WHAT'S NEW AT RHYL MINIATURE RAILWAY
DECEMBER 2006 - LATEST PICTURES

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The intended timescales for the project are now:
Sunday 20th May 2007: Heywood Society visit
Friday 25th May 2007: Official Opening Ceremony for Friends, Sponsors, and Invited Guests
Saturday 26th May to Monday 28th May 2007: Grand Gala Weekend with four engines (at least) in steam

Above: Track being laid towards the building in November 2006

Members of the professional team, during a site visit on 20th September

This was our new station building seen on 27th July 2006. On the left three tracks will pass through. On the right will 
be the workshop with its own track; behind it the museum, then the toilet block, main entrance, then ticket office.

On 22nd July steel erection began. By the following evening
 the building framework looked like this.. 

By 25th June the concrete slab was complete, except for the ramp in the foreground.

Whilst the construction work is going on we are still operating trains to our usual summer timetable, push-pull style.

All of the Trustees, together with representatives of the funders, and construction team, 
at the official launch of the station building project on 4th April 2006. Photo:
Eyeimagery

Read here about the purpose of our new building 

Left: L to R: Dr Kevin Mason (Member, Heritage Lottery Fund Wales Committee), Les Hughes 
(Chairman, Rhyl Steam Preservation Trust), John Williams (Site Manager, Wynne Construction) Photo:
Eyeimagery

4th April: concrete footings in place

6th May: almost ready for pouring the concrete base

Further details of our activities can be found in the 'Friends of Rhyl Miniature Railway' Newsletter. The Newsletters can now be downloaded in Acrobat PDF format by selecting the links below followed by Save Target As. Please allow adequate download time especially for the later issues.

Newsletter No 10, April 2006

Newsletter No 9, October 2005
Newsletter No 8, April 2005
Feb 2004: Business Plan for New Station and Museum
Newsletter No 7, October 2004
Newsletter No 6, June 2004
Newsletter No 5, September 2003

Newsletter No 4, April 2003

Newsletter No 3, October 2002
Newsletter No 2, April 2002
Newsletter No 1, September 2001

 

Friends of Rhyl Miniature Railway

Trust Building Project

2007 Timetable

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