Talk:Cheap Railways

• Very steep adhesion railway (1 in 19) (1882)

Gauge choice?

(QNNA) Did gauge of tributary quarry tramways influence gauge of main line Festiniog Railway, or visa versa.

See Template:Quarries (table)‎‎ which is starting to tabulate the relevant dates. FarleyBrook (talk) 03:49, 21 August 2015 (UTC)

Double flange?

(QNNA) Could have sworn that I had come across an article which mentions "double flanged" wheels and loose axles, to allow waggons to traverse track with an irregular gauge.

Unfortunately, a search through Festipedia for "double flange" and similar phrases does not seem to be able to locate the article in question. FarleyBrook (talk) 04:58, 21 August 2015 (UTC)

This googled article describes a double flange railway wheel which aims to reduce the risk of derailment on sharp curve. Double Flange Wheels What about the need for more flangeways at points and diamond crossings to make this work, which are already weak spots? This invention is a non-solution to a non-problem. A recent 2015 issue of "Trains" magazine is headlined "Diamonds are NOT a railroad's best friend. FarleyBrook (talk) 05:08, 21 August 2015 (UTC)

So, do any quarry tramways connecting to FR use double-flanged wheels? FarleyBrook (talk) 05:22, 21 August 2015 (UTC)

Double flange wheels

Wikipedia has an article which mentions that the Nantlle Railway had waggons with double flanged wheels.

See: Nantlle Railway.

Headroom in Cabin

(QNNA) Does the FR Loading gauge allow people to stand or walk around carriages and locomotive footplates without bumping their heads? What is the height of the floor above rail level? FarleyBrook (talk) 13:03, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

Drawgear Deadweight

Drawgear has to be strong enough to allow haulage of the heaviest possible trains, and strong drawgear will be heavier deadweightwise.

If the maximum training load on a NG FR train is less that on the SG BR, then drawgear will be able to be lighter.

What are the maximum training loads on the various systems, FR, BR etc.?

It is noted that FR trains going uphill tend to be emptier and lighter than trains going down hilll. FarleyBrook (talk) 05:55, 2 October 2015 (UTC)

Citations

Citations:

• created by National Library of Australia (NLA)
• recognized by Festipedia and other wikis

are unable to point to a particular line in the cited text, which is a nuisance if the text is long. Trove (NLA) also cannot/does not display line numbers.

This more precise citation would be useful for jumping to the Duke of Sutherland's wish that he had known about the Festiniog Railway sooner.