See the following on the GVT website: "NOTICE: Following the receipt of letters from solicitors acting on behalf of members threatening a legal injunction if...
Actually, most railway preservation societies have bust-ups somewhere in their history - although Tom Rolt glossed over it in "Railway Adventure" there were a...
... Looks like a gentle discussion by comparison with some of them (the early history of Ffestiniog v Welsh Highland Railway involved the Ffestiniog trying to...
Well,well.The best of friends fall out. Sometimes there are too many Chiefs and not enough indians.50 + years ago when the Festiniog Railway Society was...
I recently obtained a copy of the Society's publication "A Return To Corris". One of the illustrations in this book is an artist's sketch (Mid-Nineteenth...
The weekend of February 23/24 is scheduled for permanent way work - spot sleeper replacement is the priority, but if sufficient volunteers are available we can...
Could anyone please tell me what mobile phone coverage is like in the Corris/Maespoeth area? In other words, which companies give good coverage, and which are...
Tin cans and string are fine. Nigel Nigel Bird (Railway Bookdealer) www.nigelbirdbooks.co.uk OVER 4000 books listed. email nigelbird.books@... Tel 01974...
Vodafone works in Corris and Maespoeth but fades away to nothing about half way to Aberllefenni. Orange has a faint signal in Aberllefenni and probably a...
We stay regularly at the Dulas Valley Hotel, and we have no problem at all with the 02 signal, (even inside, through 2ft thick walls!). One of the other guests...
Hope we are not getting too off topic . . . The mast at map ref SH759067 (opposite Maespoeth) is a TV transmitter. In the same area (may be on the same mast)...
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Arrived to find the slating on the west side of Phase 2 of the carriage shed virtually complete - looks very good and you can't see the join with Phase 1 ! On...
A couple of articles of Corris interest - one on constructing IP Engineering's new Corris carriage model and one on Paul Sherwood's Maesffordd & Nant Gorris...
By the way - Paul Sherwood's railway can be seen at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-rbuJyRq4I A very life-like representation of Maespoeth etc. Alex Hurd ...
Hi Richard. I suppose as names go "FieldRoad" is on a par with "FieldHot", It was meant to resemble rather than be an accurate model of the latter. Same can be...
Maespoeth translates as "Hot Field" so I suppose the equivalent would be "Road Field" but I am not sure how the Welsh order works with two nouns together...
I'll have to find some photo's of Pont Evans and create my own take on it. There's always an open invitation to a steam up here Richard! If you ever find...
On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 19:34:55 -0000 ... First noun is the main one, the second adjectival (ditto and more commonly with verbs attached to nouns). Plurals matter...
Hi Richard, Actually I believe the first steam works train was several years ago. When we were doing trial runs and crew training we were using the heritage...
Attachments only go to people who have signed up to receive all forum messages by e-mail, so generally it is best to upload any interesting photos to the...
Fair enough - maybe this weekend's was the first steam-hauled works train to take a load up the line from Maespoeth, as opposed to bringing one down from...
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There is another Corris Railway Excess Fare Receipt up for auction on e- bay. The receipt was issued for the journey from Corris to Upper Corris. I presume...
I would guess this is for a bus journey, although it might possibly be for some goods or luggage being conveyed from Corris to Upper Corris. Richard ... on e- ...
