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Chesters1,

All our rail gages come from England. I've not seen the Yukon train in person but I agree - it looks scary. The only one I've traveled on, several times, is the narrow gauge in COLORADO. The scenery is striking.

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Your right uk sizes ,what confused me was the width of your trains ,as we invented them our tunnels were dug to the need of the times plus the fact train operators made up their own sizes.

Once the track width was standardised the biggest width and height we could use for the trains itself was the narrowest and lowest on the whole system or a train from one operator wouldnt go through a tunnel of another so that became our width standard ,we still have special curved metal things on posts ,if you hit that the train wont go through the tunnel !

In the usa etc you had seen this when building yours so could make everything wider and higher to accommodate two story trains etc plus your chinese labour was more expendable than our navvies you couldnt tell which one was under a rockfall so no need to pay the mrs lol

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Strange concord was scrapped only one crash and that wasnt anything to do with the plane itself.I remember in the early days (before the yanks demanded it was quieter) walking in aldershot and seeing it flying far above and feeling the ground vibrating ,boy it was noisy!

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Believe NOTHING anyones says or writes unless you witness it yourself and even then your eyes can deceive you

None of this "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" crap it just means i have at least two enemies!

 

There is only one opinion i listen to ,its mine and its ALWAYS right even when its wrong

 

Its far easier to curse the darkness than light one candle

 

Mathew 4:19

Grangers law : anything i say will  turn out the opposite or not happen at all!

Life insurance? you wont enjoy a penny!

"To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors, is sinful and tyrannical." Thomas Jefferson

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How expensive that would be ?

The nose is brilliant you cannot see the join !

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Believe NOTHING anyones says or writes unless you witness it yourself and even then your eyes can deceive you

None of this "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" crap it just means i have at least two enemies!

 

There is only one opinion i listen to ,its mine and its ALWAYS right even when its wrong

 

Its far easier to curse the darkness than light one candle

 

Mathew 4:19

Grangers law : anything i say will  turn out the opposite or not happen at all!

Life insurance? you wont enjoy a penny!

"To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors, is sinful and tyrannical." Thomas Jefferson

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Bransons big boy toy did its job!

Believe NOTHING anyones says or writes unless you witness it yourself and even then your eyes can deceive you

None of this "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" crap it just means i have at least two enemies!

 

There is only one opinion i listen to ,its mine and its ALWAYS right even when its wrong

 

Its far easier to curse the darkness than light one candle

 

Mathew 4:19

Grangers law : anything i say will  turn out the opposite or not happen at all!

Life insurance? you wont enjoy a penny!

"To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors, is sinful and tyrannical." Thomas Jefferson

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