Britain's 7 ft Gauge Railways
A brief history of the Britain's broad gauge railways, 1835 - 1892.
Welcome! This magazine explores the development and eventual demise of Great Britain's broad gauge railways. They were the fastest and safest railways of their day, but eventually had to convert to "standard" gauge in the interests of uniformity.
Maps and Fact-Sheets
The fact-sheets record the dates lines opened, or were converted to/from broad gauge, as well as a summary of the number and type of broad gauge locomotives in service.
Maps of the Broad Gauge network
Fact-sheet for
1841
1846
1851
1856
1861
1866
1871
1876
1881
1886
1891
Glossary of terms
Bibliography
Articles
Introduction and overview
Early Locomotives
Construction
Early Stations
The First Standard Locomotives
Bristol & Exeter Railway (1)
Signalling
Gooch's Locomotives
The Broad Gauge in South Wales
The Broad Gauge to Birmingham
London Paddington Station
The South Devon Railway
Passenger Carriages
The Broad Gauge in Cornwall
Gauge Conversion in South Wales and the Midlands
Accidents on the Broad Gauge
Bristol & Exeter Railway (2)
Armstrong & Dean's Locomotives
Champions of the Broad Gauge
The Train Service
Broad Gauge in Restrospect
The Last Years
The End of the Broad Gauge
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