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 Post subject: The Railway Magazine, November 1899
PostPosted: Sat Sep 07, 2024 8:32 am 

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This is the earliest Railway Magazine that I have so far been able to view and it takes us back into the 19th century. ... A rather tatty copy with both front two and at least the back two pages missing.

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 Post subject: Re: The Railway Magazine, November 1899
PostPosted: Thu Sep 12, 2024 3:30 pm 

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Uniformity of Gauge in Australia. ....

The Railway Magazine of November 1899 started a three part series looking at the need for a uniform gauge across the Commonwealth of Australia once federation had occurred .....

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Victoria’s and South Australia’s railways were 5ft 3in broad gauge. New South Wales’ railways were standard-gauge, Queensland’s were 3ft 6in gauge. And, as of 1899, the authorities were in no sense inclined to yield up their gauge to progress.

Perhaps we need a review of the historical context. Wikipedia provides a narrative which aids in understanding why Australia ended up with three different railway gauges.

“In 1845, a Royal Commission on Railway Gauges in the United Kingdom was formed to report on the desirability for a uniform gauge. As a result, the Regulating the Gauge of Railways Act 1846 was passed which prescribed the use of 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) in England, Scotland and Wales (with the exception of the Great Western Railway) and 5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm) in Ireland. … In 1846, Australian newspapers discussed the break of gauge problem in the United Kingdom, especially for defence [and] in 1847, South Australia adopted the 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in gauge as law.”


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 Post subject: Re: The Railway Magazine, November 1899
PostPosted: Wed Sep 18, 2024 12:55 pm 

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Other posts based on articles in this issue of The Railway Magazine include:

Through Norway by Rail

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The Severn & Wye Joint Railway

A post dated 16th September on this thread:

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 Post subject: Re: The Railway Magazine, November 1899
PostPosted: Wed Sep 18, 2024 3:03 pm 

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Man, it's wild diving into the vintage edition of The Railway Magazine. Those ads though—I guess not much has changed at its core. Ads are always there to sell you something, be it a state-of-the-art whistle in the 1800s or a minimalist phone case now. And that Australian gauge chaos! It’s a reminder of how standardization can make or break efficiency. The UK learnt the hard way, huh! Anyway, Norway and Severn & Wye? Count me in. Nothing like a good historical article to make me miss that old-world charm of rail travel.

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 Post subject: Re: The Railway Magazine, November 1899
PostPosted: Wed Sep 18, 2024 3:15 pm 

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I hope you enjoy them!


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 Post subject: Re: The Railway Magazine, November 1899
PostPosted: Thu Sep 19, 2024 2:44 pm 

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Further posts about articles from this magazine include:

The Lough Swilly Railway

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/09/14/th ... mber-1899/

New Zealand Railways 1899

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/09/16/ne ... mber-1899/

The Oxford and Aylesbury Tram Road

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/09/16/th ... mber-1899/


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