02 (c). Internal Combustion Locomotives - Planet
9th August 2007

Locomotives of F. C. Hibberd & Co, marketed under the "Planet" name.

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Planet loco 2209 of 1931 preserved at the Devon Railway Centre, Bickleigh. It originally worked at the Berrylands sewage works, Surrey. 3rd August 2007.
Planet loco 2209 of 1931 preserved at the Devon Railway Centre, Bickleigh. It originally worked at the Berrylands sewage works, Surrey. 3rd August 2007.
Ffestiniog Railway Hibberd Planet 4wDM
Ffestiniog Railway Hibberd Planet 4wDM "Conway Castle" (3831/1958) in partially complete condition at Boston Lodge in 1986. (Photo - P.G.Marks).

"Conway Castle" in original livery at Porthmadog Harbour in 1988.

"Conway Castle" at Blaenau Ffestioniog in 1988.

"Conway Castle" departing from Minffordd with a service for Porthmadog. 22nd June 1991.

"Conway Castle" at Minffordd on 22nd June 1991.

"Conway Castle" at Minffordd in July 1990.

"Conway Castle" with one of the bonnet covers removed at Porthmadog Harbour on 21st July 1990.

"Conway Castle" at Porthmadog Harbour Station on 25th May 1991.
Ffestioniog Railway
Ffestioniog Railway "Conway Castle" arriving at Tanygrisiau with a train for Blaenau Ffestiniog. The locomotive is now based on the Welsh Highland Railway where it is used on reconstruction trains. 30th April 1994.
Festiniog Railway Hibberd Planet 4wDM
Festiniog Railway Hibberd Planet 4wDM "Upnor Castle" (3687/1954), at Boston Lodge on 5th May 1990. Until the arrival of Conway Castle it was the line's main passenger diesel.

"Upnor Castle" in revised livery, shunting stock at Porthmadog Harbour in 1991. It now resides on the Welsh Highland Railway where it is intensively used on construction trains.
Derelict Hibberd/Kent Construction Co loco at Gloddfa Ganol, Blaenau Ffestiniog. August 1993.
Derelict Hibberd/Kent Construction Co loco at Gloddfa Ganol, Blaenau Ffestiniog. August 1993.