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Some pictures from my feed of how they do things different in other countries
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Some pictures from my feed of how they do things different in other countries
Posted by grahame at 14:23, 25th February 2025
 
Perhaps the first three in a series.   Some may be practise for the UK, others not






Re: Some pictures from my feed of how they do things different in other countries
Posted by Oxonhutch at 20:08, 25th February 2025
 
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.

Re: Some pictures from my feed of how they do things different in other countries
Posted by Noggin at 11:51, 26th February 2025
 


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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