[HOT] Fiji Cane Trains

[Mike Thompson]

Russ,

Thanks, that is very helpful, especially the part about the "shared way"

Mike

On Sun, Mar 13, 2016 at 1:51 PM, Russell Deffner <russell.deffner at hotosm.org
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> Hello everyone,
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> A little off-topic on a Sunday Mapternoon :)
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> I’ve been asked a few times; and was curious myself, but any local
> knowledge folks – please correct me if I’m wrong.  However, it does appear
> that the Labasa Cane Train is operating, at least at the time of the
> imagery.  If you look at the Labasa Sugar Mill (just on the east edge of
> town), you can actually see the sugar cane wagons.  I also think I found a
> caboose loaded up off to the northeast.  It’s really interesting because
> this is (I think – not an RR expert – at all) the ‘narrowest of all gauges’
> when it comes to locomotives, which makes it incredibly hard to see in
> imagery.
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> Anyway, after looking at the pictures here:
> http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Fiji I was totally looking at
> those full wagons on the tracks thinking – what the heck is that – well,
> now you know :)
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> On a mapping tip note – there are many sections where the train track is
> ‘in the road’/shared way – in that case, just tag the segment with both
> highway=* and railway=narrow_gauge
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> Happy Mapping!
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> =Russ
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