as the b&gr was going to operate locomotive hauled passenger trains, they indicated that the a&gr trains—still horse drawn—should only start on the common track section immediately following a passenger train. there were to be six a day, and the distance involved was . the a&gr fiercely resisted this restriction, demanding unrestricted freedom to operate, and major-general pasley of her majesty's railway inspectorate had to arbitrate. he formed the view that the a&gr traffic was very light, amounting to one or two trains every day, and he stated that the proposed limitation was reasonable.