Hi Geoff. I don' t think you're off topic at all, not when we're talking Sn42. I've had the good fortune to railfan and ride the NZ railway and I think the whole system is way cool. I could easily tip into modelling NZ railways given half a chance. My Canadian government was extremely short sighted in allowing the whole Newfoundland system to get torn up. That island province is now a tourist hot spot, and a narrow gauge tourist railway would now be a major asset. I guess there's still enough stuff around if they wanted to dust off some old roadbeds, but how much cheaper it would have been simply to leave some of it to wait for the tourist dollars. We seem particularly adept at dropping the ball up here.
Cheers Jim Martin > On April 12, 2013 at 11:16 AM [email protected] wrote: > > > 3' 6" ops in NZ. Enjoy! > > fmg: aka Don Munsey, Jr. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Geoff B > To: Nfld Rwy > Sent: April 10, 2013 8:00 PM > Subject: [Nfld_Rwy] 3 Foot 6: The Narrow Gauge Trains of New Zealand (OT) > > Forgive the off-topic post, but I thought some members may be interested in > this video, being a 3'6" gauge island railway network that managed to survive > the onslaught from the trucking industry in the 1980's. It could have so > easily gone the way of the Newfoundland network, but as of 2013 is doing quite > well. Not so much passenger-wise, but there's good freight growth. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TiAU1Sl9Ic > > Regards, > Geoff. > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Shortcut URL: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Nfld_Rwy/Yahoo! Groups Links > > >
