Re: Working on the narrow-gauge railroad

Great stuff - thanks for posting them.

Cheers
Douglas

BTW:
Narrow gauge is so successful in the Harz mountains here in Germany that they are now extending the lines to link standard gauge stations.
Although the Harz Narrow Gauge Railway is very much targeted at tourists, it still plays an enormous role in local and regional public passenger transport and runs lots of lovely steam. The locomotives are standard gauge steam from the GDR (Reichsbahn) and are set on narrow gauge wheelsets, this makes them look ginormous. It's also the only purely traction (weight and friction) mountain railway in Europe - all others use cogs or other aids on steep gradients. 

Here's one I shot a couple of years ago:
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Transport/Railway-Heritage/German_Steam_After.jpg.html - heavily photoshopped (The original, rather dull shot, is the shot before it in the album) 







Mark Bohrer wrote:
You’d expect railroads to agree on a standard spacing between the rails. If rail gauge was different from place to place, a railroad would only work for local routes. But there were certain advantages to narrow gauges - cheaper construction costs, reduced space for curves, smaller rolling stock and locomotives.
While nearly all U.S. railroads have converted to standard gauge to make cross-country operation easier, a few narrow gauge lines remain. One of these is the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railway out of Chama, New Mexico - pictures at my blog: 
http://tinyurl.com/mcxc8s

All comments welcome.


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