The Corris Railway Falcons Ride Again!
Friday 14th June 2024
A David Williams photo charter on the Corris Railway ahead of their 2024 Steam Gala saw a sight not seen for at least 100 years of two Falcon design steam locomotives in steam together at Corris. This was in the form of original Corris Railway Nol. 3, now named Sir Haydn a Hughes Falcon 0-4-2ST of 1878, joined by the new build, built at Alen Keef with worksplates reading 2022 (although arrived on the railway on 30th August 2023), No. 11.
During the day cameos and shed scenes were staged at Maespoeth Junction, including two and three engine line ups outside the original engine shed, with run pasts on a mixture of short goods and mixed trains on the scenic short current line to Corris, with arrival shots at Corris.
Completing the line up, but not in steam, was Corris Railway Tattoo class No. 7, built 2005 in line ups outside the Maespoeth engine shed.
We conclude with a look at the new extension and deviation works, with the railway putting in a new embankment on a slight deviation from the original formation of the railway towards Machynlleth. In the headshunt at the end of the current line was Vlad, Orenstein & Koppel 0-4-0DH 25721 of 1957, purchased in 2015 from Austria, rewired, regauged and repainted in Romania in May 2015. For details on the railway can be found at www.corris.co.uk/
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(C) Lee Andrew Davies 2024