Broad Gauge Thread

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>>1079480
>tfw iberian gauge

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>>1079531
>iberian gauge
This?

Seems like China want to turm whatever broad gauge network within its reach into standard gauge. First would be Central Asia.

>>1079717
Sounds like 1890s era Great Western Railway here in the UK.

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They were really useful engines.

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Only operational Brunel gauge line on Earth is at Didcot Railway Centre in England.

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Yes, it's broad gauge. 5 ft. 6 (1676 mm.) to be precise.

>>1080209
I went there and is that Firefly?

>>1080213
Where is this?

>>1080205
Yes.

>>1080273
> bart.jpg
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>>1080272
Yes. It's the only operational Brunel gauge locomotive on Earth.

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>>1080321
I know. I was there to see it when I rode the Standard Gauge branchline close by.


I'm sorry if the photo is blurry.

>tfw Tiny will never be restored to working order

>>1082844
Right...

>>1080313
Not everyone is a Yank. But yes, Bay Area (So, California) Rapid Transport.

>>1080213
y tho

>>1082897
Not sure; maybe for higher speeds (it does seem to go pretty fast), stability, and more space for large crowds.

Thread deserves a bump

>>1080321
Not true. There are Tiny, North Star, Fire Fly and Iron Duke. There is potential for some of the outside/sandwich frame locos that exist are made partially from recycled Broad Gauge parts too.

>>1082856
That would actually be "Transit," britbong friend

There are 3 Brunel gauge locomotives in the Azores being restored and the Erie Railroad was originally built to broad gauge.

>>1089027
What happened to them?

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>>1080213
>indian gauge
Patrician taste my friend

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>>1089034
They were pulled out of a dump in the 70's, were put into a shop to be restored with government funding and are still there in the shops caked in rust with next to no work done. They want to have them running though.

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>>1089034
Pic of Erie Railroad 6ft gauge with a third rail for the Lehigh Valley Railroad.

>>1089297
They look quite pretty, despite being rusty that is.

>>1089299
I see, thanks for sharing.