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Old July 30th 06, 08:49 PM posted to uk.transport.london,uk.railway
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In message , Tony Polson
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Because metre gauge was "not invented here".


Er actually I think it may have been! I believe that Stephenson's
Crich Mineral Railway in Derbyshire was the first recorded use of 1m
gauge track.

(That said, I can't find a reference on line and nor can I remember
where I learned this.)
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