RESTORATIOoNf ex-WDLR Baldwin'10-12-D4' -6-0TNo.794 (BLW44699/1917)for Welsh HighlandHeritageRailwaybeing undertakenatValeof Rheidol Railwayhasinvolvedreplacement of the life-expiredboiler, smokebox,sidetanksand bunker.
Theredundantcomponents wereacquiredbyThe NewGlyn ValleyTramway& Industrial HeritageTrust(TNGVT&IHTfo)r displayat GlynCeiriogwith the intentionof representingthe '10-12-D(' BLW45211/1917), which ranon the GlynValley Tramwaybetween 1921and 1936 after being rebuilt and re-gauged. TheTNGVT&IHiTs in the final stagesof discussionto buy the locoshedsite in GlynCeiriogfrom WrexhamCouncil.
Thesite is currentlyleasedw, ith 16yearsleft to run.
The componentsof Baldwin'10-12-D' 4-6-0T 44699/1917 (WDLR No.794) picturedoutsideTNGVT&IHT'sGlynCeirioglocoshed museumon March6. Plansfor applyinglined blackliveryto producean impressionof howthe long-scrappedBaldwin,which oncesteamedat this location,are on hold until the coronavirus lockdownislifted inWales.EDWINLAMBERT
WDLRBaldwin'10-12-D' No.794 (BLW44699/1917) picturedin Valeof RheidolRailway'sAberystwythworksin February,showing the new boiler (made by IsraelNewton)and new tanks (produced at Aberystwyth)in position.At the time the picturewastaken restorationwasexpectedto be completedbythe end of the year, with the locomotiveto be availablefor servicein 2021, but this timescalewill be set backbythe suspensionof work becauseof the coronavirus ituation.CLIFFTHOMAS