NewVoRownershipsecures Cylindersfor L&BYeoand future for Exenew-buildsordered
THEValeofRheidolRailwayhas boughtex-Cilgwynand Penrhyn slatequarryManningW, ardle 0-4-0STJubilee1897(1382/1897) from BreedonGroupw, ith help providedby MarkHodgkinson.
Thelocomotivewasnamedto commemorateQueenVictoria's DiamondJubileea, nd displayed for manyyearsin the museum atTalyllynRailway'sTywyWn harf stationin the careof the Narrow GaugeRailwayMuseumTrust (NGRMT). conditionagreemenwt asreached that PQRwould restoreitto steam at Coed-y-Parwcorkshops.
Dismantlingbeganin March 2017,but four monthslaterit emergedthe PQRprojecthad collapsedamidcircumstancetshat remainunclear.
Therailwayclosedandstock wasdispersedto otherlocations, with Valeof RheidoRl ailway offeringto accommodateJubilee 7897whileNGRMTestablisheda wayforward.
Thedismantledloco's componentswererelocatedto Aberystwythin 2018.
THE762Club hasorderedfour setsof cylinder castings,end coversand valve chest lids from CerdicFoundry.
Thesewill providesetsof cylindersfor new-build Lynton BarnstapleRailwayManning, Wardle2-6-2TsYeoand Exeand two setsof spares. Potentialusesfor the spares includea future projectto constructTaw.
Thefoundry isalsocasting a new right-handcylinderfor FfestiniogRailway'sLyd.
Twosetsof castingswill be sent to BostonLodgefor machining along with Lyd'sreplacement cylinderblock.Theotherswill be storeduntil needed.
Thenext stagestowards constructionof Yeoand Exewill beforging motion parts,casting wheelsand orderingdriving wheeltyresfrom SouthAfrica, stepsall likelyto entail lengthy deliverytimes.
Componentssuchasframes will be producedwhen required to suitthe build programme.