Surviving Steam Trams of the World
non-Standard Gauge Steam Locomotives with some Tram Features

This page is one of a series of pages using the research of Don Sibley and Derek Rayner. Click one of the links below for the other pages:

• Surviving Steam Trams of the World - introduction and acknowledgements

• Steam Trams of North West Europe (UK, France, Belgium, Netherlands) (updated 12th June 2019)

• Steam Trams of the Rest of Europe (new picture and relocation 28th February 2021)

• Steam Trams of Africa, Asia, South America and Australasia (bad news 26th September 2014)

• Steam Dummies (North America) (new photograph, 12th August 2013, new entry 13th August 2013)

Not quite steam trams but…

• Skirt Tanks (Europe, South America and Asia)

• Near Misses (some oddities) (new picture 29th September 2015)

Definitely not steam trams but…

• Standard Gauge Steam Locomotives with some Tram Features (new discovery 29th April 2024)

• Cockerill Locomotives (restoration of 3157, 11th August 2021)

• Steam Railcars (new picture 13th March 2023)

This page was updated on 2nd November 2013 with a link to a 1930s article on the Guinness system

This page was updated on 29th October 2013 with a picture of the Venezuela Sentinel.

This page was updated on 8th May 2013 with a picture of the Iraqi Sentinel.

This page was updated on 14th April 2013 with extra entries including the Alexander Chaplin, Mount Washington, together with "Tiny".

While doing this research, a number of oddballs turned up including European shunting locomotives with a vertical boiler which is enclosed with the cab, they are by no stretch of the imagination steam tram locomotives but they are curiosities which most serious students of the subject would find interesting, hence their inclusion on this separate page.

The Sentinel locomotives are a wonderful cul-de-sac in steam development. If pushed, I would describe them as a 'stationary steam engine on rails', the connection being by crankshaft, (gears) and chain. I have included only a small selection of those which are the most tramlike - chosen for their international spread and accessibility. In addition to those listed below, there are others which from the outside look like an early diesel shunter, for more information on all Sentinel products (including road vehicles) see the Sentinel Drivers Club website and in particular their list of surviving Sentinels (the link http://www.sentinelwaggons.co.uk/3.Sentinel/LOCOSUV Sheet1.pdf was out of date and some details were wrong). The last real Sentinels in the world are to be found in Cruzeiro, Brazil. Serious locomotive students should also read http://sentinel7109.blogspot.co.uk/ which covers the restoration of Sentinel 7109 and includes information on others from this builder.

Click on a thumbnail for a larger picture, then click the link or the image to return to this page. The page with the larger image carries the name of the photographer concerned, as you will see further pictures are needed. If you can fill the gaps or provide an alternative larger image approx 800 x 600, please get in touch using the email address at the bottom of the page.

A Locomotive with an Overall Roof

A Selection of 'Square' Sentinel Steam Locomotives (plus a couple a bit round)...

	Owner	Owner No	Builder	Wks No/date	Gauge (mm)	Wheels	Location / Notes
Argentina
Your Picture Here!	Buenos Aires Midland	301	Sentinel	8421/1931	1000	4W + 4W	San Luis Information and pictures
Brazil
	São Paulo Railway	166	Sentinel	8398/1931	1600	4W	Amsted Maxion factory, Cruzeiro Operational
	São Paulo Railway	167	Sentinel	8399/1931	1600	4W	Amsted Maxion factory, Cruzeiro Set aside, the remains of 168 (8400/1931) are said to be on site.
India
	Punjab PWD		Sentinel	6273/1926	1676	4W	National Rail Museum, New Delhi
	Bankura Damodar Railway	8	Sentinel	8135/1929	762	4W	National Rail Museum, New Delhi
Iraq
	Iraqi State Railways / Iraqi Republican Railways		Sentinel		1000	4W	Shalchiyah Workshops, Baghdad One of 7571-3/1928, IRR RM 2-4, 2and 3 were extant in 1967.
Malaysia
	North Borneo Railway	13	Sentinel	6375/1926	1000	4W	Sabah State Musuem, Kota Kinabalu
Venezuela
	La Guaira Servicios Portuario	51N2	Sentinel	9230/1935	914	4W	Caracas Transport Museum
Your Picture Here!						4W	Zoológico Parque Bararida de Barquisimeto, Estado Lara
Your Picture Here!						4W	Confirmed to exist but location unknown

Guinness Tramway Locomotives
(See Industrial Railway Record Article and 'oddest locos article' )

	Owner	Owner No	Builder	Wks No/date	Gauge (mm)	Wheels	Location / Notes
Ireland
	Guinness Brewery, Dublin	15	William Spence	????/1895	560	0-4-0	Steam Museum, http://stradballyrailway.webs.com/locomotives.htm (Link broken by September 2025) Stradbally Picture
	Guinness Brewery, Dublin	17	William Spence	????/1902	560	0-4-0	Guinness Storehouse, Dublin. Picture
Your Picture Here!	Guinness Brewery, Dublin	21	William Spence	????/1905	560	0-4-0	(Formerly?) at Cavan and Leitrim Railway, Dromod.
Your Picture Here!	Guinness Brewery, Dublin	22	William Spence	????/1912	560	0-4-0	Cavan and Leitrim Railway, Dromod. Lacks a boiler. Picture
United Kingdom
	Guinness Brewery, Dublin	13	William Spence	????/1895	560	0-4-0	Narrow Gauge Museum, Tywyn
	Guinness Brewery, Dublin	20	William Spence	????/1905	560	0-4-0	Ulster Folk and Transport Museum, Cultra
	Guinness Brewery, Dublin	23	William Spence	????/1921	550	0-4-0	Amberley Museum and Heritage Centre, Sussex
	Guinness Brewery, Dublin	-				na	This is the only surviving converter wagon which allowed the locomotive to run on the 1600mm broad gauge tracks when mounted on it. Amberley Museum and Heritage Centre, Sussex

Alexander Chaplin Locomotives

Other unusual 'Square' Locomotive

	Owner	Owner No	Builder	Wks No/date	Gauge (mm)	Wheels	Location / Notes
Australia
			Markham	????/1889	1067	0-4-0	Tasmanian Transport Museum, Glenorchy
United Kingdom
	Pen-yr-Orsedd Quarry Tramways	Chaloner	De Winton	????/1877	610	0-4-0	Leighton Buzzard Light Railway Picture (with cab roof)
	Penrhyn Slate Quarries	George Henry	De Winton	????/1877	578	0-4-0	Narrow Gauge Museum, Tywyn
	Penmaenmawr & Welsh Granite Co. Ltd.	Llanfair	De Winton	????/1895	914	0-4-0	Dinas, Welsh Highland Railway. Information and Photograph
Your Picture Here!	Penmaenmawr & Welsh Granite Co. Ltd	Watkin	De Winton	????/1893	914	0-4-0	Industrial Railway Museum,. Penrhyn Castle Photograph
	Pen-yr-Orsedd Quarry Tramways	Pendyffryn	De Winton	????/1894	597	0-4-0	Brecon Mountain Railway  Photograph
Your Picture Here!	Penrhyn Slate Quarries	Kathleen	De Winton	????/1877	578	0-4-0	Aberystywth, Vale of Rheidol Railway Photograph
	South Devon Railway	Tiny	Sara and Co.	????/????	2140	0-4-0	Later GWR 2180 Buckfastleigh, South Devon Railway
United States
	Mount Washington Cog Railway	1 'Peppersass'	Campbell, Whittier and Company	????/1866	1422	0-2-2	World's first cog locomotive Mount Washington Cog Railway

The Braking Locomotives of Paranapiacaba

		Owner	Owner No	Builder	Wks No/date	Gauge (mm)	Wheels	Location / Notes
Brazil
		São Paulo Railway		See note		1600	0-4-0	Paranapiacaba (see note below)
Kerr Stuart and Robert Stephenson built some 20 tramlike brake locomotives for the Paranapiacaba incline which closed in 1982. Two are formally preserved at the Paranapiacaba museum and many others survive in the area, including at the station at Jundiaí. See James Waite's report of a 1977 visit for pictures and information. Some of the survivors are listed here. The tourist operation shown ceased around 1987.