Three Waggons In, Three Waggons Out, At Corris Railway

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Looking to the future, including the day when track laying begins on its Southern Extension, the Corris Railway has agreed to purchase three ballast waggons from the Talyllyn. With siding space at something of a premium on the Corris Railway, even allowing for the carriage shed and waggon shelter at Maespoeth Junction, the Corris has also agreed to donate three of its existing fleet to Glyn Valley Tramway revivalists at Chirk, which shares the Mid-Wales twenty seven inch gauge at this stage of its history.

The waggons due to depart are a trio of Robert Hudson waggons numbered 205, 206 and 219 in the Corris lists. The first pair have been on the line since 1984 whilst the latter arrived in 1996 from the Ripon Valley Railway. It had previously been based at the Yaxham Light Railway, situated next to Yaxham Station on the Mid Norfolk Railway.

The Corris Railway’s waggon restoration team, the “Tuesday Gang”, will be taking on the task of merging the usable parts of a quartet of waggons which have been in storage with a view to producing one, or possibly two, usable vehicles for the future. The Gang has spent time in the summer months producing new steps for the Maespoeth Junction signal box, utilising their metal working and carpentry skills. The steps will take the place of the existing ones during the winter work programme although it is to be decided if this will precede or follow the Santa Special Steam Trains which will run on December 7th and 8th.

A side door waggon from the Aberllefenni slate quarry has been sent to the Vale of Rheidol for riveting to be carried out.

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