GWR Overcrowding

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Re: GWR Overcrowding

« Reply #15 on: May 25, 2018, 15:21:32 »

Quote from: NickB on May 24, 2018, 23:34:48

................so if this was the case, why were we promised all the wonders of additional capacity by GWR^▸ ? I do not recall any of the Famous Five advertisements or other declarations from on high being tempered with the type of caveats to which you allude (and which I don't doubt are accurate!)
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Eureka!! I’ve finally worked it out!! I could never understand the link between GwR and The Famous Five campaign, but now it’s obvious - it’s the five car short formed services. 😉
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Yep. Five step into five coaches and find themselves lying on the track.


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