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Western Thunderer
The following information is from a document titled "Hunslet Paint Book" which gives details of the livery applied to locomotives they produced between 1890 and 1908. I've just extracted the information on locos supplied to North Wales, mainly locos supplied to slate or granite quarries. The entries are sometimes rather brief such as "Painted M.R. Colour" (i.e. Midland Railway), but others have more detail including sketches of the nameplates and corner details of the lining.
All locos are nominal 2ft gauge* unless otherwise stated.
DINORWIC SLATE QUARRIES
"No.1" 541/1891 (later ROUGH PUP) & "No.2" 542/1891 (later CLOISTER)
Painted Olive Green throughout striped 1" Black lined on edge with Lemon Yellow and a fine distant line of Vermillion. Buffer beams Vermillion.
DINORWIC SLATE QUARRIES - PADARN RAILWAY (4'-0" Gauge)
"VELINHELI" 631/1895
Painted Crimson Lake like the Midland Co. express locos. Inside of cab grained oak.
DINORWIC SLATE QUARRIES
"VAENOL" 638/1895 (later JERRY M)
Painted like the VELINHELI Midland express engine colour. Inside of cab grained oak. Vermillion buffer beams.
"PORT DINORWIC" 671/1898 (later CACKLER)
Painted Crimson Lake like Midland Rly. Inside cab grained oak. Vermillion buffer beams
Corners thus - (sketch shows inverted curved corner)
"THE FIRST" 678/1898 (later BERNSTEIN);
"THE SECOND" 679/1898 (later COVERTCOAT)
"WELLINGTON" 680/1898 (later GEORGE B)
Painted throughout like Midland express locos, Crimson Lake with Black stripe and Yellow lines. Vermillion beams.
"No.3" 779/1902 (later HOLY WAR) & "No.4" 780/1902 (later ALICE)
Painted Midland Colour throughout.
"No.5" 822/1903 (later MAID MARIAN) & "No.6" 823/1903 (later IRISH MAIL)
Painted Midland Colour Throughout.
"No.7" 849/1904 (later WILD ASTER)
Painted Midland Colour lined the usual way with Black style.
PENRHYN SLATE QUARRIES
"BLANCHE" 589/1893 & "LINDA" 590/1893
Engine painted all Black with Vermillion buffer beams.
Lined ¾" stripe, French Grey edged on inside only with Yellow and a distant line of Vermillion. Inside cab Light Brown.
"MARGARET" 605/1894 & "ALAN GEORGE" 606/1894
Painted Black lined out with 7/8" stripe of Amber Brown with a line of Vermillion on each side at a distance of ½". Vermillion buffer beams.
"NESTA" 704/1899 & "ELIN" 705/1899
Painted Black, with a stripe 7/8" wide of Amber Brown, a Vermillion line on each side of it Buffer beams painted Vermillion.
"HUGH NAPIER" 855/1904
Painted Black, picked out Tan, distant line each side Vermillion. Buffer beams Vermillion.
"PAMELA" 920/1906 & "SYBIL MARY" 921/1906
Painted Black, picked out Tan 5/8", distant lines Vermillion each side. Buffer beams Vermillion.
CILGWYN SLATE QUARRY
"LILLA" 554/1891
Painted Victoria Green with Purple Brown frames, springs, etc. Vermillion buffer beams.
Lining and corner panels as usual.
GLANRAFON SLATE QUARRY
"SILURIAN" 601/1894
Engine painted Black and lined like L.& Y. Rly. Co. 5/8" stripe Vermillion with a White line on the inside edge and a distant line also of White. Inside of cab Light Brown.
Vermillion buffer beams.
The Hunslet works photo of SILURIAN, possibly the only photo ever taken of this loco. Note that the white lining extends to the frames, springs and inside of the buffer beams. Did the L.& Y. Rly. ever do that ?
SILURIAN was slightly smaller than the usual Quarry Hunslet, with 6" x 8" cylinders and 1'‑6½" dia. wheels compared with the 7" x 10" cylinders and 1'-8" dia. wheels of a small Quarry Hunslet. It was despatched from the works on 29th January 1894 for use at the Glanrafon Slate Quarry, situated on the lower slopes of Snowdon just north of Rhyd-Ddu. The quarry was connected to the North Wales Narrow Gauge Railway by a series of two inclines, and was a major source of traffic on that section of the line.
The quarry closed circa 1914, the equipment dismantled and the lease from the Vaynol Estate surrendered in 1916. The only further information known about SILURIAN is two spares orders to Hunslet in March 1917 from the Albert Sheet Iron Co. Ltd., Hill Top, West Bromwich. That works was closed and demolished circa 1923 and there is no further trace of the loco.
DARBISHIRES LTD., PENMAENMAWR (GRAIGLWYD) QUARRIES (3'-0" Gauge)
"HUGHIE" 706/1899
Painted a Dark Green on the panels; cab, boiler & wheels lined with a stripe of Black 1" wide with a white line on each edge. Frames, springs, angle irons, footsteps Black with a strong line of Red. Inside of cab grained oak. Buffer beams Vermillion.
"STEPHEN" 771/1902
Painted N.E.R. Colour throughout.
"SINGAPORE" 798/1903
Painted North Eastern Colour with Black frames. Vermillion Beams. Inside of cab Dark Stone colour picked out Black.
"DONALD" 866/1905
Painted N.E.R.
BRUNDRIT & CO.LTD., PENMAENMAWR (PENMAEN) QUARRIES (3'-0" Gauge)
"TIGER" 764/1902
Painted Dark Olive Green lined Vermillion & White. Inside of cab Dark Stone colour picked out Black.
PEN-YR-ORSEDD SLATE QUARRY
"BRITOMART" 707/1899
Painted the Midland Rly. Colour (Crimson). Inside cab grained oak.
"SYBIL" 827/1903
Painted Midland Colour throughout.
"UNA" 873/1905
Painted Midland Colour throughout.
DOROTHEA SLATE QUARRY
"DOROTHEA" 763/1901
Painted Dark Olive Green lined Vermillion with White distant lines on each side and inverted curved corners. Inside of cab Stone colour.
MOEL TRYFAN SLATE QUARRY
"TRYFAN" 781/1902
Painted Dark Green styled out Black 1¼" edged Vermillion. Distant line Yellow. Inside of cab Brown.
"CADFAN" 848/1904
Painted Dark Green, styled 1¾" Black, edged Vermillion, distant line Yellow. Inside of cab Stone colour & Black.
NORTH WALES NARROW GAUGE RAILWAY
"RUSSELL" 901/1906
Painted M.Rly. Colour, lined as usual.
"GOWRIE" 979/1908
Painted M.R. Colour, inside cab Stone colour.
*according to the Hunslet works list the actual gauges of the locos as supplied were:
Dinorwic & Penrhyn - 1'-10¾"
Cilgwyn, Glanrafon, Pen-yr-Orsedd & Dorothea - 1'-11½"
Moel Tryfan - 1'-11"
NWNGR - 1'-11¼"
All locos are nominal 2ft gauge* unless otherwise stated.
DINORWIC SLATE QUARRIES
"No.1" 541/1891 (later ROUGH PUP) & "No.2" 542/1891 (later CLOISTER)
Painted Olive Green throughout striped 1" Black lined on edge with Lemon Yellow and a fine distant line of Vermillion. Buffer beams Vermillion.
DINORWIC SLATE QUARRIES - PADARN RAILWAY (4'-0" Gauge)
"VELINHELI" 631/1895
Painted Crimson Lake like the Midland Co. express locos. Inside of cab grained oak.
DINORWIC SLATE QUARRIES
"VAENOL" 638/1895 (later JERRY M)
Painted like the VELINHELI Midland express engine colour. Inside of cab grained oak. Vermillion buffer beams.
"PORT DINORWIC" 671/1898 (later CACKLER)
Painted Crimson Lake like Midland Rly. Inside cab grained oak. Vermillion buffer beams
Corners thus - (sketch shows inverted curved corner)
"THE FIRST" 678/1898 (later BERNSTEIN);
"THE SECOND" 679/1898 (later COVERTCOAT)
"WELLINGTON" 680/1898 (later GEORGE B)
Painted throughout like Midland express locos, Crimson Lake with Black stripe and Yellow lines. Vermillion beams.
"No.3" 779/1902 (later HOLY WAR) & "No.4" 780/1902 (later ALICE)
Painted Midland Colour throughout.
"No.5" 822/1903 (later MAID MARIAN) & "No.6" 823/1903 (later IRISH MAIL)
Painted Midland Colour Throughout.
"No.7" 849/1904 (later WILD ASTER)
Painted Midland Colour lined the usual way with Black style.
PENRHYN SLATE QUARRIES
"BLANCHE" 589/1893 & "LINDA" 590/1893
Engine painted all Black with Vermillion buffer beams.
Lined ¾" stripe, French Grey edged on inside only with Yellow and a distant line of Vermillion. Inside cab Light Brown.
"MARGARET" 605/1894 & "ALAN GEORGE" 606/1894
Painted Black lined out with 7/8" stripe of Amber Brown with a line of Vermillion on each side at a distance of ½". Vermillion buffer beams.
"NESTA" 704/1899 & "ELIN" 705/1899
Painted Black, with a stripe 7/8" wide of Amber Brown, a Vermillion line on each side of it Buffer beams painted Vermillion.
"HUGH NAPIER" 855/1904
Painted Black, picked out Tan, distant line each side Vermillion. Buffer beams Vermillion.
"PAMELA" 920/1906 & "SYBIL MARY" 921/1906
Painted Black, picked out Tan 5/8", distant lines Vermillion each side. Buffer beams Vermillion.
CILGWYN SLATE QUARRY
"LILLA" 554/1891
Painted Victoria Green with Purple Brown frames, springs, etc. Vermillion buffer beams.
Lining and corner panels as usual.
GLANRAFON SLATE QUARRY
"SILURIAN" 601/1894
Engine painted Black and lined like L.& Y. Rly. Co. 5/8" stripe Vermillion with a White line on the inside edge and a distant line also of White. Inside of cab Light Brown.
Vermillion buffer beams.
The Hunslet works photo of SILURIAN, possibly the only photo ever taken of this loco. Note that the white lining extends to the frames, springs and inside of the buffer beams. Did the L.& Y. Rly. ever do that ?
SILURIAN was slightly smaller than the usual Quarry Hunslet, with 6" x 8" cylinders and 1'‑6½" dia. wheels compared with the 7" x 10" cylinders and 1'-8" dia. wheels of a small Quarry Hunslet. It was despatched from the works on 29th January 1894 for use at the Glanrafon Slate Quarry, situated on the lower slopes of Snowdon just north of Rhyd-Ddu. The quarry was connected to the North Wales Narrow Gauge Railway by a series of two inclines, and was a major source of traffic on that section of the line.
The quarry closed circa 1914, the equipment dismantled and the lease from the Vaynol Estate surrendered in 1916. The only further information known about SILURIAN is two spares orders to Hunslet in March 1917 from the Albert Sheet Iron Co. Ltd., Hill Top, West Bromwich. That works was closed and demolished circa 1923 and there is no further trace of the loco.
DARBISHIRES LTD., PENMAENMAWR (GRAIGLWYD) QUARRIES (3'-0" Gauge)
"HUGHIE" 706/1899
Painted a Dark Green on the panels; cab, boiler & wheels lined with a stripe of Black 1" wide with a white line on each edge. Frames, springs, angle irons, footsteps Black with a strong line of Red. Inside of cab grained oak. Buffer beams Vermillion.
"STEPHEN" 771/1902
Painted N.E.R. Colour throughout.
"SINGAPORE" 798/1903
Painted North Eastern Colour with Black frames. Vermillion Beams. Inside of cab Dark Stone colour picked out Black.
"DONALD" 866/1905
Painted N.E.R.
BRUNDRIT & CO.LTD., PENMAENMAWR (PENMAEN) QUARRIES (3'-0" Gauge)
"TIGER" 764/1902
Painted Dark Olive Green lined Vermillion & White. Inside of cab Dark Stone colour picked out Black.
PEN-YR-ORSEDD SLATE QUARRY
"BRITOMART" 707/1899
Painted the Midland Rly. Colour (Crimson). Inside cab grained oak.
"SYBIL" 827/1903
Painted Midland Colour throughout.
"UNA" 873/1905
Painted Midland Colour throughout.
DOROTHEA SLATE QUARRY
"DOROTHEA" 763/1901
Painted Dark Olive Green lined Vermillion with White distant lines on each side and inverted curved corners. Inside of cab Stone colour.
MOEL TRYFAN SLATE QUARRY
"TRYFAN" 781/1902
Painted Dark Green styled out Black 1¼" edged Vermillion. Distant line Yellow. Inside of cab Brown.
"CADFAN" 848/1904
Painted Dark Green, styled 1¾" Black, edged Vermillion, distant line Yellow. Inside of cab Stone colour & Black.
NORTH WALES NARROW GAUGE RAILWAY
"RUSSELL" 901/1906
Painted M.Rly. Colour, lined as usual.
"GOWRIE" 979/1908
Painted M.R. Colour, inside cab Stone colour.
*according to the Hunslet works list the actual gauges of the locos as supplied were:
Dinorwic & Penrhyn - 1'-10¾"
Cilgwyn, Glanrafon, Pen-yr-Orsedd & Dorothea - 1'-11½"
Moel Tryfan - 1'-11"
NWNGR - 1'-11¼"