Track Lifting at Drayton Park.

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Afternoon All,

You may be wondering what this has got to do with narrow gauge railways. Well, way back in 1977, the Ffestiniog Railway purchased the redundant track in the ex London Transport car shed at Drayton Park in North London. Volunteers from the Ffestiniog Railway Society London Area Group were asked to lift the track and load it onto a wagon for onward transportation to North Wales; this is a short film of the LAGs in action :

 

 

Hope it's of interest.

[Dava]

Fascinating to see this old film, the old depot at Drayton Park and the manual graft involved in lifting & loading the rail. Wonder what the rail was used for, presumably not the final push to Blaenau as this was new Workington rail IIRC, but probably in sidings & depots?

 

Dava

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Fascinating to see this old film, the old depot at Drayton Park and the manual graft involved in lifting & loading the rail. Wonder what the rail was used for, presumably not the final push to Blaenau as this was new Workington rail IIRC, but probably in sidings & depots?

 

Dava

 

It was used on the main line at Minffordd - the stretch between the Cemetery and Lottie's Crossing.  It has just been replaced and some has gone into the down loop at Tanybwlch, and some has gone into the new carriage shed at Boston Lodge.  So we've got our money's worth out of it.