I have no doubt there was a 3ft 6in gauge sleeper, but was it from the firewood line or one of the overburden tramways? I suspect the latter is more likely. Not that this precludes the firewood tram from being 3ft 6in gauge, it's just not sufficient evidence in my opinion.
Humbly Colin
--- In LRRSA@..., "Peter Evans" <pevans@s...> wrote:
Colin,
I refer to colleague Rickard who measured a sleeper complete with
dogspike
holes beside the line (before it disappeared under McMansions and
Starter
Castles). I'm pretty sure that 3-ft 6-in gauge was the measurement
obtained.
Cordially, Sawdustoz.
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Mr Evans
What evidence to you have that David Mitchell's firewood tram was
3ft
6in gauge?
Colin
--- In LRRSA@..., "sawdustoz" <pevans@s...> wrote:
Hi All,
Perhaps this group might like to consider light railways with a
gauge
greater than 3-ft 6-in? Victorian lines that spring to mind are
the
McIvor firewood line (5-ft 3-in), the early horse trams of the
Wombat
Forest south of Bendigo (also 5-ft 3-in), and the David Mitchell firewood tram (3-ft 6-in and, later, standard gauge). In
addition,
there were heaps of very traditional "light railways" with a
gauge of
3-
ft 6-in, especially in the Otway Forest and east of the
