Edward Sholto is a Hunslet 0-4-0 Saddle Tank built in 1909. It was was the last of the 'Large Quarry' class built by Hunslet for the Penrhyn Quarries at Bethesda. The locomotive was named after Edward Sholto Douglas-Pennant, who became Lord Penrhyn in 1907.
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| Edward Shalto headinga double headet quarry train |
The locomotive had ceased work by 1956, and by 1960 was to be found outside the Penrhyn Quarries workshops at Coed-y-Parc. It was sold in 1960 to a Canadian, Charles Matthews, and exported in 1961. The locomotive passed through several hands in North America, before being returned to the UK in 2006. It came to Beamish in 2012.
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| Edward Shalto Beamish June 2022 |