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Originally Posted by Resolution
Wow!.......... www.bahnforum.info Take a look at these double-decked babies and reflect that if it wasn't for: "Nimby Land" we could have trains like this as well!
Scroll down the page to see more......Res.
Oh! If you use "Google Chrome" browser and download "Google Translate" to it you can read it in English.
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Good eh? Actually, Nimbys don't have anything to do with it. Britain's railways were built to a different loading gauge right from the start, Our bridges and tunnels are simply too low to accomodate double-deck trains, although the SR did have two 4-car d/d units, but their routes were obviously limited. I think the cost of rebuilding our entire network would be unbelievably prohibitive. A shame, but there you go.