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Re: [LUG] Oh dear, "Vista would defeat even Brunel"

 

On 09/05/06, Mark Evans <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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Ben Goodger wrote:
> On 08/05/06, *David Bell* <grimpen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> <mailto: grimpen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>
>     On Monday 08 May 2006 10:08, Neil Williams wrote:
>
>     > The thing to remember about dual gauges is
>     > that, while any fool can do a straight bit, it's the points that will
>     > eventually put paid even to a Brunel.
>
>     It was his "Atmospheric Railway" that (literally and metaphorically)
>     - sucked.
>     Technically speaking,  dual gauge worked perfectly.
>
>
> Actually the atmospheric railway would be completely wonderful nowadays;
> unfortunately it predated Goodyear (useful) rubber by about fifty years
> and rats kept chewing the leather.. If it were with silicone it'd be

What makes you think rats wouldn't chew rubber...

We tend not to get too many rats on Cornish railways nowadays, and I'm sure some sort of anti-rat system could be installed reliably...

> great at this point, silent trains. w00t.

Did you see where Adam Hart-Davis covered it in "Local Heros"?

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