>The Brighton and Rottingdean Seashore Electric Railway was

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>The railway itself consisted of two parallel 2 ft 8 1⁄2 in (825 mm) gauge tracks, billed as 18 ft (5.5 m) gauge, the measurement between the outermost rails.[2] The tracks were laid on concrete sleepers mortised into the bedrock. The single car used on the railway was a 45 by 22 ft (13.7 by 6.7 m) pier-like building which stood on four 23 ft (7.0 m)-long legs. The car weighed 45 long tons (50 short tons; 46 t). Propulsion was by electric motor. It was officially named Pioneer, but many called it Daddy Long-Legs. Due to regulations then in place, a qualified sea captain was on board at all times, and the car was provided with lifeboats and other safety measures.

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That's pretty cool OP, never heard of that. I love shit like this that still has traces of the line visible. Thanks for sharing.

>>1074554
Steampunk AS FUCK

This looks comfy as fuck. Thanks for posting, OP. I love learning about unique railroads.

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I wonder how they dealt with sand and mud covering the rails.

>>1074554
Neat-o. I remember reading about this years ago, forgot all about it. 115 yrs later the foundations can still be found. Imagine racing the tides to build that.

>>1074554
I wonder how smooth the ride was. Any slight imperfection in the track was probably magnified exponentially high up in the passenger carriage.

>>1074554
Very cool OP, any idea why it closed? Not economically viable I presume?

I live in brighton, but I've never seen this. If you're looking towards the beach, is this on the left?

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Go take some pics.

Neat, I imagine something like this would be cool for crossing shallow rivers/streams. However it seems a bit pointless running it along the shore, the travel distance wouldn't be much shorter than just getting off the beach and it's gonna be a lot slower than any other form of transportation.

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A cable ferry is far more efficient and logical for river/stream crossings.