Materials train en route for Moelwyn Tunnel Mess.

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Materials train en route for Moelwyn Tunnel Mess.

Materials train en route for Moelwyn Tunnel Mess during early Deviation work, Tank Curve March 1967. Left to right. Colonel Andrew Campbell. Patrick Marks. Arthur Sparrow. Dan Wilson. David Parker. John Sparrow. Ben Williams.

The train was loaded at Tan y Bwlch. Colonel Campbell, who enjoyed running rights over the dormant Tan-y-Bwlch to Dduallt section, is driving his private 20hp Simplex locomotive, later acquired by the railway and named 'The Colonel'. This was stabled in the Colonel's private siding at Campbell's Platform.

Source. Paul and Moragh Bradshaw

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