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Penrhyn Castle (Welsh: Castell Penrhyn) is a country house in Llandygai, Bangor, Gwynedd, North Wales, constructed in the style of a Norman castle. The Penrhyn estate was founded by Ednyfed Fychan . In the 15th century his descendant Gwilym ap Griffith built a fortified manor house on the site.
The PQR ran close to Penrhyn Castle, and when the castle was bequeathed to the National Trust in 1951 a small museum of industrial railway relics was created in the stable block. The first locomotive donated to the museum was Charles, one of the three remaining steam locomotives working on the PQR. Over the years a number of other historically ...
Single-cylinder engine, double-flanged wheels 0-4-0 VB: Rhymney: Pen y Bryn quarry 1875 2 ft (610 mm) Scrapped Built for Penrhyn quarry, but order was cancelled 0-4-0 VB: Lord Penrhyn: Penrhyn quarry 1876 1 ft 10 + 3 ⁄ 4 in: Scrapped 1909 0-4-0 VB: Lady Penrhyn: Penrhyn quarry 1876 1 ft 10 + 3 ⁄ 4 in: Scrapped 1911 0-4-0 VB: Alice: Penrhyn ...
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.
This includes six locomotives on display (and several others in store or at other sites); eleven wagons inside with a further eleven outside; a display showing the development of track work from early plateways to modern narrow-gauge tracks; several large signals along with single-line working apparatus and documents; a growing collection of ...
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Richard Pennant, 1st Baron Penrhyn (1737 – 21 January 1808) was a British politician who represented Petersfield and Liverpool in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1761 to 1790. He was the owner of Penrhyn Castle , an estate on the outskirts on Bangor , North Wales .
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. [1]