Just as nature abhors a vacuum, so the Ffestiniog Railway abhors an empty waggon. With the frames on their wheels there was an urgent need to re-load the WD flat before someone else took a shine to it. This is waggon 72, the ‘in’ tray, with (from left to right) the gearbox, the 1945 MR4 engine and parts of the cab.
The next item on the agenda is the gearbox, another load for waggon 71.
Something that needs some thinking about are the two saddles which locate the gearbox on the lay shaft. The gearbox casing is a casting and both saddles have been damaged and repaired in the past.
KS4415 has very clean lines. The gear box oil filler which projects through the running plate on the right hand side harks back to an earlier time.
Its restoration is not on the critical path, but Rick couldn’t help himself!
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