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Linda and Blanche were built as 0-4-0ST by the Hunslet Engine Company, Leeds in 1893 for main-line service on the Penrhyn Quarry Railway at a cost of £800 each. Linda was named after Linda Blanche Douglas-Pennant (1889-1965), the daughter of Edward Sholto and Blanche Georgina Douglas-Pennant, after whom Blanche was named. Linda was hired by the Festiniog Railway to help with a motive power shortage in 1962 and both locomotives were purchased the following year. They were given tenders to extend their range, regauged from the slightly smaller gauges used by the Penrhyn Quarry Railway and converted to 2-4-0 wheel layout with the addition of a leading pony truck, using wheels from the Single Fairlie Moel Tryfan. In July 2011 both locomotives were given green liveries, the first time they had both run in a green livery since the 1980s. They are seen here in Boston Lodge yard on 22nd July 2011. Photo credit: Roger Dimmick |