# The Lydney and Parkend Light Railway (Extension and Amendment) Order 1994, Article 6: Gauge of railway and motive power


The Company’s new railways shall be maintained and operated on a gauge of 1,435 millimetres (4 feet 8½ inches) and the motive power shall be steam or internal combustion or such other motive power as the Secretary of State may approve:
Provided that nothing in this Order shall authorise the Company to use electrical power as motive power unless such power is obtained from storage batteries or from of a source of generation entirely contained in and carried along with the engine and carriages;
Provided also that, if electrical power is used as motive power on the Company’s new railways, such electrical power shall not be used in such a manner as to cause or be likely to cause any interference with any telecommunication apparatus (as defined in Schedule 2 to the Telecommunications Act 1984) or with telecommunication by means of such apparatus.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/1331/article/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/lydney-and-parkend-light-railway-extension-and-amendment-order-1994/article-6
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