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Calthrop

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By George, he's got it... Menorca it is: as recounted earlier, metre-gauge line proposed and first steps re same taken, very early 20th century -- though the project was abortive. Line would have traversed island end-to-end, from Ciutadella at its western extremity, to eastern ditto at Mao. As mentioned, in the 1930s at least one British railway-enthusiast publication, writing of this location, "took the will for the deed".

@Peterthegreat -- yours to set the next question.
 
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Calthrop said:
By George, he's got it... Menorca it is: as recounted earlier, metre-gauge line proposed and first steps re same taken, very early 20th century -- though the project was abortive. Line would have traversed island end-to-end, from Ciutadella at its western extremity, to eastern ditto at Mao. As mentioned, in the 1930s at least one British railway-enthusiast publication, writing of this location, "took the will for the deed".

@Peterthegreat -- yours to set the next question.
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Thank you. Moving across the Pond.
How many wheels did a Baldwin "Centipede" diesel locomotive have?
 
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I know who, what or where Marshall Meadows is: the location just south of where the East Coast Main Line crosses the border, possibly the last signal box in England. But I can’t think of any significance other than there used to be some odd industrial lines under the main line, or something similar.
 
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Gloster said:
I know who, what or where Marshall Meadows is: the location just south of where the East Coast Main Line crosses the border, possibly the last signal box in England. But I can’t think of any significance other than there used to be some odd industrial lines under the main line, or something similar.
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Yes, it's the border between England and Scotland on the East Coast Mainline
 
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martinsh said:
I think it was Harland & Wolff ?
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No; you may be thinking of a handful of Hat]rland & Wolff products that went to the Belfast & County Down and LMS (NCC).

As a clue: if I was to say that this loco was the only one built by this manufacturer for these islands, I would be half right.
 
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This one is clearly a bit of a poser, so an extra bit of a clue:

The reference to being half right in #14,572 is that the only other new locos constructed by this builder and used in this country were rescue locos for Eurotunnel, so they were equally built for France.
 
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