The Railway Museum at Penrhyn Castle is dedicated to industrial locomotives, some of which were once used in the Penrhyn quarry just a few miles away in Bethesda. The museum is now housed in the old stable block, which was once home to around 36 of the estate's horses at one time.
Today you can see a wide selection of engines, carriages, rolling stock and tools on display as well as a film that offers an insight into the previous lives of some of the engines on display.
The Fire Queen
The Fire Queen was one of the first two engines to be used on the Padarn Railway immediately after it opened in 1849. It was replaced in the 1880s when it was then installed in a small stone shed at the quarry. She was bought by a representative of the Manifold Trust and placed on loan to the museum with a saloon coach in 1969.