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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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… but with the ability to reverse lorries back almost all the way (of this stage), things should speed up – if the weather holds! … to blind the coarse stone foundation drainage layer – in the rain. A bit of vegetation clearance reveals long forgotten pegs, indicating the approximate line and level of the proposed new track in relation to the embankment works … After a good section has been spread, trimmed and tracked in, Jack rolls it … At last, lorries can back further down the site – double handling should be much reduced from now on! Monday, 14.9.2020. It is dry at last, and more material has been delivered … Southern Extension. Pont y Goedwig Deviation Project. Monday, 7.9.2020. Quarry rejects from Aberllefenni have been fetched and spread … Thursday, 10.9.2020. Fill from Dolgellau is spread on geotextile … Tuesday, 15.9.2020. … and spread – but roadworks en route with convoy working, slow deliveries. Wednesday, 16.9.2020. … ready for more deliveries, but roadworks are still holding things up. … and rolled to seal against water penetration. … different positions, here (temporarily) on a separate waggon chassis.

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