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Excellent and thank you for this.
The statement from the BR manager was very interestimg. I wonder how much of it was his own personal views?
Many BR managers were not happy with the Beeching plan, literally focusing the railway into three business zones, Inter City, bulk freight and commuter. Many other activities were potentially profitable if costs were cut. Fiennes realised this and saved the mid Suffolk line.
Interesting to speculate what would have survived with a more enlightened approach. The GC would have become HS2 perhaps? It was built for the job with its wide curves and near Berne guage clearances.
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