- Maid Marian (locomotive)
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Maid Marian 
Maid Marian at Llanuwchllyn Power type Steam Builder Hunslet Build date 1903 Configuration 0-4-0 ST Gauge 2 ft (610 mm) Maid Marian is a preserved narrow-gauge steam locomotive built in 1903,[1] currently based at on the Bala Lake Railway in North Wales.[2]
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Construction
Maid Marian, works number 822 and subsequently named after a racehorse, was built in 1903 by the Hunslet Engine Company based in Leeds.[3][1]
Working Life
Maid Marian spent its entire industrial life working at the Dinorwic Slate Quarry in North Wales.[4] It operated alongside many Hunslet engines, including Holy War, Dolbadarn, George B, Red Damsel, Wild Aster, Alice and Irish Mail.
Preservation
The Maid Marian Locomotive Fund was established in 1965 by a group of railway enthusiasts seeking to preserve a working locomotive from the Dinorwic Slate Quarry.[5] The Quarry Manager recommended Maid Marion as the best locomotive then available.[6] MMLF purchased the loco in 1965, taking possession in 1967.[7]
Maid Marian operated at the Bressingham Steam Museum from 1967 to 1971, before going to the Llanberis Lake Railway until 1975,[8] and then to the Bala Lake Railway.[7] It returned to Llanberis for the 2011 gala.[4]
Israel Newton built a new boiler in 2006.[9]
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References
- ^ a b Eryl Crump (4 July 2011). "Stoker Eric visits some old friends". Daily Post. http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/2011/07/04/stoker-eric-visits-some-old-friends-55578-28986827/.
- ^ "Bala Lake Railway steam locomotives". 2011. http://www.bala-lake-railway.co.uk/steam.html. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
- ^ Johnson, Peter. The Heyday of the Welsh Narrow Gauge. Ian Allan. p. 11. ISBN 0-7110-2511-8.
- ^ a b Eryl Crump (30 June 2011). "Llanberis railway celebrates 40th birthday". Caernarfon and Denbigh Herald.
- ^ "The Quarry Hunslet Web Site". http://www.quarryhunslet.mste.co.uk/public/Maid_Marian.php.
- ^ "Maid Marian Locomotive Fund". http://www.maidmarianlocomotivefund.org.uk/fund.htm.
- ^ a b "Llanuwchllyn Express online". Bala Lake Railway Society. 4 January 2010. http://www.bala-lake-railway-society.org.uk/express03/hunslet-engineering/151-maid-story.html.
- ^ AA touring guide to Wales. Automobile Association. 1975. p. 73.
- ^ "Maid Marian boiler date". The Railway Magazine. 2006.
Categories:- Individual locomotives
- Preserved narrow gauge steam locomotives of Great Britain
- Hunslet narrow gauge locomotives
- 0-4-0ST locomotives
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