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Old 16th January 2018, 20:08
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Originally Posted by Master Cutler View Post
I thought that the GCR was built to the European loading gauge to accommodate a future connection to France via a tunnel.
That is a commonly quoted "fact", but I think it was only half true.

It seems the GCR London extension did have a slightly larger loading gauge, but not full continental size.
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