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Penrhyn Gala

 The Bala Lake Railway facilitated a Penrhyn quarry-themed function on June 16-18, with two visiting 'Quarry Hunslets' joining in. One of the two 'Quarry Hunslets' affirmed for the Bala Lake Railway's Penrhyn quarry affair in June, Hugh Napier is seen in plain view in the new concourse at Kings Cross. PETER JOHNSON/SR Hugh Napier and Gwynedd, graciousness of the National Trust and Bressingham Steam Museum separately, have been affirmed to go to the three-day occasion, which commends what was once the biggest record quarry on the planet. The sets of 'Quarry Hunslets' - so named on the grounds that the plan worked only in the record quarries of North Wales - both worked at Penrhyn during their functioning lives. Gwynedd is one of three 0-4-0STs worked to a similar plan to work the sidings at Port Penrhyn, close to Bangor. The BLR's occupant Winifred - which was localized to Britain in 2012 in the wake of expenditure 50 years in the USA - is another, and it