Good morning from the UK!
Jenny and I are off to the British Region NMRA Convention today with "Red Hook Bay". It is being held at the Derby Convention Centre, an Art Deco building that was once used by the Midland Railway. This week I qualified as a Travelling Ticket Inspector on the West Somerset Railway. I had to work the train on my own. It is purely voluntary and I am looking forward to the Christmas special trains. Have a great weekend everyone.
Mike
Have a great time at the convention, Mike.
A cool morning here in central PA. Off to work shortly but looking forward to the weekend. Cooler temps mean we'll need to bring all the houseplants back inside soon (we give them all a summer vacation outside).
Have a happy day, all.
--Opa George
Happy Birthday John (Cuse)!
Enjoy the convention this weekend Mike! I need to go find your thread on Red Hook Bay and....err....borrow, yeah that's the word, borrow some ideas from it. ;)
T.G.I.F! Final day of PI Planning. After today a four day weekend! I'll kick it off with a visit to the A&S tomorrow morning.
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Have a great one!
Morning all,
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOHN!
i need to clean the train shed for the open house tomorrow.
Have a great day ya'll.
Tom ;D
Morning and Happy Birthday to John! Spent part of yesterday cleaning up parts of the yard. Today I'll tackle the hedge and wash some vehicles for paint.
Morning, all.
Happy B-D to John. Off today. Hurray. Sure cooled off here yesterday, glad I mowed Wednesday and didn't put it off 'til today.
Jeff
Morning,
Furnace going full blast and the woolly gear is coming out of mothballs. Brrrr!
Good Morning All,
Happy Birthday John. Back out to Dad's today. The electric organ is getting picked up this afternoon. It's the last piece of furniture in the house besides the garage. I think the house will finally be empty Sunday afternoon.
I hope everyone has a good day.
Present
Question for those of you outside of North America: How wide are your standard gauge railroad bridges (pre WWII)? A friend asked me this question. I responded "It's the same gauge, and I don't think there's much difference in engineering standards, but let me ask around."
Thanks much in advance!
dave
Good morning. Looks like a little light frost on the lawn this am. Maybe time to shut down the A/C for the year.... :'(
Good morning! Happy BD John. Taking the boat in to get winterized, then out shopping with my better half for "stuff".
Thanks for the Birthday wishes. I'm working from home today.
Neighborhood garage sale tomorrow...my wife will be hiding inside. I hate the hagglers too but I love clearing out stuff. I know that's how it works but "will you take a nickel for this?" makes me want to just throw it out instead or donate.
Have a great weekend!
John
Happy Birthday John
Morning,
First hard frost here today...
Happy Birthday John ...
Tommy
Afternoon everyone
Happy Birthday John!
Everyone have a wonderful day!! :)
Jerry
Quote from: madharry on October 22, 2021, 04:28:35 AM
Good morning from the UK!
Jenny and I are off to the British Region NMRA Convention today with "Red Hook Bay". It is being held at the Derby Convention Centre, an Art Deco building that was once used by the Midland Railway. This week I qualified as a Travelling Ticket Inspector on the West Somerset Railway. I had to work the train on my own. It is purely voluntary and I am looking forward to the Christmas special trains. Have a great weekend everyone.
Mike
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Apparently, my post from this morning with Birthday Wishes for John didn't get to the forum. Very slow and unreliable internet here in the North Country. Hitting the post button doesn't mean it will get there. I hope everyone had a good day.
Quote from: deemery on October 22, 2021, 08:08:40 AM
Question for those of you outside of North America: How wide are your standard gauge railroad bridges (pre WWII)? A friend asked me this question. I responded "It's the same gauge, and I don't think there's much difference in engineering standards, but let me ask around."
Thanks much in advance!
dave
Hi Dave
Hope this might be of help to you.
Prior to 1901, Australia was made up of 6 seperate British self-governing colonies.
Following Federation in 1901 the six colonies that united to form the Commonwealth of Australia as states kept the system of government that they had developed as seperate colonies.
Which in these COVID times have created headaches for the Federal Government. But that's a story for another day.
Prior to 1901 each of the 6 colonies adopted their own rail gauges.
It wouldn't be until 1995 that all mainland capitals were joined by one standard gauge.
The three railway gauges in Australia are narrow (3ft 6"), standard (4ft 8 1/2") and broad (5ft 3").
The predominant gauge is standard.
The problem with the colonies was that each self governing body decided which gauge they would use based on their own preference.
For example in the state of Victoria the gauge was 5ft 3" and in New South Wales it was 4ft 8 1/2".
By the outbreak of WW2 in 1939 there were 13 break-of-gauge locations, with upwards of 1,600 service personnel and many more civilians employed to transfer 1.8 million tons of freight during the period.
I can remember as a child travelling from NSW to Victoria and having to change trains at the border because the gauge was still different.
So today we have 7,300 miles of narrow gauge, 11,000 miles of standard gauge and 2,000 miles of broad gauge.
Hope my long winded reply helps in answering your friends question.
Cheers
David
David, thanks! The situation in Australia was kinda like the situation in the US in the 1870s. I think the primary impetus for 'standard gauge' was the Transcontinental Railroad, which picked one gauge and mandated it for both ends of the effort (so both rails would meet in the middle :-) :-) ) A lot of railroads went through "regauging day' where throughout the system all the rails were moved to the new standard gauge.
dave