Statfold Engineering to build new traverser for Corris station
THE engineering arm of the private Statfold Barn Railway is to construct the new traverser planned for the Corris Railway’s terminus.
Work on the new track layout and platform at Corris station is scheduled to be carried out between the end of December and the end of March 2022, the line’s closed season.
The shortfall in funding for the traverser has now been made up with donations, and it will be constructed by Statfold Engineering before moving to the Dulas Valley.
Operation
The traverser will be located at the north end of Corris station, while a new point is being ordered for the southern end. Once complete, the new loop will allow locomotives to run around their trains at both Corris and Maespoeth Junction.
The winter work will cost nearly £58,000, of which £14,000 still needs to be raised.
Meanwhile, cab components for the line’s new-build Falcon 0-4-2ST No. 10 have been laser cut by Optimized Metal Fabrications Ltd in Rochester and delivered to a volunteer’s workshop in Nottingham. These will form the main parts of the structure, and some substructures will be temporarily bolted together so that, when necessary, they can offered up on the locomotive and checked and trimmed before riveting.
This trial fitting will take place at the Ross-on-Wye workshops of Alan Keef Ltd, where the main construction of No. 10 is proceeding as funds are raised.
Also at the erection stage, plans can be finalised for the bunkers inside the cab which, as well as carrying coal, will also have to accommodate air brake and communication parts.
➜ Donations towards the Falcon and Corris station funds can be made online at www.corris.co.uk or cheques can be sent to: Peter Guest, 38 Underwood Close, Callow Hill, Redditch, B97 5YS for the locomotive or: Corris Railway, Station Yard, Corris, Machynlleth, SY20 9SH for the station fund.
Cheques should be payable to Corris Railway and please indicate to which purpose they are payable.