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The latest news from Team Wylfa is that as of mid May 2011, we now have a 'B' Team on Thursdays under Martin Kressman (ex Eng Manager, Snowdon Mtn Rlwy). Some of the old team who decided to do daywork with the Tuesday Gang some time back and thus were not able to continue with Tuesday evenings as well, have returned to the fold on Thursdays and to assist the 'A' Team's endeavours on Tuesdays. Apart from the second and third week in May, due to there being a 'pink' timetable day on Wednesdays, the set rotations between Dinas and Boston Lodge normally means that it's the same set in Dinas on Tuesday AND Thursday evening, rotating with the other set the following week. The A and B Teams will check and oil half the set each thus easing the workload immensely. The A Team will do say the top end one week and bottom end of the same set two weeks later with the B Team doing the opposite so we all get to see any long term wear trends to report on. With only half a set to do in an evening, this should release time to work on NG15 №134 as well so speeding up it's eventual return to service.

It's indeed fortuitous that the B Team has just started since the A Team's leader is going on his holidays shortly. The other A Team members have agreed to join the B Team for those weeks he will be away which means that, with the extra hands, the whole set will get checked and oiled on the Thursdays of the weeks he will be away without excessive hours having to be worked. Thus the wheels WILL be kept rolling.