Vale of Rheidol 1983
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VofR No 8 leaving Aberystwyth shed, the late Stan Kidsley supervising
January 23, 1983 |
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Dragging No 7 out ready for a boiler lift
January 23, 1983 |
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Flat wagons ready for the boiler
January 23, 1983 |
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The cab comes off
January 23, 1983 |
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The cab comes off
January 23, 1983 |
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The cab comes off
January 23, 1983 |
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Now for the boiler
January 23, 1983 |
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The boiler is lifted clear
January 23, 1983 |
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Moving No 7's boiler onto the flat wagons
January 23, 1983 |
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Moving No 7's boiler onto the flat wagons
January 23, 1983 |
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Lowering No 7's boiler onto the flat wagons
January 23, 1983 |
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Shunting the dissembled loco back to the shed
January 23, 1983 |
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Now for the coaches
January 23, 1983 |
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Setting the "spansets"
January 23, 1983 |
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4148 in the air
January 23, 1983 |
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Over the mainline ready for the wagon to be shunted underneath
January 23, 1983 |
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4999 is lowered onto its wagon. It returned from Chester rebuilt as a "Vista Coach"
January 23, 1983 |
I was born in 1953 and educated at Tonbridge and Bristol University. Since then I have been employed on the Railways, most of the time in the West Midlands. From 1980 I lived in Wolverhampton, and for the last 20 years in Bridgnorth