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2016 Photograph Archive

Photographs taken between 13th & 15th September 2016

Tuesday, 13.9.2016. Bob primes modified corner brackets for the frames of the “Queen Mary” waggon …

… while Dick primes the underside of the body …

… before continuing on the sides (and ends!).

Meanwhile, Adrian rigs up a holder to allow welding of the closure of a ring for the waggon door securing pins.

In the Engine Shed, Bob and Steve fettle up the remaining modified corner brackets for the waggon …

… and by afternoon, the exterior of the waggon body has been primed, and the underside additionally painted with black bitumen.

After similarly painting the brackets, Adrian and Graham bolt them in position …

… so that the body can be lowered on the frames …

… to enable the holding down bolt positions to be marked, and the remaining body side primed …

… to which Adrian is laid-back!

During the day, Neil has been working on carriage No. 20, here creating a cover moulding to conceal wiring within the carriage.

Wednesday, 14.9.2016. The exterior light at the North end of the Engine Shed works – as the proverbial black cat gives it the eye!

Wednesday, 14.9.2016. Yesterday, contractors for the Nant Goedwig Hydro-electric project excavated a bench for the export cabinet in our field – and the ground is (just!) dry enough …

… to re-commence earthworks!

By mid-afternoon, the initial rough excavation to level has been carried through, and spoil placed to the south of the culvert at Ch. 68m ...

… enabling a finer excavation to be carried through and the extremes of the proposed new trackbed roughly pegged out as a guide.

Thursday, 15.9.2016. A very warm morning, and the excavator receives some tlc …

… before the culvert is carefully (initially by hand) filled around …

… so that material can be pushed beyond it …

… to the end of the new embankment.

The intended new rail alignment can now be seen from one end to the other for the first time.

Meanwhile, the roof of the new hydro-electric power station on the Nant Goedwig (on the west side of the Trunk Road) is taking shape.

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