It's the banana-shaped museum again...... and things have moved on from last month. The blockwork for the entrance annexe is finished, display boards have been mounted on the walls and electrics are starting to appear in the roof. PICTURE: Andy Goodwin

The other side of the museum building, as the wall display boards slowly turn grey, soon to be followed by the floor. PICTURE: Andy Goodwin

The bogies of the sister carriage to the Buffet Car -- No.25 -- are now complete and awaiting delivery to Porthmadog. Unlike the Buffet Car, this carriage is a replica...... the Buffet Car's sister having been scrapped after the Welsh Highland Railway closed. PICTURE: Alan Keef Ltd (who made them - nice work, cheers!)

The replica of Ashbury Carriage No.25 is preogressing well at the workshops of Magnay & Yates in Haltwhistle. PHOTO: Ian Yates

A sneak preview of what's to come on Easter Sunday......

Steam locomotive Karen is lowered gently down onto the rails after being lifted and turned round to face the other direction. The loco is being turned to go in the new museum building, where it will face visitors as they enter.

A panoramic view along the new museum building, showing steam locomotive Karen as the first exhibit in place. The other stuff on the floor is proof that there's plenty more to do though! Karen has been put in place early to allow an access ramp to be built up to her.

A closer view of Karen in the new museum. The windows through to the next door room will give visitors a first glimpse of the steam locomotive as they enter the building.

The newly installed wall boards in the entrance annexe awaiting painting and fitting of displays.

Phil Ankers is hard at work in a corner of the Big Shed moving an electricity distribution board so the locomotive behind him can be moved into its final position. If the board had stayed, it would effectively have been walled in by the large diesel loco.

The first of many shunting moves to put the exhibits in place in the museum saw Simplex No.6 leaving its temporary home in the new building. Here, it squeezes through the gap between the Big Shed and the Carriage & Wagon Shops.

Elsewhere in the yard, the boiler of NG15 No.120 has been moved ready for collection by its new owners. The enormous 2-8-2 locomotive was sold earlier this year.

RNAD Van No.59 has recently been through the wagon repair shops, and is looking very smart for it.

A view of the 7.25" miniature railway at Gelerts Farm, which threads its way between the Cambrian Coast Line fence and a line of wagons from the Nantlle Railway. The shed is in the background, with the tram locomotive number 7 just visible.

Elsewhere on the miniature line, the railway's owner, Bob Washington, is re-laying the track which has been removed to allow construction of the museum building. To ease the gradient, it needs to be lowered a few inches.

Bob doesn't stay still for long, as the action shot suggests......

The end result of a hard day's (miniature) track bashing. The sections of line still need to be screwed together before trains can run. PICTURE: Ken Farrance

Bagnall 0-4-2T Gelert has made its first trip in service, and is being fired up here for a driver experience turn.

Out on the line, Gelert looks strange without a train in tow! The guest driver does a few trips light engine before returning to the works to pick up the coaching stock.

The new mess has become a painting shop for new signboards for all the railway's stations. The Porthmadog and Gelerts Farm boards are almost complete.

Spring Bash: the works train is up at Pen-y-Mount, where the civils gang are finishing off the second platform (which will become platform one!)

The new platform is a busy site as slate waste is spread in place to form the foundations, then kerbstones are laid.

At the far end of the work site, Nigel Hanwell is in charge of the excavator, filling the dumper with slate waste and digging holes.

Dave Hill carefully measures out the position of the next kerbstone.