Rheilffordd Corris Railway

Rheilffordd Corris Railway

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2016 Photograph Archive

Photographs taken between 19th & 25th October 2016

Saturday, 22.10.2016. Charles and Sue “man” the Museum …
… as No. 11 brings the first train of the day into Corris …
… where a knot of members congregate on the platform as departure time nears.

The train arrives at Maespoeth …
… where No. 7 is on static display as later, No. 11 prepares …
… to depart back to Corris.

Recently, new lights have been fitted in the stable to better illuminate the displays there.
In the Engine Shed, Andy is fettling and fitting components to the last of the bogie stretchers for carriage Nos. 23 & 24 …
… while Trefor works on loco No. 6 nearby.

A blast from the past appears – Vince.
The light is fading as we await the1840 special for the AGM...
No. 7 sits quietly in the engine shed.

The train with participants for the AGM arrives at Maespoeth.
After the AGM in the Carriage Shed, No. 11 and train head back to Corris – a chance to practice lamp signals!
Another night scene at Maespoeth – while waiting for the return of the AGM train to Maespoeth for putting away for the night.

Sunday, 23.10.2016. Richard and Trefor check arrangements in No. 7’s valve chest in preparation for the winter programme of work.
Monday, 23.10.2016. Tony is caught by a creepy photographer, while trimming our hedge!
Tuesday, 25.10.2016. Neil and John prepare to fit a bench seat …

... in part of the Brake compartment of carriage No. 20 …
… while Chris, Steve and Bob work on its brake gear, including …
… making and fitting a new brake handle.

Just as some are about to go home, a lorry arrives …
… with a batch of ex-Corris, ex-Talyllyn turnouts from Tywyn …
… which interrupts cleaning and priming of brake gear components from one of the bogie bolsters – but not for long!

Wednesday, 19.10.2016. The duct for the Hydro-electric cable has reached our land, after threading over one water and one gas main, and here passes under another water main …
Monday, 24.10.2016. … before continuing under our future trackbed …
… checking it is deep enough not to bother us at a later date …

Tuesday, 25.10.2016. … and protected by heavy duty tape!

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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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