Ffestiniog Railway - NI L'UN NI L'AUTRE

Some information on it can be found here. www.festipedia.org.uk/wiki/The_Boat

However, as the line is gravity worked there would have been no need for the sail, except for the last mile over the embankment The legend is that the boat shape was for pushing open level crossing gates. The name 'NI L'UN NI L'AUTRE' exists on the first page of this document from 1865 www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/pdf/10.1680/imotp.1865.23246