davetheguard
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On a quiet, narrow, country lane a few miles inland from Dawlish is a nursery business on the Ashcombe Road. It is private and not open to the public, but visible from the lane & in use as a section of fence are some lengths of metal which are claimed to be "I K Brunel rail from Starcross 1847".
The "rail", if that is what it is, is hollow and seems to have a very wide top to it; not like a section of modern rail in profile at all - there is no web.
Anyone know anything about this? Anyone from Didcot Railway Centre who can confirm it's similarity to the broad gauge track there?
Pictures attached.
The "rail", if that is what it is, is hollow and seems to have a very wide top to it; not like a section of modern rail in profile at all - there is no web.
Anyone know anything about this? Anyone from Didcot Railway Centre who can confirm it's similarity to the broad gauge track there?
Pictures attached.