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Lilla is a medium sized quarry engine built by the Hunslet Engine Company in 1891 (number 554). She was built for the Cilgwyn Slate Co Quarry at Nantlle and was bought by the Penrhyn Quarry in 1928. From 1923, Cilgwyn slates used to be despatched by a link with the Fron Quarry which provided access to the Bryngwyn Incline Drum Head and so down the incline and on via the WHR to Dinas Junction. Lilla's move from Cilgwyn to Penrhyn in 1928 was via the same route ending with a transfer on an LMS standard gauge wagon from Dinas to Port Penrhyn where she was unloaded on 21st May 1928. Although of a reasonable size, and apparently bought as a standby for work on the Penrhyn mainline, Lilla spent most her working life at Penrhyn as a quarry engine. The photo shows Lilla at Knebworth, date unknown. Photo credit: Tony Statham |