On Aug 5, 1:42*pm, bob wrote:
On 5 Aug, 13:56, wrote:

On Thu, 05 Aug 2010 11:35:15 +0100

Graeme wrote:
It wasn't daft when they set it up. *Remember they were the first, there
were no rules or precedents for them to follow.

Umm , Brunels great western railway? Quite large stock AFAIK.

Quite large track, but the rolling stock wasn't significantly larger
than other British rolling stock of the time, and certainly not
compared with modern European or N.American stock.

Robin

Pretty short carriages, too, so even if they looked a bit big they
wouldn't sweep out much on the curves.
Tim