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Penrhyn Main Line class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Hunslet Engine Company· from 1882· class of 3 British narrow-gauge 0-4-0 locomotives
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. A Meeting With 'Blanche': Barry Lewis· CC BY 2.0
- 2. Ffestiniog Railway locomotive Linda 02: User:Thryduulf· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Penrhyn Main Line class is a class of three narrow gauge steam locomotives built for the Penrhyn Quarry Railway (PQR). These locomotives were built by the Hunslet Engine Company between 1882 and 1893 and supplied specifically to work the railway that connected the Penrhyn Quarry near Bethesda in north Wales to Port Penrhyn on the Menai Strait.
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 144 years ago, in 1882.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1882–1893
- number built
- 3
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Hunslet Engine Company
- operators
- Penrhyn Quarry Railway, Ffestiniog Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 578 mm narrow gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Original: 0-4-0
- length
- 4.9 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7164581, Wikipedia: Penrhyn Main Line class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.