First steaming of a 3" scale Hunslet quarry-locomotive "Jennifer Ann"

With construction started in 1985 and completed 35 years later, this video documents the first steam-test of the Alice-class Hunslet locomotive "Jennifer Ann" on Friday October 23, 2020.

The model, based on the diminutive locomotives once used in the slate quarries of North Wales, runs on 7-1/4 inch-gauge track and is to a scale of one-quarter full size. Designed by Alan Ruston, it runs on coal and water just like the full-size engines.

The prototype for this model, "Elidir", is preserved and operates on the Llanberis Lake Railway in Wales. Visit Greatlittletrainsofwales.co.uk for more information on this and the many other wonderful narrow-gauge steam railways of the region.

Видео First steaming of a 3" scale Hunslet quarry-locomotive "Jennifer Ann" канала Stephen Goodbody