Worksplate HUNSLET ENGINE Coy LEEDS No 541 1891 ex Quarry Hunslet, Alice Class 0-4-0 ST 1foot 10.75in gauge. Delivered new to Dinorwic Quarry Llanberis North Wales and originally called No 1 and later named Rough Pup, it worked on the Pen Garret level of the quarry. It left the quarry on 15th June 1968 and went to the Narrow Gauge Railway Museum at Tywyn where it still is an is considered to be the most original condition Quarry Hunslet in existence. Oval hand engraved brass measures 9.5in x 6.75in in lightly cleaned condition stamped R in the back but also painted L ! so maybe it was fitted on both sides at some point.
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Worksplates Steam
Auction: November 2020, Lot: 554
Sold for: GBP£2,900
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