RAMPAGE
9 years ago
"TheBogieman" wrote:

The Traws branch is due to be regauged to 2' under the F&WHR's Ph7 expansion plan Ange - reinstatement of F&B and extend back to Bala via a Dduallt style spiral around Llyn Celyn... So better be quick with the speeder unmodified. :devil:



ahhhh, well I thought it had to stay standard so it could be used to access the power station by rail if the need ever arose. I'm sure somebody was planning some rather tiring looking peddle-locos that you could hire.

Now speaking as a dad I know full well it'll result in Pedalo Syndrome (meaning I do ALL the work and the wife/kids do sod all).

So it's getting converted or is it getting both guages (IE four rails?)
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JohnnearCfon
9 years ago
It will certainly be retained by Notwork Fail for the foreseeable future. It is classified as "mothballed" rather than "out of use".

I am not sure the FR proposals are serious ones.
TheBogieman
9 years ago
There was a serious proposal to regauge as far as Traws, burrow under the road to a ballon loop by the former power station's Visitor Centre. Would have been a separate company to FR but with FR running rights. But it depended on something akin to an Eden Project style eco centre being built on part of the old power station site. Alas, the main, genuine person had to pull out due to personal problems... I did some of the proposal work and presented it to the NDA who were genuinely interested.

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JohnnearCfon
9 years ago
That is very interesting.

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