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News from August 2007
Outdoor Work - Working Party Dates
The 2007/08 Outdoor Working Party programme is now available. All are welcome to come and help out. _Working_Party_Dates.html”>Talyllyn Railway: Latest News
Posted by Peter Bowyer on 7 August 2007
Tywyn & District Model Railway Club Exhibition
Once again, a very successful event with 360 people visiting over two days _District_Model_Railway_Club_Exhi.html”>Talyllyn Railway: Latest News
Posted by Peter Bowyer on 7 August 2007
Timetable Change
The 11:45 train will depart at 12:15 on weekdays during August…...
Source: Welsh Highland Railway – News
Posted by Peter Bowyer on 8 August 2007
Cambrian Steam
A summer steam service on the Cambrian Main Line…...
Source: Welsh Highland Railway – News
Posted by Peter Bowyer on 8 August 2007
Visiting Loco
Find out about our guest steam locomotive this Summer…..
Source: Welsh Highland Railway – News
Posted by Peter Bowyer on 8 August 2007
Work On South Tyndale Extension Started
First Track Laid
The first track has been laid on the long awaited extension of the South Tyndale Railway. They have laid the first ten lengths. This is the start of the project to lay all the way from the cuurent station of Kirkhaugh to Slaggyford a distance of some 2 1/2 mile.
The plan is to split this into into two sections the first being approximately 1 mile, where a new temporary terminus will be built.
Help Needed
Working party on the extension will be held on the second weekend of each month. This is a great chance to get involved in a very exciting project in a beautiful part of the country.
Posted by Peter Mead on 18 August 2007
No1 "Talyllyn" returns to service
After a few years out of service having an overhaul, original TR engine No 1 "Talyllyn" returned to public service on Monday 15th August. More …
Source: Talyllyn Railway: Latest News
Posted by Peter Bowyer on 19 August 2007
Virgin Trains "Talyllyn 50 Years of Preservation" nameplate auction for charity
The nameplate of 86 258 "Talyllyn 50 Years of Preservation" has come up for auction More …
Source: Talyllyn Railway: Latest News
Posted by Peter Bowyer on 19 August 2007
Duncan's special childrens day 23rd August
Duncan’s special childrens day – 23rd August
Further information www.talyllyn.co.uk/duncan/index.html
Source: Talyllyn Railway: Latest News
Posted by Peter Bowyer on 23 August 2007
Press Release:- Moseley Railway Trust to rebuild unique Great War watertank
The Moseley Railway Trust is pleased to announce that it has secured a PRISM grant to support the rebuilding of a unique narrow gauge railway wagon.
During World War One, 60cm gauge light railways were used to carry men and stores to the front line. One of the most pressing requirements was water for men, horses & locomotives. The “Class H” bogie tank wagons were built in 1917 and 1918 by Robert Hudson of Leeds and the Gloucester Railway Carriage & Wagon Company. The wagons used a 1500 gallon water tank mounted on a steel underframe. After the end of the war, much of the equipment was disposed of for further industrial use. A small number of the watertank wagons eventually went to the Smiths Potato Estates Railway in Nocton, Lincolnshire.
The Moseley Railway Trust managed to acquire the sole surviving artefact from these wagons, a tank section. The Trust has managed to also acquire two suitable bogies, which ended their days on a timber railway in Bulgaria; they were returned to the UK via the Frankfurt Feldbahn Museum. The PRISM grant will assist with the construction of a reproduction underframe, which, when combined with the restored tank and bogies, will result in a unique and authentic recreation of an unusual and historic railway wagon.
Gareth Roberts, the Moseley Railway Trust’s project manager said “The watertank wagon will be the perfect complement to the Moseley Railway Trust’s collection of historic narrow gauge equipment. In particular, the Trust has in its care Simplex locomotives, which would have worked with these wagons both at Nocton and during WW1. This project illustrates the Trust’s commitment to restoring historic narrow gauge railway equipment”.
When completed, the watertank wagon will eventually be moved to the Moseley Railway Trust’s new site at Apedale, Newcastle-Under-Lyme. The Trust is continuing to develop the Apedale site, and donations are still being sought to allow this work to continue. The Trust plans to construct a major museum of narrow gauge industrial railways at Apedale, and the reconstructed watertank wagon will form a key exhibit in this museum when its opens.
The MRT can be contacted at 11, Ashwood Road, Disley, Stockport, Cheshire SK12 2EL or visit www.mrt.org.uk
Posted by Gareth Roberts on 24 August 2007
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Source: Talyllyn Railway: Latest News
Posted by Peter Bowyer on 30 August 2007
Moseley Railway Trust to rebuild unique Great War watertank wagon
The Moseley Railway Trust is pleased to announce that it has secured a PRISM grant to support the rebuilding of a unique narrow gauge railway wagon.
During World War One, 60cm gauge light railways were used to carry men and stores to the front line. One of the most pressing requirements was water for men, horses & locomotives. The “Class H” bogie tank wagons were built in 1917 and 1918 by Robert Hudson of Leeds and the Gloucester Railway Carriage & Wagon Company. The wagons used a 1500 gallon water tank mounted on a steel underframe. After the end of the war, much of the equipment was disposed of for further industrial use. A small number of the watertank wagons eventually went to the Smiths Potato Estates Railway in Nocton, Lincolnshire. The Moseley Railway Trust managed to acquire the sole surviving artefact from these wagons, a tank section. The Trust has managed to also acquire two suitable bogies, which ended their days on a timber railway in Bulgaria; they were returned to the UK via the Frankfurt Feldbahn Museum. The PRISM grant will assist with the construction of a reproduction underframe, which, when combined with the restored tank and bogies, will result in a unique and authentic recreation of an unusual and historic railway wagon.
Gareth Roberts, the Moseley Railway Trust’s project manager said “The watertank wagon will be the perfect complement to the Moseley Railway Trust’s collection of historic narrow gauge equipment. In particular, the Trust has in its care Simplex locomotives, which would have worked with these wagons both at Nocton and during WW1. This project illustrates the Trust’s commitment to restoring historic narrow gauge railway equipment”.
When completed, the watertank wagon will eventually be moved to the Moseley Railway Trust’s new site at Apedale, Newcastle-Under-Lyme. The Trust is continuing to develop the Apedale site, and donations are still being sought to allow this work to continue. The Trust plans to construct a major museum of narrow gauge industrial railways at Apedale, and the reconstructed watertank wagon will form a key exhibit in this museum when its opens.
Source: Moseley Railway Trust – Latest News
Posted by Peter Bowyer on 14 August 2007
