Rheilffordd Corris Railway

Rheilffordd Corris Railway

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2020 Photograph Archive

Photographs taken between 8th & 20th September 2020

Tuesday, 8.9.2020. Andy pays a visit to work on carriage No. 23, here joining the others for lunch …
… before resuming work underneath to fit brake pipes – with light …
… while Richard manages without!

Nearby, Tony shows a leg while Charles cuts a waggon transom timber …
… which Bill finishes off …
… until three are completed.

It is then the turn of the longitudinals to have their mortises (roughly) cut out.
Meanwhile, in the Engine Shed Bob is preparing steel for another track jack …
… with the basics of another three prepared.

Wednesday, 9.9.2020. Ooops! This load of tar planings was supposed to have been delivered to Y Felin, Llwyngwern. A good job we have Bro Cader handy to shift them (on a wet day)!
Thursday, 10.9.2020. Tony gives the transoms for the next Heritage Waggon underframes, a coat of preservative …
… while Adrian continues work on the Drop Side Waggon body …

… in many …
… different positions, here (temporarily) on a separate waggon chassis.
Meanwhile, Richard is refining carriage No. 23’s brakes …

… which has by now had its brake pipes fitted, and the underframe painted black.
Sunday, 12.9.2020. Phil and Sam examine the ground frame from Corris, with a view to giving it a thorough overhaul …
… much to Sam’s delight!

Thursday, 17.9.2020. Adrian has continued work on the Drop Side Waggon body, here filling in holes and building up around them as appropriate …
… while Tony has primed the underfloor steel work.
Friday, 18.9.2020. The Oxford household has taken a very important delivery ... (AJO)

Sunday, 20.09.2020. ... and the Editor with "The Corris-Pondent" quarterly newsletter takes over the dining room temporarily. (AJO)

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Latest Photographs

… including the removal of the station sign board for refurbishment. … following up with a 3-carriage train to check brakes and other functions ... … followed by former TR Chief Engineer John Bate. … before Trefor and Patrick take No. 7 on a very quiet trial run to Corris … … before running round to leave the two Corris engines together. No. 3 was in light steam, while No. 4 was partially dismantled … … before Jack re-secures that one, with new retaining bolts both ends. Meanwhile, Phil is installing a modesty screen around the machine tool area. … before Jack on No. 3 leads the re-arranged formation back into the station. … before arriving in Corris. … and then showing us the recently restored and returned, ex-Corris carriage (T. R. No. 17) in their paint shop. … and returned prior to the formal re-enactment. … and crossing timbers renewed. … adjacent to a seasonal display.

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