The steam engine, Winifred, was built in Leeds before being transferred to the Penrhyn Quarry, near Bethesda, on 13 April 1885. In 1964 Winifred was sold to a Canadian who shipped the train out to the USA.
A huge railway enthusiast, Waterman originally worked as a fireman on steam trains and has since founded Britain’s largest railway heritage business, London and North Western Railway Heritage Company. (and recently auctioned off his scale model collection http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2015/03/pete-watermans-collection-of-model.html )
Winifred has a considerable heritage itself having worked in slate quarries in north Wales for many years before retiring. After several decades – many of them in North American museums – Winifred was purchased by Bala Lake Railway supporter Julian Birley, and returned back to Wales to be based at Bala in 2012.
before restoration https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7202/7125324151_8c766f49b3.jpg
The locomotive has since been returned to working order by the railway’s chief engineer, Rob Houghton.
http://www.cambrian-news.co.uk/news/i/47304/
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-32252349
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