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Old June 17th 10, 05:49 AM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london
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On Wed, 16 Jun 2010 20:45:46 +0100, Neil Williams
wrote:

On Wed, 16 Jun 2010 10:01:14 +0000 (UTC), d
wrote:
There is always talk talk talk of increasing loading gauge , yet
whenever
any new track is built or rebuilt its always to the UK loading
gauge.
Talk about lack of foresight.

Much as I hate the things, might a tolerable DD train fit in the
larger GW loading gauge?


No.

The GW loading gauge might have been *wider* than the rest, thanks to
Brunel's broad gauge, but it certainly isn't any *higher*.

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