Walking the GWR Blaenau Ffestiniog to Trawsfynydd branch railway line

A walk I did along this disused railway line in North Wales, its about 6.5 miles long and the tracks still intact. It was built in 1882. The last time a train went down it was October 1998. This line has a special atmosphere as you walk along it, maybe because it was built 128 years ago! I do wonder if it will see any use again as thers got to be a reason why the rails have not been taken up, I do know the line runs to a decommisioned Nuclear Power Station!

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I walked this line a couple of years back. The track is quite good on the whole but I seem to remember a fallen tree near a bridge.

I did the Roman Nose r/t in Apr 1998 which saw a class 59/2 and a pair of 37s visit the branch. I believe the next train that followed a few months later was the train ever.