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I think that I have figured out what was actually done but it would need a PW member to confirm this. The rail was supplied from the rolling mill in lengths of 60 ft nominal length.
When laid the ends would need to be cut square and fishplate holes drilled one end at a time. The sleepers would then have been laid to the standard pattern and when they got to the other end of the rail it would have been cut square and to the length required to match the 'standard' sleeper spacings. In this case, with only 24 sleepers, that would work out at 59 ft exactly. Problem solved! I hope.
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