G'day All, Adding a bit to what Bill says. I too slept in Barongarook at Menzies Creek in winter. Did the cold wind whistle up over the saddle. We did not trust to kerosene heaters. 14NB was

"Barongarook" 14NB was located off track at Menzies Crk when used as a bunk house. I slept in it a few times in winter with a kerosene powered heater, without suffocating or burning it down! It was

Good Morning All! Maybe some one on this Group maybe able to help me on the whereabouts, use, and history of this VR NG - 2'6" Sleeping Car "Barongarook" NB#14? I found an undated coloured print of

Those sold on 2ft 6ins gauge may be interested in this link: http://www.penmorfa.com/JZ/ All best wishes John John Browning

It could be said that this was applied in NSW with the construction of a number of country branches as "pioneer lines" with 60 lbs rail, no ballast and no fencing. In more recent years, some of

I was looking at a Cartoscope map of Forster Tuncurry the other day & noticed a historic rail site. The site is called The Tanks. It is located on Second Head Reserve which is off Bennett Head

"Light engineering" (steep grades and sharp curves) was generally an attribute of most NSWGR lines, and has been a continual problem over the decades, hence the push for the new inland route would

Frank I agree that railway over capitalisation resulted from many sources, with gauge being one of several contributors. Railways so revolutionised land transport in overcomming the tyranny of

Halfpilotstaff wrote: By 1892 the remaining broad gauge ran from London to Penzance, with some branches, of which I think the London-Bristol section was dual gauge. There was also a large amount

I think it worth remembering the Australian context was very different to other countries. We are all attuned to thinking that Australia had a sparse network of railways, because of our small

Brunel's Broad Gauge (the REAL broad gauge...!) was 7ft, and was in use on the Great Western Railway (and some of its branches) in England for nearly 60yrs, until 1892 or thereabouts; in latter

Unless I've missed it, I can't recall anyone mentioning Russia and the USSR to date. According to Keith Chester (Narrow Gauge Steam Locomotives in Russia and the Soviet Union), total USSR n.g. milage

I am quite certain that Sydney region commuters will not agree with your assertion. Cheers, Bill Bill Bolton Sydney, Australia

Lynn, That's just how I see it happening. Regards, Bill Hanks ________________________________ From: LRRSA@... [mailto:LRRSA@...] On Behalf Of A C Lynn

wrote: Although the majority of German peat lines are 600mm gauge, some of the bigger systems used 900mm. There were also a few of 700mm gauge, but these seem to have been built by Dutch companies

Jim, Looking at Australia as a continent isolated from every other railway system, I agree that 3 ft 6 in gauge would have been completely successful as a national railway gauge, and certainly

Frank et. al. Given the size of the 3ft 6in gauge network in Queensland; Tasmainia; South Australia; Northern Teritory; Western Australia, i wonder whether the selection of 4ft 8 1/2in was the 'Best

wrote: Hmmm, well not sure about that. Some narrow gauge railways did make profits, and many standard gauge lines didnt. At the end of the day the narrower the gauge the more route miles for your

Greetings, Just as a 'throw in'. In the art gallery at Broken Hill there is a painting of some harbour on the southern coast of England. On the quay illustrated the rail gauge is that extreme broad

I guess I was looking at it from the other direction, peat railways were prominent on a list of 2'6" railways. But as I've said before 2'/60cm was the "queen" of industrial rail gauges Michael