Bala Lake Railway - November 14, 2021
Unrestored Hunslet 704 NESTA of 1899 is on loan to the Bala Lake Railway. She arrived in October 2019. NESTA was rescued from a swamp in Puerto Rico this is the first time that she has been seen in public in the UK since she was sold by the Penrhyn Quarries for export to the USA in the 1960’s. NESTA is seen with TRIASSIC a locomotive which is a pioneer of preservation, having been the first industrial loco to be bought for preservation in the 1950's, after a working life at Southam Cement Works were it worked with 4 other engines of the same class.
The locomotive has been out of service for many years pending an extensive overhaul which will include repairs to its boiler, firebox, saddle tank and cylinders.