User:FarleyBrook2
User:FarleyBrook2
Links[edit]
- FRHG FRHG - jump to top of pyramid.
- Day Log/2001-01-01
- FFFF
Unlink[edit]
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Books on Light Rails[edit]
A 2022 book called Light Railways in South Australia considers about 700 lines built for different purposes. The lines are mostly 610mm gauge (2ft 0in) gauge, which is almost the same as the 597mm gauge (1ft 11.5in) of the Festiniog Railway.
Gauges[edit]
Page numbers from "The Light Railways of South Australia."
| Gauge mm |
Date | Nr. | Route | State | Page | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 597 | 1850 | 10 | Festiniog Railway | Wales | ||
| 597 | 1870 | 1 | Welsh Highland | Wales | ||
| 1600 | 1860 | 1 | Victor Harbour | South Australia | 3 | Horse drawn |
| 610 | 1880 | many | Cane railways | Queensland | ||
| 762 | 1890 | 1 | Walhalla gold mine | Victoria | ||
| 1067 | 1930 | 2 | Onkaparinga | South Australia | 22 | Dam |
| 1922 | 1 | Blanchtown | South Australia | 23 | Lock | |
| 2011 | 1 | Lonsdale | South Australia | 23 | Desalination | |
| 610 | 1960 | 1 | Port Stanvac | South Australia | 22 | Refinery |
| 1845 | 1 | Burra | South Australia | 25 | Mine | |
| 2016 | 1 | SA Light Rail Centre | South Australia | 25 | Museum | |
| 1999 | 1 | Milang Railway | South Australia | 24 | Museum | |
| 1961 | 1 | LRRSA | Australia | 24 | Society | |
| 1 | Stenhouse Bay | South Australia | 26 | Gypsum | ||
| 1 | Fowlers Bay | South Australia | 26 | Jetty | ||
| 762 | 1904 | 1 | Leek & Manifold | England | Milk | |
| 1917 | 1 | Waikerie | South Australia | 17 | Firewood | |
| 1912 | 1 | Ooldea | South Australia | 17 | Firewood | |
| 1 | Auldana | South Australia | 16 | Wine | ||
| 686 | 1 | Corris | Wales | |||
| 686 | 1 | Tallyn | Wales | |||
| 686 | 1 | Campbelltown | Scotland | |||
| 610 | 1941 | 85 | Penfield | South Australia | 13 | Munitions |
| 1908 | 1 | Willunga | South Australia | 12 | Slate | |
| 1895 | 1 | Stonyfell | South Australia | 13 | Quarry | |
| Mono | 1910 | 12 | Loxton | South Australia | 10 | Farming |
| 1940 | 120 | South Australia | 10 | Mining | ||
| 1 | Peterborough | South Australia | 11 | Ore | ||
| 610 | 1925 | 37 | Semaphore | South Australia | 9 | Amusement |
| 610 | 1889 | many | Locomotive | South Australia | 6 | Steam |
| 610 | 1927 | many | South Australia | 7 | Petrol | |
Note: Onkaparinga gauge incorrectly listed as 1070mm.
Donations[edit]
2025-04-23 GBP 12.00 - paypal failed
Light Railways Overseas[edit]
- Light Railways Research Society of Australia (LRRSA) which publishes bi-monthly magazine Light Railways (magazine).
Special[edit]
- special:Contributions/FarleyBrook2 - (global list of changes by FarleyBrook2)
- special:Contributions/FarleyBrook - (global list of changes by FarleyBrook)
- special: Contributions/Eheaps - (global list of changes by Eheaps)
- special:Contributions/PeterHarrison - (global list of changes by PeterHarrison - faulty name)
- special:Contributions/Peter Harrison - (global list of changes by Peter Harrison)
- Amongst other things the special:Contribution command allows users to retrace their steps to find earlier post when names are forgotten.
- Amongst other things the special:Contribution command allows users to audit other users. ----FarleyBrook2 (talk) 00:11, 13 August 2024 (UTC)
Test[edit]
special:Contributions/FarleyBrook2
Does {{flagicon|AUS}} work?
Template:Country data AUS 
Need to upload file from Wikipedia. ----FarleyBrook2 (talk) 19:26, 14 August 2024 (UTC)
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Cog, Rack and Cheap Railways[edit]
John Blenkinsop invented the first cog railway in 1811. [1] He thought, without proof, that this fact alone would not be enough to achieve usable friction between driving wheels and rails. However cogs were not needed in the 1 in 100 (1%) gradients at Rainhill on the Liverpool & Manchester Railway built 1829.
In 1860s Carl Pihl developed cheaper narrow gauge branch railways of 1067mm (3' 6") gauge for use in Norway to begin with. However if 1067mm gauge were cheaper than 1435mm, then logically, the Festiniog gauge of 610mm (2' 0") would have been cheaper still.
Pihl did correctly identify the need for centre buffer and couplers. Also the width of the FR loading gauge on 2134mm (7'0") had to be made narrower to allow narrower structure gauge. Note that future ISO shipping containers are 2400mm (8' 0") wide which are too wide for FR tunnels.
Queensland adopted this gauge for main line use eventually used for 1000s of route-km.
It took until 1888~ for a break of gauge was needed at the 
New South Wales border.
See also[edit]
- FRHG FRHG - jump to top of pyramid.