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In the chlidrens books The Railway Series
, by the Rev W Awdry The Other Railway refers to British Railways (later British Rail) the UK nationalised rail organisation that existed from 1948 to the 1990s.

Although the fictional North Western Railway or Fat Controller's Railway was part of the nationalised railway network it kept most of its operating independence from British Railways on the mainland. This is why it escaped the infamous Beeching Report in the 1960s.

The NWR and the Other Railway meet at Barrow-in-Furness and the fictional Island of Sodor is connected to the mainland by a rolling lift bridge between Barrow and Vicarstown.

BR ran an hourly suburban train service from Barrow to Ballahoo and Norramby on Sodor.

There have been at times direct services from Tidmouth to London Euston or London St Pancras with Other Railway engines taking over at Barrow.

In the television series Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends
, "the Other Railway" is a term used for the railway lines serving Sodor Ironworks and the Ffharquar China Clay Quarry. It was here that Rusty the diesel rescued Stepney from being broken down for scrap, as did Douglas with Oliver the Western Engine. It was diesels brought temporarily over to the Mainland who worked here, before 'Arry the Iron Works Diesel and Bert the Iron Works Diesel took over.

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