User talk:Malcolmfifer

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4o years ago an 80 year old mining engineer told me that Benjamin Outram invented the flanged wheel, which avoided the need for L-shaped rails - a major saving. Does anyone know if this is true and if he didn't then who did? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Malcolmfifer (talk • contribs) 23:25, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

It is very difficult to work out who did what first. Although it is said that Outram preferred the L shaped rails, he must have experimented with edge rails as it was his partner, William Jessop, who is said to have pioneered them for the railway associated with the Charnwood Forest Canal. Chevin (talk) 07:55, 8 January 2010 (UTC)