111026: W&LLR Llanfair Caereinion MGY No 6 Monarch

Date Taken: 2 August 1971

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Country: Wales. State/Region: Montgomeryshire.

The 762 mm gauge Bagnall Meyer 0-4-4-0T locomotive built in 1953 for Bowaters Paper Mills at Sittingbourne, Kent, was not altogether successful. After a short working life it was passed through several ownerships ending up at the Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway where it is being restored as a static exhibit.