[OSM-talk] railway=narrow_gauge

[Andy Robinson]

Lars Aronsson wrote:
>Sent: 19 June 2007 8:26 AM
>To: Martijn van Oosterhout
>Cc: talk at openstreetmap.org
>Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] railway=narrow_gauge
>
>Martijn van Oosterhout wrote:
>
>> This is silly. If you want to mark such railways, make a
>> railway=tourist or railway=not_normal_rail. In other words, say
>> what it is, rather than using some tag that's completely
>> unrelated (like gauge).
>
>Looking at the tracks, you cannot see how they are used, for
>example if they are used for tourist use only, or also for
>something else.  However, you can see which gauge they are. In any
>given country, there are typically only a few types of railway
>gauge.  One is "standard" for long distance public railroads.
>Others include older/narrow/museum tracks, city trams, and various
>kinds of local industrial tracks.
>
>Here's a website of a guy who built a personal railroad, using
>rails from old peat bog industries.  This is more narrow (600 mm)
>than traditional "narrow gauge" (891 mm),
>http://www.smalspor.org/
>

Just as an aside, the 610mm (2 feet) gauge is the one most widely used in
the tunnelling industry.

Cheers

Andy

Andy Robinson
Andy_J_Robinson at blueyonder.co.uk 


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