Penrhyn Quarry Railway - Locomotives

Locomotives

These are the locomotives that worked trains between the quarry and the port, often known as the "mainline" locomotives.

No. Name Builder Type Date built Disposal Notes
Bronllwyd Valley Foundry 0-4-0VB 1875 Scrapped 1906 Used in the construction of the railway by contractor Richard Parry
3 George Sholto Stephen Lewin 0-4-2WT 1875 Scrapped 1880
Edward Sholto De Winton 0-4-0ST 1876 Scrapped 1907
Hilda De Winton 0-4-0T 1878 Scrapped 1911
Violet De Winton 0-4-0T 1879 Scrapped 1911
Charles Hunslet 0-4-0ST 1882 Preserved at Penrhyn Castle Railway Museum, Bangor May be restored to working order?
Linda Hunslet 0-4-0ST 1893 Running on the Ffestiniog Railway Rebuilt to 2-4-0ST/T
Blanche Hunslet 0-4-0ST 1893 Running on the Ffestiniog Railway Rebuilt to 2-4-0ST/T
1 Llandegai Baldwin 2-6-2T 1916 Converted to stationary engine scrapped 1940 ex-War Department Light Railways
2 Felin Hen Baldwin 2-6-2T 1916 Sold 1940 to Australia, now privately owned France ex-War Department Light Railways
3 Tregarth Baldwin 2-6-2T 1916 Scrapped 1940 ex-War Department Light Railways

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