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« on: August 22, 2010, 14:31:56 » |
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Where can you find rails with the following gauges in the UK▸ ?
35000 mm
2000 mm
1500 mm
1067 mm
914 mm
825 mm
185 mm with a passenger carrying HST▸ on it
(Cheating a bit here; arguably only two that I have found is in FGW▸ territory, but I suspect there will be lots of matches I don't know about.
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smokey
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« Reply #1 on: August 22, 2010, 14:51:57 » |
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I'll do some digging.
Lappa Valley Cornwall Main Line is 350mm, Newlyn Branch is 260mm, and Woodland railway is 185mm but the HST▸ is an APT▸ , could be this your 185mm line?
Some to rule Out.
Lyton & Lynmouth is 3ft 9in (approx 1143mm)
Launceston Steam Railway, and Lynton & Barnstaple Railway both 1ft 11 1/2 in (approx 600mm)
Didcot railway centre Broad gauge is 7ft 1/4in (2140mm)
35000mm crumbs You sure? That's about 115ft!
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« Last Edit: August 22, 2010, 15:07:52 by smokey »
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Brucey
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« Reply #2 on: August 22, 2010, 15:02:07 » |
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914mm can be found on the Manx Electric Railway.
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grahame
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« Reply #3 on: August 22, 2010, 15:17:40 » |
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Err ... yes, the 185mm was quoted as being a "High Speed Train" and I guess I should have looked further at pictures to see if it was a High Speed Train or just a high speed train. I'm pretty sure of the 35000 gauge - although I haven't taken a tape measure to it (nor paced it out!). And I had something much more obscure for the 914 mm. Turns out there's a surprising variety about!
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gwr2006
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« Reply #4 on: August 22, 2010, 15:28:16 » |
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185 mm with an HST▸ is the Lappa Valley Railway - who also have an Advanced Passenger Train (APT▸ )!
825mm is Volks Electric Railway in Brighton
914mm could be the Southend Pier Railway, The Manx Electric Railway or The Isle of Man Steam Railway
1067mm is the Camborne & Redruth Tramway, Great Orme Tramway or Snaefell Mountain Railway
2000mm is the Caingorm Mountain Railway
... I'm still working on the other two!!!
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MrC
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« Reply #5 on: August 22, 2010, 17:17:16 » |
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Where can you find rails with the following gauges in the UK▸ ?
35000 mm
Don't know where exactly but something like a large dock-side container crane (eg at Southampton or Devonport?) or perhaps in a dry dock? |
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smokey
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« Reply #6 on: August 22, 2010, 17:34:04 » |
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Where can you find rails with the following gauges in the UK▸ ?
35000 mm
Don't know where exactly but something like a large dock-side container crane (eg at Southampton or Devonport?) or perhaps in a dry dock? I reckon a guage that big has to be a Railway shed or Works Travellator, used to remove large number of Points. |
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Chris from Nailsea
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« Reply #7 on: August 22, 2010, 18:22:32 » |
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914mm could also be the Southwold Railway. |
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.
"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
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gwr2006
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« Reply #8 on: August 22, 2010, 18:36:38 » |
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It could have been but it closed in 1929 and Graham was asking where would you find lines with that gauge now! |
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Chris from Nailsea
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« Reply #9 on: August 22, 2010, 18:42:19 » |
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Exactly!Although the line closed in 1929, its track was still marked and identified on a 1933 Ordnance Survey map, a navigable version of which is accessible in the external links section. Some track can still be found on the harbour branch and a surviving wagon is at the East Anglian transport museum (Carlton Colville).
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.
"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
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grahame
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« Reply #10 on: August 22, 2010, 18:51:28 » |
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Lets' see what I had:
185mm - Lappa Valley Railway
825mm - Volks Electric Railway
914mm - Actually I had a different one, much further North ... and indeed I wasn't necessarily thinking open, or even with all the track in place
1067mm - Yes, Great Orme ... and I had another that no-one has come up with yet
1500mm - come on folks ...
2000mm - CaiRngorm Mountain Railway
35000mm - MrC is on the right lines
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Chris from Nailsea
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« Reply #11 on: August 22, 2010, 18:55:37 » |
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1067mm - Yes, Great Orme ... and I had another that no-one has come up with yet
East Cornwall Mineral Railway?  |
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.
"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
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grahame
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« Reply #12 on: August 22, 2010, 19:07:47 » |
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1067mm - Yes, Great Orme ... and I had another that no-one has come up with yet
East Cornwall Mineral Railway? There's proving to have been quite a few at 1067mm! The one I came up with is still running with a capacity of around 3600 passengers per day. |
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JayMac
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« Reply #13 on: August 22, 2010, 20:29:36 » |
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1500mm - East Hill Cliff Railway, Hastings
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grahame
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« Reply #14 on: August 22, 2010, 20:53:48 » |
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1500mm - East Hill Cliff Railway, Hastings
Yes - that's the one I had. Seems quite a rare gauge! |
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