On 15 Jun 2005 11:28:02 -0700, "Paul Weaver"
wrote:

If you want a 21st century railway, that's the price

What? 30 weekend closures?

Didn't they change the entire GWR's guage over a single weekend?

Not really ,only the remaining section down in the Southwest the rest
having been mixed or std gauge for some time.
And there had been a lot of forward planning and also the style
of track lent itself to a relatively easy conversion.
Probably lost in the mists of time would be the loose ends that
had to be tidied up ,odd sidings to be reconnected etc.
And I would imagine that somewhere some where else in the country
somebody was bemoaning the fact that they could not get a job
repaired, or a project built on time as the GWR had poached all the
staff for the period.

It was still a fine bit of planning and application though.
G.Harman