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The Story of a Railway Heresy A hundred and fifty years ago Parliament agreed to the building of a railway between Bristol and London. This led to one of the strangest episodes in railway history, because the Great Western Railway decided to build its line to a gauge wider than anyone else's before or since. The engineer responsible for the seven-foot metals was Isambard Kingdom Brunei. What came to pass was an experiment on a grand scale which enthralled the nation and fired off the 'gauge war'.
Presented by Roger Worsley Producer ANDREW VIVIAN BBC Bristol
(Broadcaston Saturday at 3.30pm) Stereo
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Producer:
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