Charles

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Elder brother of Blanche and Linda, Charles was built by the Hunslet Engine Company, Leeds in 1882 (works No. 283) and was the first of the Penrhyn main line Hunslets. The design was reputedly influenced by a batch of Darjeeling A Class locos subcontracted to Hunslet from Sharp Stewart. Charles is named after Charles Douglas-Pennant (1877-1914).

Unaltered from final Penrhyn condition, Charles is a static exhibit at Penrhyn Castle Industrial Railway Museum near Bangor. The loco made its only excursion to date from Penrhyn Castle to the FR Hunslet Hundred event in 1993, when it was displayed at Boston Lodge.

At Hunslet Hundred
At Hunslet Hundred

At Penrhyn Castle
At Penrhyn Castle

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