Some pictures from my feed of how they do things different in other countries

grahame

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Some pictures from my feed of how they do things different in other countries

« on: February 25, 2025, 14:23:47 »

Perhaps the first three in a series. Some may be practise for the UK^▸ , others not


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Re: Some pictures from my feed of how they do things different in other countries

« Reply #1 on: February 25, 2025, 20:08:09 »

Wasn’t it in 1892 that our last dual gauge main lines disappeared? The gap between the Main Line platforms at Cholsey (as with many others on the GW^» main line) is considerably larger than the later Relief Lines as a legacy of Brunell’s early work.


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Re: Some pictures from my feed of how they do things different in other countries

« Reply #2 on: February 26, 2025, 11:51:46 »

Don't know if this image will show up, if not check out https://www.reddit.com/r/railroading/comments/hye0qn/multi_gauge_track_we_built/.

Test track at Progress Rail in the US with six separate rails!

EDIT - added "width = " into the img tag to stop the picture seemingly expanding all the way from Chippenham to Trowbridge - grahame


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