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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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The finish machined slide valves and ... ... crossheads have arrived with Alan Keef. Thursday, 19.3.2020. With the carriages normally used in the passenger train safely out of the way … Meanwhile, in the Carriage Shed, Bill and Charles are rough-sawing the running boards for carriage No. 23 … Friday, 20.3.2020. Dave calls by, and by evening … All the “restored” Heritage waggons are now all together. … with No. 24 … … to leave a pile of material to work on once Covid-19 restrictions are lifted. … so that they are in suitable locations … … so that carriage No. 23 can be swapped (carefully!) … … or not … No. 8 and the boiler for loco No. 10 are drawn out of the Carriage Shed to release the two plank Heritage waggon …

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