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Old March 2nd 12, 07:38 AM posted to uk.railway,misc.transport.urban-transit,uk.transport.london
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Default Freight on the Metropolitan Line?
On 02/03/2012 06:08, Mark Brader wrote:
Mark Brader:
The Widened Lines... none of the books I checked
mention whether mixed-gauge track was installed; as you imply, it
would not have been needed.

Peter Masson:
H P White (Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain, Vol 3,
Greater London) states that mixed gauge was provided at first...

By the way, I did recheck my copy and this isn't in it (unless it's in
some non-obvious place). But...

Graeme Wall:
In Charles E Lee's The Metropolitan Line there is a photo dated Mar 1866
showing the widened lines in use at Farringdon. The tracks in
foreground are laid with mixed gauge track.

...that would be definitive. Thanks, Graeme.

But do see Peter's reply.

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