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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Welsh Highland Railway surprise
06/10/02 -- The following is
an extract from the Welsh Mountain Railway's spring
1998 newsletter The Snowdon Ranger.
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"Motive Power |
| Since my last report the new locomotive shed has been brought
into commission. From the humble circumstances of the Old Goods Shed, 138 was moved round
to the new shed early in February The floor had been painted:- red for 'work' areas, green
for 'walking' areas. with a narrow white line between them. |
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The pattern of fortnightly working weekends has settled down into a
regular and reliable system, one of the results of which has been making 138 ready for
service for the season. Fortunately, work was well advanced, as the Inspector of the
Public Inquiry asked for a demonstration of operations this took place in late January. |
| Early in March, the boiler unit of 143, and her cab and
tanks, were delivered to Dinas. Work on making it ready for assembly with the engine units
has started in earnest and we might just have started to reduce the long list of jobs
prepared by Jon Whalley. There is still a long way to go and your participation is
heartily recommended! |
The opportunity was taken during the
weekend of 21/22 March to sort the balcony stores, to make way for components of 143, and
our stock of tools. A large batch of tools was delivered on 3 April, having been purchased
from Weldpar in Waunfawr. This is noteworthy because a village the size of Waunfawr is not
a place in which one would normally expect to obtain engineering tools!" |
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