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« 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▸ (Great Western Railway)? 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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