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Default When was Praed Street Junction built?

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Was there any device to prevent broad gauge trains attempting to go the
wrong way?


I would suggest that the lack of rail would have done the job most
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Default When was Praed Street Junction built?

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In article ,
(John Rowland) wrote:

Was there any device to prevent broad
gauge trains attempting to go the wrong way?


I would suggest that the lack of rail
would have done the job most effectively.


No, that would have prevented broad gauge trains from *succeeding* in going
the wrong way. It wouldn't have stopped them from attempting and derailing,
if the points on the shared rail were wrongly set.

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