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

Peter Childs pchilds at bcs.org
Wed Aug 19 15:42:30 BST 2009


2009/8/19 John Smith <delta_foxtrot at yahoo.com>:
> --- On Wed, 19/8/09, Peter Childs <pchilds at bcs.org> wrote:
>> 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)
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> There seems to be a number of them around Australia as well, some have a lot of track, eg 4km of 5" and 7.25" track at Casino, NSW.
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> http://www.casinominirail.com/
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Ok, Its a Uk Bias on Wikipedia.....

I think the issue here is that Gauge and Width are different, Width
Being the width of the trains, tunnels, or with of the railway and
Gauge being the distance between the wheels....

Peter




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