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I think it was a need to create a shop window for British products in an international market. We had a large industrial diesel sector wishing to push into the global railway market, whilst the electrical manufacturers didn´t have the same vision seeing as it required expensive start-up costs for the infrastructure and other countries had got there first.

Things were already changing by the beginning of the 60s, but there was certainly a momentum that carried through to the 80s.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Mon Sep 10th, 2007 at 12:50:15 PM EST
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expensive start-up costs for the infrastructure

...indeed, which was in effect what made the future elsewhere -- also because once electrification was decided, modern electronic signalling and train safety systems could be done in the same go.

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.

by DoDo on Mon Sep 10th, 2007 at 02:10:47 PM EST
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