diesel and electric. Most have been miniature or narrow gauge except for two standard gauge steam locomotives for Beamish Museum: the replicas of "Steam Elephant" and "Puffing Billy". In 2008 the company built the frames, running gear and mechanical parts for two Parry People Mover railcars for use on the Stourbridge Town branch (139001 and 139002). A number of Alan Keef's locomotives are replicas of steam locomotives but with diesel power. These are referred to as steam outline (s/o) in the listing below.

In addition to the replicas for Beamish, the company has also helped restore a number of historically significant engines including both UK preserved Baldwin Class 10-12-D locomotives – No. 778 – which now works at Leighton Buzzard Light Railway and more recently No 794 (referred to as No 590) from the Welsh Highland Heritage Railway. However, this project was eventually paused and the WHHR moved the locomotive to the Vale of Rheidol's Aberystwyth workshops for completion in 2020.

During the annual Open Day in September at the company's premises, the company welcomes the public to see and ride examples of rail equipment brought by visiting exhibitors, and its own in-house rail equipment, on the facility's tracks, which accommodate rolling stock of 3 feet 6 inches (1067 millimetres), 3 feet 0 inches (914 millimetres), 2 feet 6 inches (762 millimetres), 2 feet 0 inches (610 millimetres) and 10+1⁄4 inches (260 millimetres) gauges.

New and rebuilt locomotives

Works No. Plated Year Number/
name 		Wheel
arrangement 		Gauge Class To Notes
 
1 1974 "Trixie" 0-4-0ST OC 2 ft (610 mm) Trixie First steamed at Cote on 05/09/1974, sold to Meirion Mill Railway in January 1975. Returned to Alan Keef in 1976 and resold to Rail Rebecq in Belgium where it was renamed "Paula". Now located at the Tacot des Lacs railway in France. Alan Keef Ltd did not build Trixie, though they were involved in the design. The builder was Trevor Barber, former manager of the Whipsnade and Umfolozi Railway.
2 1976 Skippy 4wDM 2 ft (610 mm) Motorised skip wagon Richardson's Moss Litter Co. Ltd
3 1978 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) Richardson's Moss Litter Co. Ltd Rebuilt from AK 2
4 1979 4wDM 2 ft (610 mm) Wilmslow Peat Farm; donated to Moseley Railway Trust, 2020 Available for service on Apedale Valley Light Railway
5 1979 4wDM 2 ft (610 mm) William Sinclair Horticulture Ltd, now at The Highland Light Railway Out of Use
6 1981 4wDM 2 ft (610 mm) Private Location
7 1982 BARBIE 4wDM 21 in (533 mm) Pleasure Beach Railway, Blackpool
8 1982 T2 SALLY 4wDH 2 ft (610 mm) William Sinclair Horticulture Ltd Out of Use
9 1982 4wDH 2 ft (610 mm) Leemspoor Narrow Gauge Museum, Netherlands
10 1983 5 ALISON 4wDH 2 ft (610 mm) Gartell Light Railway

11 1984 IVOR 4wDH steam outline 2 ft (610 mm) Thorpe Park Treasure Island Railway closed 1993
12 1984 SIR GEORGE 4wDH steam outline 2 ft (610 mm) Greenlea Light Railway
13R 1984 4wDH 15 in (381 mm) Ruston & Hornsby 452280 rebuilt Evesham Vale Light Railway
14 1984 4wDH steam outline 2 ft (610 mm) John Redden's Scrapyard, Wellingborough
15 1984 4wDH 2 ft (610 mm) India
16 1985 WEASEL 0-6-0DH steam outline 10+1⁄4 in (260 mm) Replica of Wisbech & Upwell Tramway locomotive Wells & Walsingham Light Railway
17 1985 3 0-4-0DH steam outline 2 ft (610 mm) Cotswold Wildlife Park Railway
18 1985 05 581 4wDH 2 ft (610 mm) William Sinclair Horticulture Ltd
19 1985 JEFFREY 4wDH 2 ft (610 mm) William Sinclair Horticulture Ltd
20R 1986 4wDM 2 ft (610 mm) Ruston & Hornsby 283513 rebuilt William Sinclair Horticulture Ltd, now at The Highland Light Railway Dismantled
21 1987 05/582 4wDH 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) Chemring Energetics UK Ltd
22 1987 05/583 4wDH 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) Chemring Energetics UK Ltd
23 1988 3 JACK 0-4-0DH steam outline 2 ft (610 mm) East Hayling Light Railway

24 1988 DH 2 ft (610 mm) U-series Kyung Dong Coal Mine, Korea
25 1988 DH 2 ft (610 mm) U-series Kyung Dong Coal Mine, Korea
26 1988 4wDM 2 ft (610 mm) 40SD William Sinclair Horticulture Ltd Out of use
27 1988 Bo'Bo'-DH 9+1⁄2 in (241 mm) J. Hall-Craggs
28 1989 T9 4wDM 2 ft (610 mm) 40S West Fife Munitions Railway
29 1988 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) 60S Nigeria
30 1990 "Taffy" 0-4-0VBT VC 2 ft (610 mm) Alan Keef

De Winton replica

31 Chassis (AKL) 1990 Body, Tender and Mechanical (RVM) 2012 Princess Swee' Pea 0-6-0DH steam outline 10+1⁄4 in (260 mm) Hastings Miniature Railway Substantially reconstructed; currently out of action at Bickington Steam Railway
32 1990 4wDMF 2 ft (610 mm) Nigerian Coal Corporation
33 1990 4wDMF 2 ft (610 mm) Nigerian Coal Corporation
34 1991 0-4-0TDH steam outline 2 ft (610 mm) Singapore Zoo Railway Garden ornament
35 1991 4-4-0DH steam outline 2 ft (610 mm) Singapore Zoo Railway
36 1990 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) 60S Nigeria
37 1990 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) 85S Chemicals & Fertilisers of Port Harcourt, Nigeria
38 1991 "Trijntje" 0-4-0T OC 600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in) De Efteling B.V. Efteling Steam Train Company
39 1992 SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL 0-6-2DH steam outline 15 in (381 mm) Blenheim Park Railway

40 1992 4wDH 2 ft (610 mm) AKL Hire Loco
41 1992 0-6-2DH steam outline 15 in (381 mm) Haigh Railway
42 1992 0-6-2DH steam outline 15 in (381 mm)
43 1992 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) 60SP Guyana Sugar Corporation
44 1993 4wDH 3 ft (914 mm) Peatlands Park Railway

45 1993 4wDH 2 ft (610 mm) India
46 1993 4wDH 2 ft (610 mm) Woodhead Tunnel; donated to Moseley Railway Trust For service on Apedale Valley Light Railway
47 1994 T5 SANDRA 4wDH 2 ft (610 mm) West Fife Munitions Railway
48 1994 4wDH 2 ft (610 mm) TPC, Moshi, Tanzania
49 1994 4wDH 2 ft (610 mm) John Muir Country Park Railway
50 1994 4wDH 2 ft (610 mm) India
51 1995 0-6-2DH steam outline 15 in (381 mm) Cricket St Thomas Railway
52 1996 PAM 0-4-0DH 15 in (381 mm) Wotton Light Railway
53 1997 2 ft (610 mm) Rail Lorry Sub-contracted from Severn Lamb, delivered to Dream World, Cairo Egypt
54 1998 DENSIL 0-6-0DH steam outline 10+1⁄4 in (260 mm) Wells Harbour Railway

55 1998 4wDH 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) Walton Water Treatment Works
Scrapped December 2010
56 2000 600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in) K80 tram Rainforest Ecological Train, Iguazu Falls, Argentina
57 2000 600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in) K80 tram Rainforest Ecological Train, Iguazu Falls, Argentina
58 1999 CHARLES 0-6-0DH steam outline 10+1⁄4 in (260 mm) Ferry Meadows Railway, Peterborough
59R 1999 80 BEAUDESERT 4wDH 2 ft (610 mm) Motor Rail 101T018 Leighton Buzzard Light Railway
60 2000 Edward Milner 0-6-0DH 12+1⁄4 in (311 mm) Buxton Miniature Railway
61 2000 SIR WALTER RALEIGH 0-4-0DM steam outline 18 in (457 mm) Bicton Woodland Railway

62 2002 4 0-2-0+1wDH Lartigue Monorail Listowel & Ballybunion Railway

63 2001 JAMES GORDON 0-4-0DH steam outline 2 ft (610 mm) Alford Valley Railway

64 2001 POMPEY B-B DH 15 in (381 mm) Wotton Light Railway
65 2001 MARGAM CASTLE 0-4-0DH steam outline 2 ft (610 mm) Margam Country Park Railway
66 2002 2 THE EARL OF OAKFIELD 0-4-0DH 15 in (381 mm) Difflin Lake Railway
67 2003 4wBE 2 ft (610 mm) Morwellham Quay
68 2003 4 BELLA 0-4-0DH steam outline 2 ft (610 mm) Cotswold Wild Life Park Railway

69R 2003 9 MARK TIMOTHY 2-6-4T OC 15 in (381 mm) Winson 20 rebuilt Bure Valley Railway

70 2004 LADY ALEXANDRA 0-4-0DH steam outline 20 in (508 mm) Great Woburn Railway

71 2004 "PUFFING BILLY" 4wG VC 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge Replica of 1813 locomotive Beamish Museum

72R 2004 313 POLAR BEAR 4wBE 2 ft (610 mm) Wingrove & Rogers 5568001 rebuilt Groudle Glen Railway

73 2005 0-6-0DH 12+1⁄4 in (311 mm) Private owner, north Devon; later Statfold Barn Railway

74 2005 HOWARD 0-6-0DH steam outline 10+1⁄4 in (260 mm) Wells Harbour Railway

75R 2007 2 BICTON 4wDH 18 in (457 mm) Ruston & Hornsby 213839 rebuilt Bicton Woodland Railway; later Waltham Abbey Royal Gunpowder Mills Store
76 2006 15001 0-4-0DM s/o 600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in) Lithuanian Railways, Ignalina, now at Vilnius Railway Museum
77 2007 LYDIA 2-6-2T OC 15 in (381 mm) Perrygrove Railway

78R 2007 6 4wDH 3 ft (914 mm) Motor rail 102T007 rebuilt Difflin Lake Railway
79 2007 7 FLYNN 0-6-0DH 15 in (381 mm) Longleat Railway

80 2007 BORIS 0-6-0DH 10+1⁄4 in (260 mm) Hotham Park Miniature Railway
81 2008 139001 British Rail Class 139 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) Parry People Movers for West Midlands Trains
82 2008 139002 British Rail Class 139 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) Parry People Movers for West Midlands Trains
83 2008 ERIC 0-6-0DH 10+1⁄4 in (260 mm) Lappa Valley Steam Railway
84 2008 SIR PETER GADSDEN 4wBE 2 ft (610 mm) Blists Hill Victorian Town
85R 2010 BUNTY 2-6-0T+T OC 15 in (381 mm) Construction started by Neville Smith and Sid Ford. completed by Alan Keef Ltd. Heatherslaw Light Railway
86 2010 MERLIN 0-4-0DH 2 ft (610 mm) Wicksteed Park Railway

87 2009 Claus 4wBE 600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in) Mønsted Kalkgruber K20E type
88 2009 Svend 4wBE 600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in) Mønsted Kalkgruber K20E type
89 2010 No 1 Eagle/Helang 4wBE Railcar 5 ft (1,524 mm) Brunei Liquid Natural Gas
90 2010 No 2 Sparrow/Layang-Layang 4wBE Railcar 5 ft (1,524 mm) Brunei Liquid Natural Gas
91 2022 Corris No. 10 0-4-2ST 2 ft 3 in (686 mm) Replica of Corris Railway "Falcon" locomotive Corris Railway Under construction in 2018, a replica of one of the Corris Railway's original Hughes locomotives.
92 2012 E762 LYN 2-4-2T 600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in) "Lyn" Replica Lynton & Barnstaple Railway Various components and final assembly of replica of 1898 Baldwin loco
93R 2013 "STEAMPLEX" 4wVBT 2 ft (610 mm) Motor Rail 5877 rebuilt Groudle Glen Railway

94 2013 Winston 0-6-0DH 15 in (381 mm) Blenheim Park Railway operating in the grounds of Blenheim Palace, in Oxfordshire, England.

95 2014 THE DUKE 0-6-0DH 10+1⁄4 in (260 mm) Wells Harbour Railway

96R 2015 CUMBRIA 4wBE 2 ft (610 mm) Rebuilt and regauged from Clayton B4227B/2006. South Tynedale Railway
97 2016 0-6-0DH 12+1⁄4 in (311 mm) Ree Park – Ebeltoft Safari, Denmark
98R 2021 4wDMRDM 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) Isle of Wight Steam Railway
99 2018 VER 4 2 ft 8+1⁄2 in (825 mm) Extensive rebuild of the original car. Volk's Electric Railway
100 2017 Arthur 0-6-0DH(so) 12+1⁄4 in (311 mm) Wellington Country Park, Reading
101R 2018 VER 6 2 ft 8+1⁄2 in (825 mm) Extensive rebuild of the original car. Volk's Electric Railway
102R 2018 VER 10 2 ft 8+1⁄2 in (825 mm) Extensive rebuild of the original car. Volk's Electric Railway
103 2018 HOWARD 0-6-0DH 10+1⁄4 in (260 mm) Beale Park

104 2018 8 JOHN THYNN B-B DH 15 in (381 mm) Longleat Railway
105 2019 B DH 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) Centre de Culture Scientifique, Technique et Industriel, Beauport, Grande-Terre, Guadeloupe
106 2020 Bo-Bo BE 15 in (381 mm) Sonoma TrainTown, California
107 2020 4wDM 2 ft (610 mm) AK40 type Pakistan
108 2020 4wDM 2 ft (610 mm) AK40 type Pakistan
109 2021 10+1⁄4 in (260 mm)
110 2021 Jill 0-4-2BE 10+1⁄4 in (260 mm) Delamont Miniature Railway
111 2021 4wBE 2 ft (610 mm) Morwellham Quay
112 2021 9 HENRY THYNN B-B DH 15 in (381 mm) Longleat Railway
113 2023 tba B-B DH 15 in (381 mm) Lappa Valley Railway

60SD757 1986 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) 60S Ghana Bauxite Ordered by Ghana Bauxite from Simplex Mechanical Handling Ltd but delivered by Alan Keef Ltd.
40SD530 1987 4wDM 2 ft 8+1⁄2 in (825 mm) Motor Rail 40S Volks Electric Railway

Originally for Butterley Building Materials Ltd, ordered by them from Simplex Mechanical Handling Ltd but delivered by Alan Keef Ltd.

M001 1988 2a-2DH Monorail Mrs. Whites Garden Ltd, Wiltshire
M002 1989 M002 IVOR 2a-2DH Monorail Skip wagon Alan Keef Ltd Stored
M003 1989 2a-2DH Monorail Skip wagon Alan Keef Ltd Stored
1977 PW 3 REDGAUNTLET 4wPM 15 in (381 mm) Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway Originally built by Michael Jacot, rebuilt on new frames 1976.
1979 "Thomas" 4wVBG 2 ft (610 mm) Telford Development Corporation

Frames built by Kierstead Systems & Controls; boiler and steam engine by Peter Bridges; wheelsets by Allens of Tipton; bodywork and final assembly by Keef. To Telford Horsehay Steam Trust c.1987

1988 4wDM 2 ft (610 mm) Motor rail 9932 rebuilt Chilmark Mine & Teffont Quarry
1988 8 2 ft (610 mm) Baguley 2w-2DM Railcar Leighton Buzzard Light Railway Rebuild of railcar to unpowered carriage.
1993 1 DROMAD 0-4-2T OC 3 ft (914 mm) Kerr Stuart 3024 rebuilt Cavan & Leitrim Railway
1995 2w-2DHR 3 ft (914 mm) Drewry Cars 1495 rebuilt Cavan & Leitrim Railway
2001 STEAM ELEPHANT 6wG 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge Joint construction with Dorothea Restorations, replica of Steam Elephant. Beamish Museum

2004 COL. FREDERICK WYLIE 4wDH 2 ft (610 mm) Hunslet 9349 rebuilt Beeches Light Railway Line being reconstructed at new location
2004 3 ENTERPRISE 4wDH 3 ft (914 mm) Motor rail 60S382 rebuilt Waterford & Suir Valley Railway
2019 Nancy 0-6-0T 3 ft (914 mm) Avonside 1547 of 1908. Rebuilt between 1999 and 2019 Cavan and Leitrim Railway

See also

References

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