# The Northampton and Lamport Light Railway Order 1995, Article 5: Gauge of railway and motive power


The Company’s railway shall be constructed to a gauge of 1435 millimetres (four feet eight and one half 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 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 railway, 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/1995/1300/article/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/northampton-and-lamport-light-railway-order-1995/article-5
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