Narrow Gauge Railways In The United Kingdom
There were more than a thousand British narrow gauge railways ranging from large, historically significant common carriers to small, short-lived industrial railways. Many notable events in British railway history happened on narrow gauge railways including the first use of steam locomotives, the first public railway and the first preserved railway.
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—Bible: New Testament Jesus, in Matthew, 7:14.
From the Sermon on the Mount.
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