. The ways of our railways . were any uniform loading gaugesagreed upon—an omission which has robbed ourhardly won uniformity of running gauge of a gooddeal of its value. Moreover, unnecessarily high plat-forms were adopted, which have added materiallyto the cost of the lines, besides restricting the widthof the vehicles. Increased width of rolling-stockmeans increased earning capacity, and for manyyears to come our railway companies will havejtoface the expense of gradually increasing their loadgauges. A beginning in this direction has latelybeen made in connection with^the electrification of
. The ways of our railways . were any uniform loading gaugesagreed upon—an omission which has robbed ourhardly won uniformity of running gauge of a gooddeal of its value. Moreover, unnecessarily high plat-forms were adopted, which have added materiallyto the cost of the lines, besides restricting the widthof the vehicles. Increased width of rolling-stockmeans increased earning capacity, and for manyyears to come our railway companies will havejtoface the expense of gradually increasing their loadgauges. A beginning in this direction has latelybeen made in connection with^the electrification ofsome of the lines in the north of England, wheresome slight alterations in the permanent structures,together with the abolition of side-doors, have per-mitted the running of passenger carriages lo ft. the ordinary way, however, the width of{|our pas-senger carriages has to be restricted to 9 ft., andfofour goods stock to 8 ft., although our running gaugeis capable of carrying vehicles of considerably K O w^ to O
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