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News from October 2007
AGM 2007 Locomotive Line Up at Pendre
After the AGM on Saturday 29th September 2007, members were invited to Pendre to see all six steam engines in steam and lined up on Pendre loop. More …
Source: Talyllyn Railway: Latest News
Posted by Peter Bowyer on 2 October 2007
Wales In Bloom Win
Our station flower displays win another award
Source: Welsh Highland Railway – News
Posted by Peter Bowyer on 13 October 2007
Win A Replica Nameplate!
And support the restoration of historic steam loco “Russell”......
Source: Welsh Highland Railway – News
Posted by Peter Bowyer on 13 October 2007
Isengard.co.uk back online!
Barrie Hughes’s website Isengard.co.uk is now back online and available for your enjoyment. After problems with his previous hosting company, Isengard is now hosted by Narrow Gauge Heaven and Maple Design. We wish Barrie all the best with his site!
Posted by Peter Bowyer on 15 October 2007
No 6 Douglas dismantled for overhaul
No 6 ‘Douglas’ has recently been dismantled for a much needed overhaul. Here are some photos showing the process of stripping down an engine. More …
Source: Talyllyn Railway: Latest News
Posted by Peter Bowyer on 16 October 2007
WHR's Arthurian Connection
The railway seems to have acquired its own King Arthur-style legend…... involving a spirit level! At the start of this year, John Holmes (Engineering Manager) decided that his spirit level was so inaccurate, it was time to get rid of it, so he put it in the skip. Mysteriously, the spirit level reappeared in the tool van. John Holmes tried a second time…... and a third. Each time, some well-intentioned person would rescue it from the skip and return it.
By August, John was so frustrated, he embedded it in the concrete foundations for the fence along Cae Hir (the strip of land we own on the opposite side of the Cambrian.) Had he found a way to get rid of it once and for all? Maybe not, because there’s been a steady stream of people trying to pull it out in the last few months…... The spirit level has been named “Excalibur”, so maybe the one who can remove it from the concrete will get to become Chairman?
Posted by Andy C on 17 October 2007
Christmas cards and Calendar
Two different designs of Talyllyn railway Christmas cards are available. Both are paintings of snow scenes, one
showing No.6 Douglas at Brynglas and the second showing Dolgoch at Dolgoch.
cards are 175mm x 120mm and are bilingual reading ‘With Best Wishes for
Christmas and the New Year’ in Welsh and English. They come in packs of 10
complete with envelopes and are £4.95 including postage and packing for UK. Please contact the Shop for postal charges to Europe and overseas.
The 2008 Talyllyn Railway Calendar is also available. It comprises 12
22cm x 20cm colour pictures of the Railway in the various seasons and
features all six steam engines in different locations. The calendar is
spirally bound More …
Source: Talyllyn Railway: Latest News
Posted by Peter Bowyer on 17 October 2007
Locomotive Working Party Dates
Oct 27/28
Nov 17/18
Dec 1/2
Dec 15/16
Dec 29 – 31
All hands are welcome for tube grinding (see above), painting, bunker chipping, boiler washouts, ashpan removal (and putting back again!) – the list is endless.
Thanks to Alex Eyres for the photo and information.
Source: Talyllyn Railway: Latest News
Posted by Peter Bowyer on 24 October 2007
