Efficiency Competition
Past Winners
The Efficiency Competition tests the drivers ability to complete 10 laps of our track without stopping.
The winner of each gauge is decided by two factors: the amount of coal used, the load pulled.
The drivers of the steam engines listed below have worked hard to achieve these awards.
2006
5 inch Gauge - Cockington Manor
3½ inch Gauge - Maisie
2005
5 inch Gauge - Cockington Manor
3½ inch Gauge - Mountaineer
2004
5 inch Gauge - Simplex
3½ inch Gauge - Maisie
2003
5 inch Gauge - Simplex
3½ inch Gauge - Mountaineer
2002
5 inch Gauge - Boxhill
3½ inch Gauge - Mountaineer
2001
5 inch Gauge - Enterprise
3½ inch Gauge - Mountaineer
2000
5 inch Gauge - River Dart
3½ inch Gauge - Mountaineer
1999
5 inch Gauge - Maid Of Kent
3½ inch Gauge - Mountaineer
1998
5 inch Gauge - River Dart
3½ inch Gauge - Mountaineer
1997
5 inch Gauge - No Entry
3½ inch Gauge - No Entry
1996
5 inch Gauge - No Entry
3½ inch Gauge - No Entry
1995
5 inch Gauge - No Entry
3½ inch Gauge - No Entry
1994
5 inch Gauge - No Entry
3½ inch Gauge - No Entry
1993
5 inch Gauge - Great Bear
3½ inch Gauge - No Entry
1992
5 inch Gauge - Terrier
3½ inch Gauge - Tich
1991
5 inch Gauge - No Entry
3½ inch Gauge - No Entry
1990
5 inch Gauge - No Entry
3½ inch Gauge - No Entry
1989
5 inch Gauge - No Entry
3½ inch Gauge - No Entry
1988
5 inch Gauge - Sweet Pea
3½ inch Gauge - Stirling
1987
5 inch Gauge - No Entry
3½ inch Gauge - No Entry
1986
5 inch Gauge - Green Cow
3½ inch Gauge - No Entry
1985
5 inch Gauge - Firefly
3½ inch Gauge - Britannia
1984
5 inch Gauge - Simplex
3½ inch Gauge - Maisie
1983
5 inch Gauge - Butch
3½ inch Gauge - Doris
1982
5 inch Gauge - Butch
3½ inch Gauge - Mona
1981
5 inch Gauge - Firefly
3½ inch Gauge - Maisie
1980
5 inch Gauge - Speedy
3½ inch Gauge - Molly
1979
5 inch Gauge - Speedy
3½ inch Gauge - Molly