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Photographs taken between 10th & 17th December 2019

19th December 201919th December 2019 David Coleman 0 Comment Photographs
Tuesday, 10.12.2012. It has not taken long to remove decorations, dismantle the gazeebo’s …
… and start to remove items to storage, thus allowing carpet to be rolled up for re-use …
… and re-locate machinery …

… so that the Carriage Shed can be used as a workshop once more!
Sunday, 17.12.2019. Trefor has started to dismantle No. 7 for its annual boiler exam, by removing the safety valve whistle assembly …
… the boiler feed …

… and the contents of the smokebox.
Monday, 16.12.2019. After a number of delays, a waggon body recovered from Aberllefenni Quarry in the early 1970’s was offered for our use restoration from its present site in Llanuwchllyn.
It had been mounted on a 2’ gauge Hudson chassis, and the securing bolts first had to be cut to separate the two …

… before the body could be loaded for road movement to Maespoeth.
There it was unloaded …
Tuesday, 17.12.2019. …before being re-loaded on to a trolley …

… to be off-loaded for (temporary) display purposes on the North Platform, well away from being a tempting roadside target for metal thieves!
There was then the small matter of tidying up, and emptying the loco watering system at Maespoeth for the winter.
  • ← Photographs taken between 3rd & 8th December 2019
  • Volunteer Involvement In Construction Of New Steam Locomotive For Corris Railway As Funding Reaches Another Milestone →

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  • Photographs taken between 9th & 21st January 2020
  • Photographs taken between 19th December 2019 & 8th January 2020
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  • Volunteer Involvement In Construction Of New Steam Locomotive For Corris Railway As Funding Reaches Another Milestone

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… the inside of the south saloon of carriage No. 23 has received its second coat of varnish … … so that the end can be placed in position (for demonstration purposes). … so that by the end of the day, the end of waggon No. 5 is fixed in position … … in a flash … … beneath a magnificent sun-set. … before they all head off to lunch in Idris Stores, Corris! … and when it is raining, is touching up the paintwork on the handrails of carriage No. 23. … and the last of the planks for waggon No. 18 have been cut and drilled but some still need more work indoors. … and after emptying all the waggons, they are put away … … and Adrian has made good progress with adding previously fabricated sides to the floor of waggon No. 5 … Whose mug could this be Wednesday, 15.1.2020. Tony has made a start on fixing new deck planks on waggon No. 218 …

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