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Gauge issues - and this no reflection on our forum member 'broadgage' :-;

« on: September 25, 2024, 20:41:01 »

Thanks to a link supplied to me by Timmer (so you can blame him, not me!), I can offer you all here an interesting 'youtube' (14 minute) clip on the question of historic railway gauges. Wink

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William Huskisson MP^▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: Stop, Look, Listen.

"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.

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