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Dinorwic Alice Class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Hunslet Engine Company· from 1886· class of Welsh narrow gauge 0-4-0ST locomotives
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2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. WHR Irish Mail at Porthmadog 05-08-10 34: No machine-readable author provided. AHEMSLTD~commonswiki assumed (based on copyright claims).· CC BY 2.5
- 2. Dinorwic (Charlie) works photo: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The Dinorwic Alice Class is a class of eleven narrow-gauge 0-4-0ST steam locomotives built specifically for the Dinorwic quarry, Gwynedd. These locomotives were built by the Hunslet Engine Company between 1886 and 1904, and were designed and supplied specifically to work the many galleries of the quarry at Llanberis, North Wales.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 140 years ago, in 1886.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1886–1904
- retired
- 1967
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 11
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Hunslet Engine Company
- operators
- Dinorwic Quarry
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 578 mm narrow gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-4-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1638013, Wikipedia: Dinorwic Alice Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.