Welsh Highland Railway Hunslet 4-6-2T steam locomotive No.12 'Russell' with cut down chimney
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4104 x 2528 px | 34.7 x 21.4 cm | 13.7 x 8.4 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
28 March 2022More information:
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1906 - Russell was built by the Hunslet Engine Company to the order of the Portmadoc, Beddgelert and South Snowdon Railway (PB&SSR).[1] The PB&SSR was never completed, and sold the locomotive to the North Wales Narrow Gauge Railway (NWNGR), as part of a deal for a two-year delay in electrifying its line by that Company. The locomotive was named after the Chairman, Managing Director and second receiver of that company, J.C.Russell. 1922 - The locomotive became the property of the Welsh Highland Railway (WHR), which acquired the NWNGR and the (partially completed) PB&SSR.[2] 1924 - After the WHR was taken over by the neighbouring Ffestiniog Railway (FfR), Russell was reduced in height in order to allow it to work trains on the FfR. The Ffestiniog's bridges and tunnels were built to a restrictive loading gauge. The work entailed lowering Russell's chimney, steam dome and cab; however the locomotive was still too wide and could not pass through the long Moelwyn tunnel.