One volunteer suggested it looks like an enormous game of Connect Four...... but it is in fact the framework for the doors of the new diesel shed at Gelerts Farm. This picture is already history, as the cladding was hung a day or so later. PICTURE: Ken Farrance

A miniature railway needs a miniature pit for a miniature loco to dispose of its miniature ash! The new facility is now ready for the miniature steam loco's next turn at the end of October. PICTURE: Ken Farrance

Wagon foreman Dave Gledhill maxing out on white primer. PICTURE: Ken Farrance

Dave Gledhill's main project of the moment is this replica NWNGR brake van, seen here with the roof timbers loose fitted. PICTURE: Ken Farrance

Pen-y-Mount station, the other end of the line, on a pleasant day in October. PICTURE: Ken Farrance

The split door of the diesel locomotive Emma does sometimes look like a stable, but driver Rob Hughes doesn't look in the mood for such gags as his locomotive is coupled up to the train at Pen-y-Mount. PICTURE: Marilyn Clifford

Almost ready for departure, Rob Hughes gets to grips with the joystick controls on this 1994-built diesel loco. PICTURE: Marilyn Clifford

The axleboxes have now been trial fitted to Russell's wheels. The circular grooves are to allow an oil supply to circulate, not sponsorship by a car firm. PICTURE: Ken Farrance

A close up of the rear and centre driving wheelsets, showing newly machined axleboxes. PICTURE: Ken Farrance

Work has begun on restoring Baldwin 794 at Alan Keef Ltd in Herefordshire. Here, one side of the frames is machined to the correct shape.

A close-up of the frames of Baldwin 794, which is being restored to fill the role of long-disappeared class sister No.590, which once ran on the old Welsh Highland.

Another close-up showing the bars which make up the frames of the loco, and which look somewhat insubstantial compared to the chunkier plate frames of other British built locomotives.

The replica Welsh Highland Railway coal wagon suddenly found itself being used for (erm) coal! A temporary shortage meant that the emergency supply had to be dug out from underneath the stock of pallets and passed over to the engine.

A view inside the Big Shed at the end of a dull day had replica carriage No.25, original WHR carriage No.42 and LYd2 diesel No.60 in residence.

A parade of diesel power outside the RED shed, including passenger diesel Glaslyn (blue) and former passenger diesel Kinnerley (maroon).

The start of the Autumn Bash project week saw wagons being shunted through the Carriage & Wagon Shops. This section of track isn't used very often, and has disappeared into one of the Gelerts Farm puddles.

Engineering Manager John Holmes adjusts the handbrake on a wagon as it's gently inched forward.

Just a few feet away, a further Somme re-enactment is underway, digging trenches for electric cables and water pipes.

Out on the main line, Nigel Hanwell is inspecting the work done by the civils gang in summer, and planning the next stage - getting it a bit more level.

The ticket booth at Porthmadog (WHR) station is being painted, involving use of this rather fetching pink masking tape.

Out on the main line, a round of coal goes on rather enthusiastically.

Fireman and guard, father and son Glyn and George Winsall.

A lineup of miniature steam, diesel and electric power outside the miniature depot at Gelerts Farm. PICTURE: Ken Farrance

This Maxitrax loco looks tiny compared to the green Quarry Hunslet loco alongside. PICTURE: Ken Farrance