Alice (locomotive)

Alice (locomotive)

Alice, a Hunslet 0-4-0 ST, used to work in the Dinorwic slate quarries at Llanberis, in North Wales. Built in 1902, as Works No. 780, the locomotive was originally called ‘No. 4’. There was an earlier Alice which was built in 1889 (Works No. 492), later renamed King of the Scarlets.

Read more about Alice (locomotive):  The Alice Class, Alice No. 780, Restoration, Preservation

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    “Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?”
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