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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- ...
New to this forum I wondered if there are plans to build one of these as the next Corris locomotive? Apologies if this has already been aired. James...
James - after some debate within the Society we decided late last year that the next new steam loco would be a Falcon type, based on the design of Nos. 1, 2 &...
Hi Richard, This is excellent news (well I think so!). Will there be an article on this in the forthcoming "Corrispondent" do you know? Best regards Steve ...
Are there any special events or activities planned by the Society to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the opening of the Corris Railway? Thanks, Steve...
LOTS. Many are mentioned in The Society Magazine (The Corrispondent) you are a member I trust! If not........you should be... Nigel Bird Nigel Bird (Railway...
Subject to final confirmations, 2009 will see a number of special events to mark Corris 150, running from April to October, including locomotive exchanges and...
It appears that I was jumping the gun with this question. I had always thought that the Railway had opened in 1858 but on referring to my books it is apparent...
Sometime last year I was asked by an e-bay seller to identify a photograph which she wished to put up for auction. I have posted a copy of the photograph in...
... GS = Great Southern Railways (1925-1945), which grouped together all the railways that lay entirely within the Irish Free State such as the GS&WR, MGWR,...
I had a quick look at my reference books and I can only find two passanger carrying narrow gauge pre preservation lines on which locos carried side buffers,...
... After a second look I'm wondering if the loco could possibly be St. Molaga of the Timoleague and Courtmacsherry Light Railway (a branch off the Cork,...
Thanks to everyone for your replies to my photo question. I think that you have hit the nail on the head! I should have known in the first place that the...
For anyone interested, there are a couple of old Ordnance Survey maps, dated 1888 and 1891, shown on the website http://www.old-maps.co.uk/, on which can be...
Hi, Whilst I was at the 16mm NGM (at stoneleigh) I purchased a wonderful little locomotive called "Elwyn" for £15. I was told that the engine was built by a...
AND superb picture of the first train in the Aberglaslyn Pass for a few years! And the first ever Garratt hauled one? I travelled on one of the sponsors train...
On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:00:32 +0100 ... It was a really delightful trip indeed. ... And after that there is the proposed in the late 1800s but never built link...
JUST IN.. 19663. Lowe D J: Return to Pwllheli Please-Along The Cambrian Coast (Scenes from the past 53) Foxline 2008 1st 120pp Ills maps, card covers,another...
Read about this project in Steam Railway. All sounds good. Half thought there would be a bit of a splash on the website about it. I'd love to know more about...
I assume that you are not a member of the CRS and therefore have not seen the Corris-Pondent article about the "Falcon" appeal ? At the moment Keefs are in the...
