Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railways - 'Scene Thru The Lens'
F&WHR - August 2009
1st August 2009 to 31st August 2009
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01.08.09: Iain ‘Bonks’ Wilkinson uses ‘Prince’ to steam clean the ballast in Harbour Station, prior to taking the ‘Kids Training Week’ evening special to Tan-y-Bwlch...
05.08.09: ‘Merddin Emrys’ heads away from Harbour Station with the 11:45 service to Blaenau Ffestiniog...
06.08.09: One of the ‘Kids Training Week’ projects was the construction of a Signalman’s Cabin, or ‘Bobby’s Hut’, for installation beside the Harbour Station groundframe. This was pre-fabricated in Minffordd Yard, and then transported to Porthmadog on a works train...
06.08.09: This provided a perfect opportunity to use the ‘S&T’ Department’s new wagon-mounted hydraulic crane to assist with lifting the panels into position...
06.08.09: The hydraulic crane is mounted on an adapted MOD bogie flat wagon, but can be easily removed to allow the wagon to be used by the Permanent-Way Department if required...
06.08.09: The pre-slated roof for the cabin was transported on a second MOD bogie flat wagon...
06.08.09: A close-up showing the mix of plain and shaped slates used in the roof covering...
06.08.09: S&T Manager Martin Duncan lifts the first wall panel from the crane wagon...
06.08.09: David Waller and James Gresham complete a final check on the alignment of the locating bars, before the first panel is swung into position...
06.08.09: The rear panel of the new cabin is lowered gently into position beside the groundframe...
06.08.09: ‘Merddin Emrys’ approaches Harbour Station with the 13:40 ex-Blaenau Ffestiniog service...
06.08.09: ‘Merddin Emrys’ rolls into Harbour Station with the 13:40 ex-Blaenau Ffestiniog service. The footplate crew have added a chalk ‘indicator blind’ to the smokebox to identify which train they are in charge of...
06.08.09: If you’ve not spotted it by now, the hydraulic crane is a FARMA C5,1D - originally designed for mounting on the three-point linkage of a farm tractor...
06.08.09: With the rear panel in place, it’s the turn of the first of the side walls to be lifted from the wagon...
06.08.09: The first of the sidewalls is lowered into position. By the end of the day all four walls were in place, but the fitting of the roof had to be delayed till the next day...
06.08.09: ‘David Lloyd George’, with Paul Davies at the regulator, waits in 4 Road - as ‘Earl of Merioneth’ approaches Harbour Station with the 16:10 ex-Blaenau Ffestiniog...
06.08.09: John Bell takes ‘Earl of Merioneth’ through Harbour Station and towards the Cob...
06.08.09: ‘David Lloyd George’ waits on the Cob with its train of empty stock, as ‘Earl of Merioneth’ moves slowly forward to couple onto the rear of the train...
06.08.09: ‘David Lloyd George’ and ‘Earl of Merioneth’ top and tail the empty stock as they head across the Cob to Boston Lodge...
06.08.09: ‘Blanche’ is semi-silhouetted against a magnificent sunset, as the fireman uncouples the loco from the stock of the 19:45 ex-Blaenau Ffestiniog...
06.08.09: ‘Blanche’ rolls slowly towards the water tower at Harbour Station, in front of the darkened slopes of Moel y Gest...
06.08.09: ‘Blanche’ stands at Porthmadog water tower as the brilliance of the sunset fades from gold to purple...
07.08.09: The next morning, with some slates removed to prevent damage by the lifting gear, everything is nearly ready for the heavy roof of the Signalman’s Cabin to be lifted into position...
07.08.09: Martin Duncan controls the crane as it takes up the slack in the lifting slings, while Alan Norton and James Gresham agree the correct orientation of the roof...
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