Copyright © Geoff Gauntlett 2007
Workshops Index
What's been going on in the Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway's workshops ?
Copyright © Geoff Gauntlett 2007
A line up of locomotives on the engine shed road at Llanfair Caereinion on Sunday 11 March 2007
Left to right:- Chattenden, SLR85, Countess, The Earl
Beyer Peacock Locos
The W&LLR is fortunate to still have the two orignal locomotives, The Earl and The Countess, that were supplied when the line opened in 1903
| The Earl in the workshops | Added 2/3/07 |
| Setting up the cross heads and slide bars - 3 pictures | Added 2/3/07 |
| Machine shop tasks - 2 pictures | Added 2/3/07 |
| Checking that the piston rod has been secured to the crosshead - 2 pictures | Added 14/3/07 |
| Machining new die blocks for the valve gear Page 1 | Added 25/1/07 |
| Machining new die blocks for the valve gear Page 2 | Added 28/1/07 |
| Making a new blower | Added 29/1/07 |
SLR 85
The ex Sierra Leone Railways Hunslet 2-6-2T has been in the workshops to have the chimney replaced.
| Removal of the old chimney | Added 25/1/07 |
| Fabricating the new chimney (in the begining) | Added 25/1/07 |
| Fixing the chimney base to the smokebox - 2 pictures | Added 27/2/07 |
| Drilling the cap and making the rivets - 4 pictures | Added 27/2/07 |
The diminutive gas works tank engine is due for a 10 year boiler examination and overhaul.
| Preparation for removing the boiler for 10 year examination - 2 pictures | Added 25/1/07 |
| Boiler lift - 5 pictures | Added 1/3/07 |
No. 19 (Resita 764.425)
| Recently imported Resita loco undergoing a few tweaks before entering traffic | Added 15/7/07 |
| Changing a fusible plug | New 11/7/08 |
| Repaint 2007 | Updated 12/7/08 |
| Out-shopped | New 12/7/08 |
| Rail welding - 2 pictures | Added 15/3/07 |