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22 February 2017 at 12:00 #285423
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hi I have just purchased a book inside the GWR at Swindon there are rows of boilers and wheels along with cylinders lined up .

Close by is a machine shop with a guy using a tool ? to measure wheels when were micrometers or verniers First used in this country
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22 February 2017 at 12:07 #285425
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Hi Scrumpy,

There is masses of information on Wikipedia. More than can be quoted here.

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