[OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - Voting - miniature railway

[Peter Childs]

2009/8/18 Peter Miller <peter.miller at itoworld.com>:
>
> On 18 Aug 2009, at 17:47, Peter Childs wrote:
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>> 2009/8/16 John Smith <delta_foxtrot at yahoo.com>:
>>>
>>> --- On Sun, 16/8/09, Lester Caine <lester at lsces.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I'd recommend synchronising this with wikipedia
>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miniature_railway
>>>>
>>>> A lot of work has been done there between the various types
>>>> of model/miniature
>>>> railway, and that page has a fairly comprehensive list of
>>>> 'ridable' miniature
>>>> railways. Separate form narrow gauge which tend to be 'full
>>>> size'
>>>
>>> Some of those border on light rail or narrow gauge, looking at some of
>>> the photos it looks like regular railway track.
>>>
>>>
>>> http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/Bure_Valley_Railway_DSC00533.jpg
>>>
>>> Compared to something like this:
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>>> http://scrms.org.au/files/IMGP5229.JPG
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Looking at this (and I know of two "Miniture Railways" one is 9"
>> (Strood, Gillingham, Kent, Uk) and the other 3.5/5.5" (Mote Park,
>> Maidstone, Kent, Uk)
>>
>> Tagging Railway=miniture makes sence (in both cases) but they are
>> quite different animals.
>>
>> I think we should tag the Gauge (Possibly in all cases) and assume
>> Standard Railway Gauge if not tagged.
>>
>> I think a Gauge=width (in mm I guess) is worth adding.
>>
>
> Do check out the  recent comments on the railways wiki page re gauge....
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Railways
>

Good Point, I've not marked them yet, so I can easily metricate
that.... 0.2286 and 0.0889/0.1397 however I think tagging the unit
might be better in this case (for the same reason as tagging max
speed). My main problem is the one at mote park has 3 rails rails 1
and 2 are for 3.5inch gauge trains and 1 and 3 are for 5.5 gauge
trains (where rails are numbered 1,2,3....)

The one at the Strand is 61 years old and is larger than the standard
documented on the wikipedia.

Are Miniture Railways a British Thing, or is it that they appear most
often in the Uk? (Making us Brits a load of Train enthusiasts)

Peter.