The Corris Railway, in Mid Wales, has announced that steam locomotive No. 7 has passed its cold boiler examination at the line’s Maespoeth Junction Workshop.

Next step for No. 7?

Now the engine has passed cold boiler examination, the next step is to carry out steam tests on the engine. If these prove successful then No. 7 should make a return to traffic on the line soon.

Brief history of No. 7

No. 7 is one of the newest engines on the line, being built in 2005. The design of the engine is based on No. 4 ‘Edward Thomas’, which was one of four engines to run on the original line before it closed in 1948. This engine was bought by the Talyllyn Railway, where the engine is operational.

No. 7 features a 0-4-2ST Wheel Arrangement.

History of the Corris Railway

The Corris Railway, both original and preserved lines, is a Narrow Gauge line in Mid Wales. The original line opened in 1858 after almost a decade of proposals being put forward. The line was brought by the Great Western Railway in 1929, who ended passenger services on the line in 1931. Later, the line was absorbed into British Railways (BR) in 1948. It wasn’t long before BR closed the whole route, with the last train running on 20th of August 1948.

Despite this, after 18 years of closure in 1966, the Corris Railway Society was formed and started preserving the remains of the line and reconstructing lost or needed facilities. After decades of hard work, passenger services were restored back to the line in the Summer of 2002.

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