UPDATED 9th March 2010

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The Pages have been set up as a way of communicating with the Members quickly and anyone is free to send items to me for adding to this page. I can normally upload urgent items within 24hrs, sometimes less.

(Please Note - I will be retaining editorial control over what is entered)

Documents should be in Word format. Pictures as JPEGs file size not greater than 50k (this is approx 600 pixels wide at 96 dpi)

Please let me know your thoughts on the way this page should evolve - there is no problem with adding extra pages if a particular subject requires it.

John Rutter - Webmaster

ANOTHER REQUEST HAS BEEN RECEIVED FROM Neil Evans for the Corwen New Station works.

Does anyone know of the whereabouts of GWR Spear Top Fencing - in any condition? We are going to need a lot for the new station and finding it early will give us the time to renovate it before it is needed.

Please contact Neil via the Railway Office on 01978 860 979, for further information

Graham Hoyland has asked if volunteers can contact him to form a Permanent Way Track Gang to work one day per week on whatever needs doing, from brushwood clearing to scrap recovery to track maintenance.  The day can be fixed to suit the volunteers coming forward

Volunteers will need to have or take the PTS test to ensure that they are safe when working trackside.

This will appeal to anyone who has a day a week free (or even the odd day free) and would like to spend the day in the fresh air, away from road traffic noise, doing light (or heavy) physical work to get away from the stresses of normal daily life.

For more information, please contact Graham Hoyland on 01745  832 796

or via email on graham.j.hoyland@talk21.com

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Harry Barber has asked me to put a call out for extra assistance in the Carriage and Wagon Dept. The workload is due to increase in the near future with more vehicles coming in for refurbishment and Harry and Mal need more people to carry on with the present workload. No trade experience is necessary, general help with cleaning, painting, filling, rubbing down etc is also needed. Wednesdays are a good day if you are retired and looking for something different to do, however the work continues 7 days a week if you prefer the Weekends.

A current PTS certificate will be needed for working at track level. Please contact the railway office on 01978 860 979 for more information, how to find Pentrefelyn Shed and who to ask for.

Working Members

Carrog Signalling Award

 The Carrog Signalling project has been given an award in this year's Heritage Railway Association Awards.

Congratulations to Andy Maxwell and all the members of his team for this well-earned accolade.

Evan Green-Hughes

FOXY AT ABERYSWYTH PAINTING

Many of you will remember that when 7822 Foxcote Manor was overhauled in 1999 to raise funds we commissioned a Philip Hawkins painting "Pride of the Line" depicting the Manor on shed at Aberystwyth c1960. We still have some limited edition prints available if anyone wants to treat themselves or a loved one! for Christmas. Framed Prints are £150 & unframed £95. All monies raised will go towards our impending overhaul of Foxcote now that she has just come out of ticket.Please contact me by e-mail or on 01565 733000 if interested

The eagle eyed amongst you may have spotted a new link in the wavy text above. If you click on the underlined “Working Members” , you are presented with the “Password Page” again. I have been asked to reinstate this by the board as there have been some comments about contact information being publicly available.

If you have a piece which you would like to add to the website but would prefer that it is under a password, then send it directly to me and I will add it to this page.

At present, there are no additions to this page so if you do not have the password, you have not missed anything.

John 240809