Best Railway Gauge

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stek replied

3 July 2013, 12:04
Originally posted by zeitghost

I always though OO9 was an interesting concept.

I bet SAS was a P4 man.
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VectraMan replied

3 July 2013, 12:00
Originally posted by Doggy Styles View Post

Would that be O or OO?

I thought it was a shame that Z gauge never really caught on. That's 6.5mm/0.256in wide track. Imagine how much better and more complicated train sets we could have?
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stek replied

3 July 2013, 11:19
Originally posted by SimonMac View Post

You a train buff? You ever get down to Middleton?

Haven't actually! In truth I was a steam head when younger but I discovered beer and shagging in my forties so I've been doing that since.

Still enjoy a trip to Haworth tho!
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SimonMac replied

3 July 2013, 11:13
Originally posted by stek View Post

Has to be Brunel's GWR 7' gauge - imagine the trains we'd have now...

After that, I like Ireland's 5' 3", Spain's 5' 6" and the former Bradford Corporation Tramways 4' gauge - necessitating a special bogie arrangement for through tram from Leeds City Tramways, there's being boring old standard gauge 4' 8.5"

Special points at Stanningley Bottoms, must have been amazeballs to see that in action...

No I'm not Gricerboy. Wish I was.

You a train buff? You ever get down to Middleton?
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rl4engc replied

3 July 2013, 11:09
Originally posted by Doggy Styles View Post

Wasn't the trouble with the 7' gauge that trains had a turning circle the size of Wales?

Brunel was very much of the opinion that you should be able to go from A to B in as straight a line as possible so that wouldn't have mattered (check the radii of the proposed HS2 tracks). I forget where but somewhere on the London to Bristol line he had a massive viaduct built at huge expense to avoid the very slight gradient that would have otherwise been necessary.
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Doggy Styles replied

3 July 2013, 09:03
Originally posted by KentPhilip View Post

Personally I'm in favour of using Hornby model railway track and trains, and telling the passengers to balance

Would that be O or OO?
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KentPhilip replied

2 July 2013, 21:26
Personally I'm in favour of using Hornby model railway track and trains, and telling the passengers to balance
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Doggy Styles replied

2 July 2013, 21:18
Wasn't the trouble with the 7' gauge that trains had a turning circle the size of Wales?
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stek started a topic Best Railway Gauge

2 July 2013, 20:17
Best Railway Gauge

Has to be Brunel's GWR 7' gauge - imagine the trains we'd have now...

After that, I like Ireland's 5' 3", Spain's 5' 6" and the former Bradford Corporation Tramways 4' gauge - necessitating a special bogie arrangement for through tram from Leeds City Tramways, there's being boring old standard gauge 4' 8.5"

Special points at Stanningley Bottoms, must have been amazeballs to see that in action...

No I'm not Gricerboy. Wish I was.
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