L.A.D.A.S.

L.A.D.A.S. was the Snowdon Mountain Railway's first steam engine built in the 1890's. It was manufactured at the Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works in Winterthur, Switzerland in 1895 and was named after Laura Alice Duff Assheton-Smith, the daughter of a major local landowner. It was operating the first public passenger train on April 6th, 1896 when it had a very unfortunate accident. It was coming back down the line when it derailed and went cab over wheels down the mountain. Once it rolled down the mountain, it was a complete wreck with only the pistons, motion, frames and wheels still intact. It was beyond repair, so it was scrapped. Also, the Snowdon Mountain Railway never replaced L.A.D.A.S. with another steam engine carrying the number one.
Category:Snowdon Mountain Railway
Category:Steam Engines
Category:Tank Engines