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One section, Chat Moss, lies
directly on the route between the two cities and posed a huge
challenge to the construction of a railway line. {\an5}A huge expanse of bog just
to the west of Manchester, {\an5}in parts at least 30-foot deep
and it was said where man and horse fear to tread for fear of
drowning in the quicksand. It's just this boggy, nasty
marshland that spreads on for far too long. How could Stephenson ever dream
of running a multi-tonne locomotive over the top of a sinking bog?
directly on the route between the two cities and posed a huge
challenge to the construction of a railway line. {\an5}A huge expanse of bog just
to the west of Manchester, {\an5}in parts at least 30-foot deep
and it was said where man and horse fear to tread for fear of
drowning in the quicksand. It's just this boggy, nasty
marshland that spreads on for far too long. How could Stephenson ever dream
of running a multi-tonne locomotive over the top of a sinking bog?
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One section, Chat Moss, lies
directly on the route between the
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two cities and posed a huge
challenge to the construction
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of a railway line.
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{\an5}A huge expanse of bog just
to the west of Manchester,
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{\an5}in parts at least 30-foot deep
and it was said where man and horse
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fear to tread for fear of
drowning in the quicksand.
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It's just this boggy, nasty
marshland that spreads on
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for far too long.
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How could Stephenson ever dream
of running a multi-tonne locomotive
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over the top of a sinking bog?
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Movie Summary
Many of the world's most spectacular railways are surrounded by mysterious stories, tales and sagas. But these back stories have been lost to the passing years and are now unknown even to those using the railways daily.
