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The locomotive is being restored to working order at the Welsh Highland Railway's Dinas works. It is a restoration process with much of the work being conducted by volunteers with extra skilled machining help being provided by the company. The Project is under the auspices of the Cymdeithas Rheilffordd Eryri on behalf of the Ffestiniog Railway Company with funding coming from both the society and fund raising efforts by the restoration group.
We are very fortunate compared with a lot of other steam locomotive restorations to be able to conduct the work under cover with both the loco and tender being worked on in one or both of the two sheds that are available to us.
A core working group has been set up to mange the restoration and this team reports into both to the Cymdeithas Rheilffordd Eryri as instigators of the work and The Ffestiniog Railway Board as owners of the locomotive. The work is being managed by Adrian Strachan with engineering oversight provided by the Ffestiniog Railway Company. Funding is being coordinated by Ian King to whom offers of help should be addressed.Details on the Contacts Funding pages.
Initially the main restoration group and working parties were supported by the occasional midweek evening working party run by Team Wylfa however this team has since disbanded due to changing circumstances. Occasional Tuesday evening help was provided at Dinas by the volunteer Tuesday Engineering Gang, however even this was brought to a halt by the Covid pandemic. Post pandemic work has accelerated towards completion with a regular main monthly working parties supplemented by other smaller groups there other weekend and even mid week.
Our aim? To turn something this:
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Into something like this:
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