On Sat, 1 Feb 2003 14:35, Giles A. Radford wrote: > > Narrow gauge track was used extensively in some areas (particularly > > places like Colorado, with it's extensive small-line railroads running up > > canyons to mining towns), due to being able to handle much tighter turns > > in the roadbed, though it provided less stability and generally was > > unsuited to high-speed trains. > > One of the longest bits of Narrow-guage railway being, of course, the > Australian sugar cane railway, which stretches up from the northern > end of New South Wales up to the Daintree Rainforest, and covers the > whole of Australia's sugar crop. It's used to carry the sugar cane > from the fields to the sugar refineries, and is only really active for > about three to four months a year. And for some historical reason, > it's all three-foot guage. > > Moof - a pom currently travelling around Australia, seeing the sights
Not to mention the state rail system which is 3'6" gauge I believe. Bob
