The Met opened with no stock of its own, with the GWR and then the GNR providing services. By 1864, the Met had taken delivery of its own stock, made by the Ashbury Railway Carriage & Iron Co., based on the GWR design but standard gauge (instead of broad gauge used on GWR). Actually, the Met initially was double-gauged, as the line was planned not as a separate rapid transit line, but as an universal railway for other companies to use. (previous | next | back to album | 2020:02:12 14:49:49 | 20% of an album)