On December 26th at 7.10 pm Tram 1 was declared fit for
traffic after a Trial Run to Eastbrook Bridge and a little fine tuning. Tram 1
re-entered service on 27th Dec on the Morning Warren River Bridge Service as the
second tram in the set of three with # 2 leading and # 4 trailing.
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Merry
Christmas To all
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The weekend of December 22nd & 23rd saw Volunteers Simon,
Garry & Trevor come down from Perth to join the PTCo staff for the "End
of Year Get Together" which was held on the Saturday night. This saw Tram 2
fitted with BBQ and table for food supplies. At around 6.15 we set off south
towards Northcliffe with an unknown destination which turned out to be Twin
Karri's Halt where we changed ends and returned to Pemberton. A great time was
had by all staff and
families.
Sunday came and our visiting volunteers helped Ian and Rudi put another set of
points into place at the turntable yard along with some weed mowing and more
accurate marking out for future track laying. Thanks fellas
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With 11460 hrs running time on the meter Tram Number One
entered the workshops on the afternoon of Sunday 16th December for a newly
overhauled engine after consistently working as Lead Warren River
Tram for 4 months straight. With many oil leaks beginning to develop and worn
cylinders, a heart transplant was necessary. Sam the
Maintenance Man is being kept reasonably busy.
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Y 1107 & Y1114 |
On Friday the old cattle dock road was shunted with Y1115 to
enable Y 1107 to be brought into the workshop in preparation for having its
auxiliary generator removed for transplanting into Y1114 which died quietly
during clearing of scrub along the railway during summer last year. Thanks to
the efforts of Sam and Rudi every thing is ready to happen but probably not
until after Christmas.
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The end of Steam Season for V 1213 came around all to quickly
and the task ahead is to carry out the required maintenance and boiler
inspections over the summer period before steam 2002
Our Long Weekend Volunteer get together and work weekend in
October enabled PTCo to retrieve a set of flashing lights and associated
equipment from the crossing on South Western Highway which was servicing the Forest
Products Center, now disused. A little bit of track laying was also achieved at
the site of the Pemberton turntable with several panels of track and a set of
points laid in place to enable a commencement on spare siding space. As in
previous years, a great time was had by all with everyone looking forward to
next year.
The 2001 Wildflower Season was a little late this year and
although not as good as previous years, the season still yielded some good
displays of flowers with the trams carrying good numbers of passengers to see
it.
After a long term of restoration PTCo's ballast regulator was
returned to the rails and a test run was made to ensure that all functioned well
before fitting the wing boxes and broom protector. As can be seen here the broom
makes quite a site as it is trialed at the back of the sawmill August 2001
Logs continue to be hauled from Lyall to Pemberton Mill. Here
we see 1213 shunting at Lyall and climbing through Collins Siding enroute to
Pemberton on the Sunday service.
A Wet and Drizzly weekend in May saw Photographer Gary Merrin
bashing along the railway hoping to catch a bit of good weather and some great
Photographs for the Pemberton Tramway.
Easter 2001 and Freshly Painted "V 1213" Prepares to
depart with the first Steam Train Service for 2001
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