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2017 Photograph Archive

Photographs taken between 11th & 18th July 2017

Tuesday, 11.7.2017 The workshop is busy, Chris machining parts for a Facing Point Lock while Bob continues turning parts for screw couplings ...

… while in the Carriage Shed, Phil is painting the new sign for the Signal Box …

… and Bill gives carriage No. 23 the John Cleese treatment …

… having just cut out the slots for vents in the end panels.

Over the past weekend, the first of the semi-completed bogies for the carriages has been wheeled down to the Carriage Shed …

… the fence leading up to the North platform has been completed ...

… and a good start has been made on re-painting the Signal Box …

… ready to take the new sign completed during the day.

Thursday, 13.7.2017. Adrian drills holes for holding down the body to the frames of carriage No. 24 amongst other fabrication tasks.

Friday, 14.7.2017. Jack tears up rags as Richard and Nick supervise him as part of his boiler management assessment …

… which he passes without problem!

Later on, it is “Race the Train” with Corris School …

… which brings a good crowd of pupils, ex-pupils and parents for the evening. The train only beat one child (who was suffering from stitch) …

… while Alison was making an excellent job of painting faces!

Saturday, 15.7.2017. No fireman today, so Trefor tops up the diesel in No. 11 to run a diesel service, supervised by Ifor …

… and Billy!

Mick was delighted with his birthday headboard!

Sunday, 16.7.2017. Tony returns from an early inspection of the line, after trees fell across the road south of Corris overnight – all was well.

Three Greens on display to signal off the train!

After a dull start, by late afternoon the sun was out …

… and later, a streaky No. 6 was ready to take the carriages down to the Carriage Shed.

Tuesday, 18.7.2017. Bob resumes turning parts for screw couplings …

… as Chris prepares other components …

… Graham has sorted the Signal Box door so that it does not cause the guttering over it to dis-joint (discharging water down the neck!) …

… and Adrian has set up and fabricated initial components for the North saloon bodywork of carriage No. 24.

… while Stevie has been drilling holes and fitted the stretcher bar for the facing point lock on one of the loop cross-over turnouts.

Dave has just completed re-painting a panel in carriage No. 20 …

By the very hot mid-afternoon, there was much crashing outside as a machine started to create an inter-field track behind the sheds and North platform …

… necessitating three holes to be rapidly dug to move our fence back to our boundary!

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