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An excellent idea to set up this mailing list: thanks all. I'm looking forward to the discussions - its a great way for those of us who can rarely get to...
A good turnout of volunteers over this weekend. On the carriage shed, work on cutting and welding the metalwork continued, and various cages were made up from...
Ade has asked me to post this message here : To date we have fabricated 57.7% of the steelwork for the carriage shed. In order for us to meet the deadline when...
Ade's latest update : Thanks to another splendid weekend the fabrication of the shed has progressed to the stage that we now need the following items to ...
This is one of three or four photos that were taken the same day at Maespoeth - that is the brake van in the middle road. At that time it was carrying the...
I would be interested to hear people's views on the options for another steam locomotive for the Corris Railway. The options that have been suggested so far...
Personally, I would like to see a new Hughes / Falcon loco. This is mainly due to the historic arguments, but also I have always liked the look of them much...
There is one small part of me that says I would like to see the re- creation of a lost class of loco - the KS "Skylark" that ran on the Snailbeach comes to...
I would suggest another Tattoo.....obviously the experience gained on our present loco would be useful and spares should be interchangeable, especially with...
Hi All, a few questions - can some knowledgeable soul enlighten me please? Was the brake van used on passenger trains originally? (If not were there ever any...
Hi Paul my head says another Tattoo but my heart says a Falcon. One of the arguments against the Falcon is that it has inside cylinders which would make...
Hi Paul/Steve I would like to see either another Tattoo or a Thames variant, reason cost! The Thames would make for more interesting variation and I personally...
Harris, Steve
steve.harris@...
Oct 19, 2006 10:51 am
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No.3 does not have inside cylinders - that would imply that they were between the frames, whereas the Falcon design - as with the Tattoo - are outside the...
Correct up to a point - although the corrugated iron carriage shed at Machynlleth was a fair size. The new shed at Maespoeth has been designed so that its...
I suspect that Steve meant inside motion. Particularly combined with the Falcon's low-slung boiler, this must make access to the motion difficult unless the...
Hi Steve, I'm not sure what you mean by 'hung up' on making a replica Corris. I agree with your points about nos 5 & 6 and the carriage shed (how big was the...
Thanks Richard, sorry about "al" - I had it in my head that you were not the only moderator. Thanks for setting up this group. Best Steve ... were ... Tattoo -...
Yes, the Thames was a related Kerr Stuart model: think of a Tattoo with a saddle tank in a square profile (if I'm remembering the right one). I'm a fairly...
As far as can be worked out from the photographic evidence - In the early days of the steam-hauled passenger service, it seems that all passenger trains had...
Thank you, Richard. A very full and satisfying answer! ... and ... passenger ... the ... and ... at ... known ... sense, ... they ... please? ... loco...
Comments from Lawson Little (posted at his request) : I was interested to see this matter raised in the latest Corris- Pondent and thought I would offer my...
Lawson - I am afraid that I do not agree with you when you say that you do not accept the argument that a second loco should need to be connected with the old...
Lawson's reply - Many thanks for your detailed response. I must confess that I hadn't thought about the relative power outputs of a Hunslet and a 'real' Corris...
Not sure where the idea of a "very short run" comes from - any loco constructed for the Corris needs to be able to tackle the two-and-a- half mile run from...
... I can't help feeling that until the railway actually runs that far the extra locomotive is something that should not go beyond planning stages. Alan...
I take your point, Alan, but if we build a second loco over the same ten-year period that we built No.7, then it could be quite difficult to ensure that it was...
I just have to congratulate the team responsible for the lining of Carriage 21. I haven't seen it in person (yet) but from the photos on the website I have to...
I see from the website that " Track panels have been moved ready to collect stock from Aberllefenni." Which stock is this coming from Aberllefenni? Is this...
