Minffordd Station Oak Tree and Archives News
On my way to take a photograph of the work on the end of Maenofferen shed, I stopped to admire the mighty oak tree that is growing in the middle of the platform.
Continue readingOn my way to take a photograph of the work on the end of Maenofferen shed, I stopped to admire the mighty oak tree that is growing in the middle of the platform.
Continue readingReport by Eileen Clayton: Our major focus was to replace the old windows on the Porthmadog wall, then replace the corru-gated sheeting. New windows made by Coleg Meirion-Dwyfor, Dolgellau, to a very high stand-ard were painted beforehand indoors. As were
Continue readingFinally managed to get into Minffordd station car park so here are more up to date photographs of the excellent view of Gweithdy from the roadside.
Continue reading,Meant to put an update on the Gweithdy last week, but the sunshine got in the way! I would much rather be out in the sun – a bit hard for Carol when she is stuck bashing away on a
Continue readingSign-writing at Megabash – 23/24th March 2019 by Andrew Wilkinson
As part of the recent Megabash Working Party, eight of the railway’s FR Sign-writing Team had a most productive weekend.
Our work usually concerns replicating existing signs so that new
Continue readingNext stop was Minffordd Station to find the Sign-writers busy in the Gweithdy. Being severely allergic to Linseed Oil and the inside, as you will see from the photographs, is heavily decorated with it – I asked someone if they
Continue readingMany thanks to Eileen Clayton for this report. The main focus of this working party was to fit a new external drain, fit new internal drains plus cold water pipes, then connect these up. We also had to install new
Continue readingBy Eileen Clayton