Labels:daily | plant | reckoner OCR: to London Paddington Station. This was yet another pres stigious event for the British railroad During frenzied second boom in construction, railroads spread rapidly throughout England as numerous companies entered the business The proliferation different companies. however. gave rise various problems Because the width, o "gauge" of each company's tracks differed, the railroad companies competed with one another establish what would be considered the standard gauge This period o competition became known 15 the Gauge War prestigious considerec