"Glyder" is an Andrew Barclay 0-4-0 Well Tank E Class narrow gauge locomotive (works number 1994) built in 1931 in Kilmarnock.
Glyder" Andrew Barclay 0-4-0 WT Beamish June 2022
It was built to operate on the Burnhope Reservoir Railway in Weardale, Durham County Water Board’s reservoir construction project which commenced in 1931. The locomotive was named 'Grey' and ran on narrow gauge system used during the construction of the dam that connected to the London and NorthEastern Railway at the Wear Valley branch teminus at Weardale.
The resevoir was completed in 1937.
On completion of the Burnhope Reservoir project, 'Grey' was sold in 1938 to the Penrhyn Slate Quarry near Bethesda in North Wales and renamed "Glyder" .
Penrhyn Slate Quarryc.1900
The Penrhyn Quarry Railway transported slate produced at the quarry along the six miles of track to Port Penrhyn, near Bangor.
Penrhyn Quarry Railway
"Glyder" operated on the Penrhyn Quarry Railway until the rail system closed in 1962, though the quarry remains in operation.
"Glyder" Penrhyn Quarry 1961
"Glyder" Penrhyn Quarry 1961
"Glyder" Penrhyn Quarry 1961
In 1965 "Glyder" was sold and exported to the USA, where in remianed unused and in storage before it was returned to the UK in 2012 and arived at Beamish 1st May 2012.
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