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*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum-gauge_railway The Wikipedia Page on Minimum-Gauge Railways (A Related Concept) ] | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum-gauge_railway The Wikipedia Page on Minimum-Gauge Railways (A Related Concept) ] | ||
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feldbahn The Wikipedia Page on Feldbahn (A German Name / Concept / Use Case for Narrow-Gauge Rail) ] | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feldbahn The Wikipedia Page on Feldbahn (A German Name / Concept / Use Case for Narrow-Gauge Rail) ] | ||
*[https://ascelibrary.org/doi/10.1061/%28ASCE%29CC.1943-5614.0000833 A 2018 Paper Titled "Evaluation of an Innovative Composite Railway Sleeper for a Narrow-Gauge Track under Static Load" ] | |||
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Revision as of 05:41, 17 January 2022
Basics
- A Railway using a Track Gauge of less than 381 mm (15 in) (For Reference a Standard-Gauge Railway is 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) ) )
- Used mainly as a replacement for Wheelbarrows and/or Trucks
Existing Designs
Way Out West with Sandra and Tim 's Design
Background
- As show in This Video their area in Ireland gets VERY muddy, so Wheelbarrows/Tractors/Trucks (at least on an unprepared surface) would tear it up
- Also as shown in This Video they seem to mainly use it for hauling bulk supplies such as wood in their Logging / Forestry Debris -> Poly Drying Tunnel -> Firewood / Charcoal workflow
- Each wagon seemed to hold ~20 Baker's Trays worth of chopped up sticks (akin to pruning debris)
- They didn't do all that much on the Grading / Earthworks / Geotechnical Engineering side of things, so it will be interesting to see how it fairs long term
- Also corrosion control, given it is all non-galvanized iron/steel, with no Cathodic Protection etc
Sleeper Based
- A Video Showcasing the Basic Rail
- 15 Inch Gauge Track
- Utilizes 50mmx8mm Bar Stock (2 inch x 3/8 inch)
- Galvanized Steel Pile with a 6mm hole near the top
- Two holes in each Rail Sleeper (each with one of the aforementioned pipes going into it)
- 6mm Gutter Bolt + nut used to hold rails onto pipe
- Wheels utilizing 8 Inch Steel Pipe and CNC Plasma Torch Table cut wheel inserts and flanges
- Flanges are hand formed from a cut arc into a ring, then welded in place
Sleeper-less / Slab Railway
- "Angle Iron Set in Concrete" (A Timecode from A Video by the YouTube Channel "Way Out West with Sandra and Tim" Titled "Making a Turn-Table For a 15” Narrow-Gauge Railway" )
- They did this underneath the barn/workshop area (could allow for interesting "assembly line" style work, although there are many other ways of doing so)
Internal Links
External Links
- The Wikipedia Page on Narrow-Gauge Railways
- The Wikipedia Page on Minimum-Gauge Railways (A Related Concept)
- The Wikipedia Page on Feldbahn (A German Name / Concept / Use Case for Narrow-Gauge Rail)
- A 2018 Paper Titled "Evaluation of an Innovative Composite Railway Sleeper for a Narrow-Gauge Track under Static Load"