Glorious weather on the Saturday, rain overnight, mostly dry but
cloudy on the Sunday and Monday. Passenger loadings reflected this -
best on the Monday, although being the Bank Holiday sandwiched
between Easter and Spring (which is usually half-term) it was fairly
quiet in the area generally.

Following Meinir's retirement we are currently staffing the Museum
with volunteers and it was encouraging to see some new faces coming
forward to help in this important work.

Waggon 222 (Trecwn large bogie vehicle) whose body has been adorning
(?) the ballast dock for the last couple of years was put onto
Corris rails for the first time on the Sunday; on the Saturday the
re-gauged wheelsets had been re-united with the bogies, and on
Sunday they were re-fitted to the body and the whole parked on the
Brynllwyd headshunt. Once the carriage shed is usable this waggon
will need to come into shops for the brake gear to be re-gauged, the
wasted steelwork patched as necessary, and new timber work fitted,
but at least it is now mobile and not blocking the ballast dock any
more.

The Heritage Queen Mary waggon, which is also awaiting bringing into
shops for restoration, had become an unofficial depository for
scrap, and this was cleaned out on the Monday and the skip in the
car park filled instead.

An initial attempt was made to cut in half one of the new delivery
of standard-gauge hardwood sleepers; although this was successful,
the chainsaw made hard work of the job and the material clearly
needs a saw with more beef than an ordinary chain saw and we are
urgently looking into the possibilities of hiring in an appropriate
sawing facility.

The blockwork on the north wall of the carriage shed was completed,
and work on shaping and fixing the timber cladding to it was well
under way by Monday evening (the east wall has already been clad).
Work on putting in underground pipes on the west side to carry away
rainwater from the roof has commenced. The shed is designed to look
reasonably similar to the demolished carriage shed at Corris Station
and once the scaffolding is removed (due to take place this week) it
will be possible to get a good idea of how it will look when
complete.

Richard