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A busy weekend...

It was a busy weekend in Tywyn, with a good number of volunteers at work getting things ready for the start of the 2005 operating season on Saturday 12th February; tasks included putting up posters for the train service.


A couple of other reports concentrate on events at Pendre; at Wharf, work was ongoing on the shop refurbishment (glazing the platform side windows) and on the Wharf edge.



Looking through into the shop from the café



Looking out into the café from the kitchen


Out in the yard, a gang was busy removing the rail and timber fencing around the coal road. This needs to be altered to allow access to get the large museum exhibits through the large doors (with the removable section of platform out of the way).



The large museum doors and removable section of platform


Excavations continued, too, in preparation for installation of the new siding for the museum’s wagon fleet; this leads off the recently installed wagon turntable. The area will then be dressed with slate waste delivered this week following the offer of grant funding to the Museum from CyMAL (Council for Museums, Archives & Libraries in Wales).



Site for the new siding



The section of track between the two wagon turntables


Also on the agenda in this area is some work on improving the Wharf water tower, which is now rather out of keeping with its surroundings. It is to be clad so as to resemble the well-known old water tower at Dolgoch.



The Wharf water tower


Source: Talyllyn Railway: Latest News

Posted by mark mullarkey on 8 February 2005

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