Russell (locomotive)

Russell
Russell running on the Welsh Highland Heritage Railway in 2015
Type and origin Power type Steam Builder Hunslet Engine Company Serial number 901 Build date 1906
Specifications Configuration: ​  • Whyte 2-6-2T  • UIC 1′C1′ n2t Driver dia. 28 in (711 mm) Boiler pressure 160 lbf/in2 (1.10 MPa) Cylinders Two, outside Cylinder size 11 in × 15 in (279 mm × 381 mm)
Performance figures Tractive effort 7,425 lbf (33.03 kN)

Russell is a narrow gauge steam locomotive originally built in 1906 for the North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways (NWNGR), but most famously associated with the original Welsh Highland Railway (WHR), and now based at the Welsh Highland Heritage Railway in Porthmadog.