■ THE boiler from Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railway's Garratt NG/G16 No. 143, which went out of ticket at the beginning of this season, was lifted on May 24 preparatory to assessment. The boiler from ex-SAR NG/Gl 6 No. 129, which has already been overhauled by Locomotive Maintenance Services, will go into the frames of No. 143.
■ RESTORATION ofthe Lynton & Barnstaple Railway's Chelfham station to its original 1898 appearance was further enhanced on May 26 when a load of road planings was spread and compacted over the Up platform surface. This work followed removal of the post-1935 extensions to the station building in April (RM, June).