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Photographs taken between 18th & 22nd September 2020

28th September 202028th September 2020 David Coleman 0 Comment Photographs
Friday, 18.9.2020. With a few dry days forecast, yesterday lorries have tentatively reached the southern end of the current embankment works without mishap.
Friday, 18.9.2020. Tony has painted a manrider, all ready for re-purposing in the near(-ish) future …
… while nearer the Sheds, John is partially enclosing the south end of the Waggon Shelter …
… having already partially enclosed the north end.

Saturday, 19.9.2020. Having already put a shift in elsewhere, Jack attacks undergrowth alongside the Upper Corris Tramway Siding …
… and John has stained the new timber on the Waggon Shelter to match the rest.
Sunday, 20.9.2020. A view not possible for quite some years! The Sundae Gang clear up after the chainsaw  lopping of undergrowth south of the Signal Box, Maespoeth.

The tar planings have been removed from the car park, although some were spread to make good steps in the surface arising from heavy use of the right foot!
Tuesday, 22.9.2020. Tony  is measuring up a plank to replace one missing from the end of drop side waggon No.213 …
… while in the Engine Shed, Bob is milling out sections of channel to make up more track jacks …

… while nearby, Chris drills them …
… so that a start can be made on assembly.
Before going home, John has replaced a post to restore the north end of the fencing on Maespoeth North platform.

Adrian is continuing to restore the Drop Side Heritage waggon body …
… preparing for a bit of riveting …
… and undertaking a bit of straightening! Tony has already given the finished surfaces a coat of primer.

Tony has finished replacing waggon No. 213’s end top plank.
Southern Extension. Pont y Goedwig Deviation Project. Friday, 18.9.2020. With a few dry days forecast, yesterday lorries have tentatively reached the southern end of the current embankment works without mishap …
Saturday, 19.9.2020. … and a further load arrives early in the morning … (Jack Evans)

… and with two lorries working for as long as driver’s hours allow …
… the activity attracts interest from videographers, here with Richard in the foreground and Andrew on the hillside …
… who changes position to get a different take on the works.

Jack loads lorries in Dolgellau … (Jack Evans)
… which, after encountering copious holiday traffic, reverses down to the embankment site (past the old railway fence) …
… to the embankment site – now about a metre higher than it was – where Dai spreads …

… and rolls it.
Sunday, 20.9.2020. Tar planings have been spread and tracked in at the road access to reduce the “footprint” of lorries departing our site …
… with Bro Cader personnel not taking a day off this week, Dai trimming back spilled material so that we have an overlap of geotextile for the next step up …

Monday, 21.9.2020. … with two more loads arriving …
Tuesday, 22.9.2020. … which are spread, tracked and rolled before the rain returns.
  • ← Photographs taken between 7th & 20th September 2020
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A view of the North platform in the evening light, Christmas now less than a handful of days away, with a new Welsh lockdown due at Midnight tonight this would be the last working day on the railway for a while. The rail bolster wagon sat in the South Platform road, with a bit of work this will be a good addition to the fleet. The first few wagons have reached the North platform, to be propelled back into the South platform to enable space to extract the other few rakes. The fairly poor condition of the CAT carriage here is very noticeable – the chassis seems to look OK. Saturday,  19.12.2020. Time for a grand shunt of the head-shunt at Maespoeth. With the ultimate aim of extracting the “CAT Carriage” for restoration to begin in 2021. Friday 25th December… NadoligLlawen-Happy Christmas, at Corris Station. Chris couples up the CAT wagon (which we had left outside the new wagon shelter mid shunt) in order to propel it towards the new shelter in the hope it would fit. “Doh!” – not quite. With the light failing, loco 6 sits at the head of the ‘serviceable’ works wagons ready to return them to their resting place in the siding. To enable the carriage to thoroughly dry out prior to sorting its contents and begin stripping work, it was dragged into the loco shed behind No.6 and fitted in with a couple of inches to spare. The wagon which until recently was used to store loco 10’s new boiler is next to be dragged out the undergrowth, along with four ex RNAD Trecwn wagons. The view up the siding from the cab of loco 6, the railhead by this point had become extremely greasy and sand needed to be found to gain adhesion.

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