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Moel Tryfan was an 0-6-4T Single Fairlie locomotive built for the North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways in 1875. At some time in the 1910s (certainly by 1917) it was run down and was amalgamated with Snowdon Ranger to create one good locomotive. It later saw use on the Welsh Highland Railway and Festiniog Railway.

Having last run in 1935, it survived to play a significant, if rather inglorious, part in the early history of the revived FR when it was scrapped in 1954 to provide much needed funds.

Moel Tryfan was named after the local mountain where the slate quarries that provided most of the railway's commerce were located.

More recently the name was tentatively endowed on a Bagnall scheduled for restoration on the Welsh Highland Railway (Porthmadog), but which eventually went elsewhere. (more...)

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Sybil is a privately owned quarry Hunslet resident on the Richmond Light Railway.

Sister to Britomart, this 0-4-0ST quarry engine was built by the Hunslet Engine Company, Leeds in 1903 (works No.827) for Pen-yr-Orsedd Quarry, in the Nantlle Vale. She was bought in 1963 for preservation by Tony Hills and restored to working order by 1968. The locomotive initially saw occasional use on the Llanberis Lake Railway and also on display in the Welsh Slate Museum.

Sybil has visited the FR several times, most recently in April 2025.

Photo credit: User:JamesH125

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