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There was for many years a deep-rooted idea in Paddington minds that it was utterly impossible for a standard gauge train to run as fast as a broad gauge train, and the authorities could not for a long time be bought to reduce the 95 or 97 minute allowance for the Paddington-Swindon runs.
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The Ahrons' 1916 quote continues:
There may have been another reason lurking in the Paddington mind. All trains except the "Dutchman" and "Zulu" conveyed third class passengers, and this type of being was not persona grata with the Great Western Railway. Consequently to convey him from Swindon to London at first class speed was a thing not to be thought of under any consideration.
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Just to explain - my 1984 submission was put to the planning meeting which gave authority for schemes to go forward for development. I was at that time putting in stuff frequently and knew they never read half the papers until the meeting so the 1 April Agenda included as the final item a very innocent looking single page paper which ended with 'Group is asked to authorise the development of the scheme to convert the gauge of WR principal routes, etc.
The paper was only read b...
