the Gelerts Farm Works of the WHR where the restoration work continued. 1987 - Steamed again at the Gelerts Farm Works and has since operated trains regularly on the Welsh Highland Railway (Porthmadog). 1988 and 1990 - Visited and operated trains on the Ffestiniog Railway 2000 - Visited the Welsh Highland Railway (Caernarfon) and operated trains on the occasion of the official reopening of the line between Dinas and Waunfawr. 2005 - Was withdrawn from service pending the commencement of a major overhaul, with the aim of running again between Porthmadog and Dinas, on the completed Welsh Highland Railway. 2014 - Russell back in service on WHHR 2015 - Russell attends the Talyllyn Railway's 150th anniversary. 2018 - Russell completed a test run on the main Welsh Highland Railway, reaching Beddgelert for the first time in over 80 years. Design A steam locomotive, the design of Russell is more closely related to Hunslet No 865 of 1905 otherwise known as Leeds Number 1, although certain engineering aspects can be more readily associated with design of locomotives supplied to the Sierra Leone Government Railway. One of the driving wheel centres bears the initials SLR, however this has been found to have been a later replacement and not as originally supplied. Originally built with air train brakes, it was converted to vacuum train brakes following the linking of the Welsh Highland and Ffestiniog Railways. Fiction A character named "Fearless" Freddie based on this locomotive appeared in the children's television series Thomas & Friends. References See also Welsh Highland Heritage Railway Restore Russell 2009 Russell Biography Welsh Highland Railway Hunslet narrow gauge locomotives Individual locomotives of Great Britain Preserved narrow gauge steam locomotives of Great Britain 2-6-2T locomotives Railway locomotives introduced in 1906