Sea Lion was a 2-foot gauge battery-electric locomotive built by Wingrove & Rogers in 1921 as works no. 313 for the

Groudle Glen Railway The Groudle Glen Railway ( Manx: ''Raad Yiarn Glion Ghroudal'') is a narrow gauge railway near Onchan in the Isle of Man, on the boundary of Onchan and Lonan, which is owned and operated by a small group of enthusiastic volunteers and oper ...

on the Isle of Man. Together with its sister, ''

Polar Bear The polar bear (''Ursus maritimus'') is a hypercarnivorous bear whose native range lies largely within the Arctic Circle, encompassing the Arctic Ocean, its surrounding seas and surrounding land masses. It is the largest extant bear specie ...

'', it was intended that they would replace '' Sea Lion'', and ''

'', two Bagnall steam locomotivess of the same names. However, the battery locomotives were not hugely successful, with ''Sea Lion'' being scrapped in 1922 following an incident where it fell down the side of the Groudle Glen.

Replica

It has been proposed to build a replica ''Sea Lion'' at the

Amberley Museum Railway The Amberley Museum Railway is a narrow gauge railway based at Amberley Museum, Amberley, West Sussex. It has a varied collection of engines and rolling stock ranging from gauge to gauge. It operates passenger trains at the museum using a m ...

, home of ''

'', using the frames of 1953-built Wingrove & Rogers loco no. 5031, which has been used at Amberley as a spares donor. The replica would be built initially as a static exhibit, with the potential for it to be made operational.

References

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