1896. 1388 Peckett and Sons 0-6-0ST (1896) 1392 – 1400 Sharp Stewart and Company 0-6-0T (1877) Festiniog & Blaenau Railway This railway was of 1' 11½" gauge and was taken over on 13 April 1883. It was later converted to standard gauge as the extension of the new Bala & Festiniog Railway after purchase by the Great Western Railway. Two locomotives were taken over, both being built by Manning Wardle. 1 Manning Wardle Wks No 259, 0-4-2ST, built 1868 2 Manning Wardle Wks No 260, 0-4-2ST, built 1868 Hook Norton Ironstone Partnership This concern was in liquidation when the Great Western Railway purchased an engine in July 1904. Hook Norton, Manning Wardle, Wks No 1127, 0-6-0ST, built in November 1889. Eventually sold to the Fishguard & Rosslare Railways & Harbours Company in September 1907, it came back into GW Stock in October 1913 and lasted until January 1926. Given GW No 1337. Liskeard and Caradon Railway Three locomotives were acquired on 1 January 1909, they were used on both the Caradon and the Liskeard and Looe Railways. GWR experimental 4-4-0ST number 13 was also regularly used on the line, at first hired to the Liskeard and Caradon, but it continued to be used after the Great Western Railway took over operations. 1308 Lady Margret – an Andrew Barclay Sons & Co. 2-4-0T 1311 Cheesewring – a Gilkes Wilson and Company 0-6-0ST 1312 Kilmar – a Hopkins Gilkes and Company 0-6-0ST Llanelly Railway The 21 locomotives acquired in 1873 were renumbered into the 894 – 914 series. Llynvi and Ogmore Railway 12 locomotives were acquired in 1873, including four which had originated on the West Cornwall Railway. They were renumbered in the 915 – 926 series. Manchester and Milford Railway Seven locomotives were acquired by the Great Western Railway 3 Lady Elizabeth, Sharp Stewart 2-4-0 Wks No 1756, delivered in July 1866. Allocated GW No 1305, it was sold immediately. 4 Aberystwyth, Manning Wardle 0-6-0 Wks No 255, delivered in July 1868. Given GW No 1339, withdrawn December 1906. 5, Sharp Stewart 0-6-0 Wks No 2036 in July 1870. Allocated 1340 but withdrawn in August 1906. 2 Plynlimmon, Sharp Stewart 2-4-2T Wks No 3710. Given GW No 1304 and lasted until July 1916. 6 Cader Idris, Sharp Stewart 2-4-2T Wks No 4128. Given GW No 1306 and lasted until April 1919. 7, London & North Western Railway 0-6-0 built at Crewe