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Curves?

What are the sharpest curves used by the old SRGR?

Tabletop 10:26, 29 November 2006 (UTC) reply

If I knew it would be in the article :-) -- Michael Johnson 00:26, 30 November 2006 (UTC) reply
Since the line is closed, it is no longer mentioned in Janes. Tabletop 09:34, 30 November 2006 (UTC) reply

Calthrop

Here is a coincidence. Everard Calthrop, a strong advocate of of narrow gauge railways, particularly of 2' 6" gauge, opened a railway consultancy in Liverpool in 1892, and later advocates a narrow gauge railway connecting Liverpool and Manchester in a competition run by the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce. In 1893 the LCC promotes the construction of the Sierra Leone Government Railway, which was subsequently built in 2' 6" gauge. Was there any connection? -- Michael Johnson ( talk) 01:38, 3 December 2008 (UTC) reply

It is possible that Calthrop had an influence on the choice of gauge for the SLGR, as Calthrop was promoting the 2' 6" gauge and co-ordinated plans for axle-loads and rolling stock designs in the 1890s at about the same time as the SLGR started. The two are mention in the same issue of a newspaper(s) without any definite causality. [1] [2] Tabletop ( talk) 02:49, 17 July 2012 (UTC) reply
  1. ^ "CURRENT TOPICS". Launceston Examiner (Tas. : 1842 - 1899). Tas.: National Library of Australia. 17 March 1898. p. 4. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
  2. ^ "Narrow Gauge Lines". The North Western Advocate and the Emu Bay Times (Tas. : 1899 - 1919). Tas.: National Library of Australia. 4 March 1908. p. 4. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Curves?

What are the sharpest curves used by the old SRGR?

Tabletop 10:26, 29 November 2006 (UTC) reply

If I knew it would be in the article :-) -- Michael Johnson 00:26, 30 November 2006 (UTC) reply
Since the line is closed, it is no longer mentioned in Janes. Tabletop 09:34, 30 November 2006 (UTC) reply

Calthrop

Here is a coincidence. Everard Calthrop, a strong advocate of of narrow gauge railways, particularly of 2' 6" gauge, opened a railway consultancy in Liverpool in 1892, and later advocates a narrow gauge railway connecting Liverpool and Manchester in a competition run by the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce. In 1893 the LCC promotes the construction of the Sierra Leone Government Railway, which was subsequently built in 2' 6" gauge. Was there any connection? -- Michael Johnson ( talk) 01:38, 3 December 2008 (UTC) reply

It is possible that Calthrop had an influence on the choice of gauge for the SLGR, as Calthrop was promoting the 2' 6" gauge and co-ordinated plans for axle-loads and rolling stock designs in the 1890s at about the same time as the SLGR started. The two are mention in the same issue of a newspaper(s) without any definite causality. [1] [2] Tabletop ( talk) 02:49, 17 July 2012 (UTC) reply
  1. ^ "CURRENT TOPICS". Launceston Examiner (Tas. : 1842 - 1899). Tas.: National Library of Australia. 17 March 1898. p. 4. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
  2. ^ "Narrow Gauge Lines". The North Western Advocate and the Emu Bay Times (Tas. : 1899 - 1919). Tas.: National Library of Australia. 4 March 1908. p. 4. Retrieved 17 July 2012.

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