View along platform showing new edge slates in place.

A wedding party waiting for their special train.

A wedding party waiting for their special train.

Platform scene.

The Railway Shop, showing the temporary partition behind the books, and boarding where the platform doors used to be.

Entrance steps, with boiler house on left.

View from the shop/refreshment staff entrance.

The boiler house. The “machine guns” sticking out of the wall are the vents.

1st floor goods delivery entrance.

Progress on the wing wall of the railway bridge.

View from the new balcony.

The balcony provides a grandstand view of the coal pile!

JAVS points out the Cambrian Coast line.

Still a lot of ground works to do at the entrance.

The new removeable section of platform in front of the museum.

The new guards room. The toilet is not yet in its final location!

The new guards room looking out towards the Cambrian Coast line. The “dirty” toilet opens off the lobby on the left.

Looking down the platform.

The double platform doors from the shop have now been converted back to a single door.

View from the other side of the Cambrian Coast line.

Another view of the work on the bridge wing wall.

The café with the servery to the right. The open door on the left leads to the lobby containing the lift and museum entrance.

The other side of the shop partition, looking from the café.

Looking in through the servery to the kitchen area.

From the museum looking back towards the café area. The ramps into the museum have yet to be built, hence the current drop from the door.

Looking out of the servery into the café showing the suspended ceiling with fluorescent lighting.

View from the Managing Director’s office window (which has yet to be cleaned!).

The MD’s other window enables him to keep an eye on the Cambrian Coast line too.

The John Slater Education Room. The passageway on the left leads to the museum, the centre opening is the Curators office, and the open door leads to the lift and toilets.

View of the top of the museum stairs, with the doors fronting Neptune Road.

First floor of museum showing (l-r) stairs, door (behind pillar) to lift, toilets and offices, door to Curators office, door to the John Slater Education Room, door and window to the Awdry Study.

Upstairs lobby showing (l-r) lift, ladies toilets, gents toilet, entrance to offices, and on the right is the door to the John Slater Education Room.

The upstairs toilets have been tiled in a fetching shade of green.

The café kitchen, showing on the left, ‘Ed’s Tardis’, otherwise known as the Catering Manager’s office, and the door through to the catering store, toilets, and staff stairs.

The join between the old and new building, showing the existing shop on the left.

Source: Talyllyn Railway: Latest News

Posted by mark mullarkey on 1 November 2004