It will go to Rhyd Ddu probably using Lyd. I don't think that is intended to start until the school holidays though. Tim
DLG and Blanche on the FR. 130 and 87 on the WHR. Subject to the usual disclaimers. Tim
The SB3 boiler was born out of the fear that it would become increasingly difficult to buy new boilers in the future. So the idea was that the...
The problems with the boiler are a bit more complicated. There isnt much room to swing a shovel but it is no worse than a double engine. It's not...
The frames were bent in a shunting accident at Dinas quite a long time ago. It also had a couple of misadventures off the headshunt at Port. It...
It isn't really needed. Because of the loop lengths it can only take one more coach than one of the tanks, at a significant increase in cost too....
The boiler from 129 ex Puffing Billy is going into 143. The old boiler from 143 is going into 138. This means that the boilers from 138 and...
I'm not sure there are any real winners with either 16s or 15s. Most of them worked hard for a living into the 80s, then were just left by the sea...
It was to identify which loco they were for. There was also a red cylinder casting for Lyd. Tim
The boiler from 129 is finished and is going into 143 now which should be back in traffic this year sometime. The other boiler being overhauled...
They had always thought that would be the likely outcome so it isn't really a new discovery. The old one certainly has some interesting...
I'm not sure there was much betting of the farm. Certainly a non articulated engine is better than articulated one from a maintenance point of...
It is reasonably powerful and 10 coaches up the FR is feasible. The limiting factor is adhesion really. 133 would probably need a new boiler...
Yes it is just a stunt as often happens on a preserved railway. The big Garratts used to take over 200 tons of limestone up the 1 in 40 out of...
I'm not aware of any. WHR coaches are seen on the FR but not the locos. Tim
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