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On Feb 28, 10:20*am, wrote:
On Mon, 27 Feb 2012 23:32:30 -0800 (PST), 77002
wrote:

Much *easier to path an out of gauge load *along a line with no
passing traffic than anywhere else.

Is sub-surface Underground stock built to a wider loading loading
gauge that NR stock?

Or what is it that makes it out of gauge?

Metropolitan Railway Cars were wider at the Sole Bar than other
British main land rolling stock. *North of Quainton Road, Met. Cars
were out of guage towards Calvert, but within guage towards Verney
Junction. *"A" stock took advantage of the wider availability. *I
cannot speak to "S" stock.

Way back in 1907 the West Somerset Mineral Railway was briefly brought
back into use. *The operators used an old Metropolitan Railway Steam
loco which was brought down on the GWR and delivered over a temp
connection from the Minehead branch to the mineral line. By all
accounts it had a few bumps and scrapes with GWR infrastructure on the
way and when the short period of use on the Mineral line came to an
end the GWR is supposed to have refused to handle the Loco again and
it left by sea. So *Metropolitan Railway loading gauge being different
goes back a long way.

That says a lot. The GWR had a generous loading guage.

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