De Winton locomotive 'Watkin'

De Winton vertical-boilered locomotive 'Watkin'

Date	22 April 2012
Location	Penrhyn Castle Industrial Railway Museum	SH 60277 71968; 53.22631°N, 4.09447°W
Information	The 1893 vertical-boilered De Winton ‘Watkin’ is on display in the Industrial Railway Museum at Penrhyn Castle. The remains of her older sister ‘Penmaen’ are still in situ braving the elements at Penmaenmawr Granite Quarries, where they both worked. Penmaen was built in 1878 and was last used around 1944. Watkin Penmaenmawr & Welsh Granite Co. 0-4-0 Tank Locomotive. Gauge: 3′ 0″. Coupled wheels: 1′ 8″ diameter. Two vertical Cylinders 6″ x 10″. Built 1893 by De Winton & Co, of Caernarfon and worked at the Penmaenmawr Granite Quarries until 1944. Purchased 1966 by the late Mr Evan Hughes of Llanrwst and placed on loan to the National Trust by his daughter, Mrs D Williams, in May 1972  — Penrhyn Castle information plaque

Watkin - loaned to the National Trust in 1972 and on display in Penrhyn Castle's Industrial Railway Museum

Watkin's colleague 'Penmaen', quietly rusting away high up on the hillside at Penmaenmawr Granite Quarries

Watkin - cosmetically restored and on display

Penmaen - stripped bare and in an advanced state of oxidation

Connecting rods and crankshaft

Crankshaft

Cylinders and boiler

Boiler

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