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For Sale - 20 miles of narrow gauge railway

Discussie in 'Narrow Gauge Railways' gestart door Sidmouth, 1 feb 2016.

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  1. Sidmouth

    Sidmouth Resident of Nat Pres Staff Member Moderator

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    http://brownfieldsitesolutions.co.u...w-gauge-railway-line-to-include-250-turnouts/
     
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  2. Sheff

    Sheff Resident of Nat Pres

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    WHR extension to Bangor? ;)
     
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    L&B extensions - at least part of the total!!?
     
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    I don't think I'd like to take an NGG16 over 35lb rail! Would be a terrible waste to see it scrapped though.
    Ray.
     
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    michaelh en lynbarn vinden dit leuk.
  5. 21B

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    Depends how fast you want to go!
     
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    Yeah - hence my wink. Looked very lightweight to me.
     
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    Perhaps something for the teifi valley railway, or at least some of it? I've lost track of where they're at now with all the troubles there.
     
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  8. Sidmouth

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    I've shared with F&WHR, Teifi, Amerton , L&B so far . the lightness of the rail at 35lb is a challenge
     
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    What sort of weight would the L&B need - or for a NGG16
     
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    I'd have thought this material would be of great interest to the R & ER, RHDR and Bure Valley as well as many of the smaller 2ft gauge lines, but as always, there's the small question of funds!
     
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    On another forum, it is noted that Bala may be making a play for a quantity of the track. Hope they succeed, it would provide a lot of the wherewithal for the extension.

    I went to Eastriggs after closure - an amazing place and just wish we could have travelled the system. It's documented on a Telerail video of Longtown many years ago.
     
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    L&B require 50lb
     
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    The problem for lines narrower than 2 foot is that most of the rail is on steel sleepers where, it appears from their photos, the chairs are molded in at the 2 foot gauge.
     
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    How does that preclude narrower gauged railways from being able to use the material?
     
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  15. Felix Holt

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    It would appear that you couldn't use the steel sleepers - at least not without major surgery to them. I'm quite sure you will correct me if I'm wrong, though.
     
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  16. Martin Perry

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    So either carry out the surgery ... or weigh the sleepers in and use wood.
     
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    Eastriggs would have made a great industrial and military railway museum
     
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  18. Felix Holt

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    You'd have to really want a lot of 35lb track, if you then had to spend a bunch of cash re-engineering the steel sleepers or arranging to sell the sleepers for scrap, and then buy wooden sleepers for the track....
    Are there any UK non-2 foot lines that need a lot of 35lb track that badly?
     
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    At the price - yes!

    To put things into context second hand rail for 15" (and thereabouts) gauge railways has been selling recently for anything up to £1000/ton.
     
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    The £100 per ton is a minimum price - not an offer price.
     
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