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Old 7th July 2008, 20:16
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Originally Posted by SouthernSteam View Post
......... and if Brunel was so clever, why did he go 'narrow-gauge' then?!
Because Parliament told him he had to ...... and you thought the nanny state was new!

Actually to be more accurate they stopped passing Railway Acts for new broad gauge lines which left him out on a limb.

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