#0521
Penrhyn Port Class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Hunslet Engine Company· from 1883· class of 3 Welsh narrow-gauge 0-4-0 locomotives
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Lilian with tender: FritzG· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Lilian 317: FritzG· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Penrhyn Port 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 1883 and 1885 and supplied specifically to work at Port Penrhyn near Bangor, north Wales. They were a variant of the standard Dinorwic Alice Class design.
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 143 years ago, in 1883.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1883–1885
- retired
- 1956
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 5
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Hunslet Engine Company
- operators
- Penrhyn Quarry Railway
- 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 Q1416449, Wikipedia: Penrhyn Port Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.