Talk:Sir Charles Fox

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Can anyone back up the startling suggestion that railway points were "invented" in 1832 and unknown prior to that? It's obviously untrue, but someone must have read someething that they misinterpreted to write that, and it would be more helpful to correct the information than just to delete it.

Afterbrunel (talk) 15:17, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

Presumably there will be a record in the British LibraryChevin (talk) 19:06, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

Not so very startling - they used sliding rails previous to 1832. See here for a description (I wish I could find an image)Salmanazar (talk) 00:24, 15 January 2008 (UTC)