Great Western Railway (GWR) Gauge conversion. This interesting article includes a brief history of the rationale behind the broad gauge and its planned, impending demise on Saturday 21st May, 1892. Includes a map of the GWR lines.
"THE CONVERSION OF GAUGE ON THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY".
"At midnight on Saturday, the 21st inst.,[1892] the entire sectton of the Great Western Railway from Exeter to Falmouth, a. distance of 113 ·miles, will be closed for traffic, and h..