Swindon station on the Great Western Railway, 1845. Sambaed Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859) favoured broad gauge 7ft 1/4inch () and designed the Great Western Railway accordingly. However, in the Gauge Act of 1846 declared that all future railway track should be of the standard 4ft 8 1/2inch () gauge introduced by George Stephenson (1781-1848) on the Liverpool & Manchester Railway. It was not until 1892 that the last broad gauge track was lifted. From 'The Illustrated London News'. (London, 18 October 1845).
Swindon station on the Great Western Railway, 1845. Sambaed Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859) favoured broad gauge 7ft 1/4inch () and designed the Great Western Railway accordingly. However, in the Gauge Act of 1846 declared that all future railway track should be of the standard 4ft 8 1/2inch () gauge introduced by George Stephenson (1781-1848) on the Liverpool & Manchester Railway. It was not until 1892 that the last broad gauge track was lifted. From 'The Illustrated London News'. (London, 18 October 1845).
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