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Old 7th July 2008, 21:53
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Whose line is it anyway?

This post is from the North Wales Train News forum. It describes a telephone conversation between Network Rail Control in Manchester and the narrow-gauge Ffestiniog Railway. The line mentioned in the conversation is a disused standard gauge line linking Blaenau Ffestiniog with Trawsfynydd and was last used when the Trawsfynydd power station was active.


NRC: Hello, it's Network Rail Control here, we've had a report of a
bridge strike on the line between Blaenau Ffestiniog and Trawsfyndd.
We've looked on our map and it's not ours, so we've just realised
that it's probably yours.

FRC: Nope, it's not ours, not if it goes to Trawsfyndd

NRC: You sure? It's certainly not ours

FRC: It's standard gauge track

NRC: Oh really - didn't know that - it's not on any of our maps!

FRC: If it was on our line it'd be narrow guage and heading towards
Porthmadog

NRC: Ah, ok, I wonder if somebody knows if we own this!


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