[Talk-GB] Miniature railway or minimum gauge?

[jc129 at mail.com]

On 18/05/2019 18:03, Mark Goodge wrote:

> Other 15" railways in the UK (eg, the Evesham Vale Light Railway) are
> mostly tagged as railway=narrow_gauge.

How do you come to this conclusion? Using the list of 15" railways on Wikipedia,
(including the retagged Rhiw Valley) on OSM in the UK are tagged
13 miniature
12 narrow_guage
2 light_rail
1 unspecified.
Plus Wikipedia defines narrow-gauge as starting at 1 ft 11 1/2 in.

> The OSM wiki is correct to distinguish between miniature railways (ie,
> ridable models) and small gauge "real" railways, as this reflects usage
> among railway engineers and enthusiasts in the non-mapping community.

As I'm not a railway engineer or enthusiast I'm not sure what you mean,
so please can you give specific examples?

Jez C