Llywelyn

Llywelyn is a 0-4-4T closed cab Single Fairlie locomotive on the Southern Wales Narrow Gauge Railway. He is colored red with black and white lining. He first arrived to the railway in 1930, after being put up for sale on his old railway. At first, Llywelyn was used as a part time passenger engine, meant to work alongside Gertrude. The two were good friends, both being Welsh locomotives being bought by the railway. Llywelyn took his pride of taking tourist trains very well, but sometimes his pride got in the way of his work. Often times he boasted and bragged about his pride to other engines. Because of this, he gets distracted and sometimes causes accidents because of this. Llywelyn was used extensively among workmen, so he often had to go to Freeham works to get repaired because he kept getting worn out. Eventually, the manager of the railway got so frustrated about this, that he only allowed certain workmen to be allowed to drive Llywelyn. Llywelyn survived throughout the Great Depression, pulling tourist trains. There was one problem throughout Llywelyn's working period in the Great Depression. Since Freeham works couldn't afford enough metal for a full repair, it meant that they couldn't use Llywelyn as much during this period, due to Llywelyn's frequent repairs. They did manage to get through, but Llywelyn was in quite a bad state, so from 1942 to 1949, he couldn't be used and was stored in Freeham works. By the time the aforementioned works managed to get enough money to buy enough metal to repair Llywelyn. By the time his repairs finished in 1952, he got back to work. By the time the railway closed in 1996, Llywelyn was immediately bought by the North Nombfield Railway Museum, and was put up for static display. When the railway reopened in 2009, Llywelyn was taken off static display, was overhauled, and went back into service by 2013. He works on the railway pulling tourists around to this day.