process was reversed the following working morning. The overall journey time for the little over was 45 minutes. The workmen's service commenced operating on Monday 25 November 1895 and last ran on 8 November 1947, by which time it was down to three carriages – K, Q and U. The charges for using Coach "U" were higher than the other coaches, but the reasons why have been forgotten. Workman's carriage tokens: Owner's saloons The owner was "not a man to hide his light under a bushel". In 1845, he had a coach house built at Penscoins, and (by implication, as no mention is made in the company accounts) bought a saloon from his own pocket for use when he took guests from the port to the quarries. It was "a smaller version of the saloon [..] which survives today." The "Saloon Shed" was rebuilt in 1888. Around the same time as the order for the workmen's carriages, the company also ordered a replacement private saloon for the owner and his guests. This had the same running gear and dimensions as the workmen's, but was relatively opulent inside, with, for example, eight padded revolving chairs instead of wooden benches. Up to closure, the saloon was attached to a normal train on pay days and used to carry the workers' wages. The vehicle has survived into preservation at Penrhyn Castle. Locomotives Velinheli In 1963, Velinheli was in pieces in the railways workshops at Gilfach Ddu having been out of traffic since 1953 for major overhaul, a task which was never completed. Whilst the majority of this locomotive was scrapped certain items survive and are now on display within the National Slate Museum at Gilfach Ddu. Surviving items include: side tanks (complete with nameplate Velinheli on one side only), chimney, sand boxes and ash-pan. The identity of all the remaining parts cannot be confirmed as belonging to Velinheli, due to the swapping of locomotive parts, a common practice during the operation of the quarries' various railway systems. Llanberis Lake Railway On 28 May 1971, the southern part of the route was reopened as the narrow-gauge Llanberis Lake Railway. See also Fire Queen British narrow gauge railways Port Dinorwic railway station References Sources Further reading External links The railway on a navigable Edwardian 6" OS map, via National Library of Scotland The Padarn Railway in green, via Rail Map Online The railway in 1961,