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Funkey Diesel Locomotives

South African manufacturer C H Funkey (now under the name DCD Rolling Stock) has been building industrial locomotives since 1930, many for work in mines. A couple of ex-industrial use locomotives have also been imported for use on the Welsh Highland Railway. The locomotives were used at a diamond mine in Namibia and later a cement factory in South Africa. The two locomotives were purchased by the Ffestiniog Railway in 1993. Originally the locomotives had a single centre cab but one of the locomotives has been rebuilt with a cab at each end.
The two Funkey locomotives at Statfold Barn Railway



Information for Ffestiniog / WHR locomotives
Number built: 2
Built: 1967
Builder: CH Funkey
Motor: Caterpillar later Cummins diesel
Power: 335 hp (250 kW)
Wheel arrangement: B-B

Other C H Funkey built locomotives in the UK include two 600mm gauge mine locomotives from South Africa now preserved at the Statfold Barn Railway.