Tiny Trains: Neat Narrow-Gauge Rail Connects German Island to Mainland

There are a couple of significant and actually, physically, miniature 15" gauge steam railways in the UK. I say a couple because the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway (Cumbria) and the Romney Hythe and Dymchurch Railway (Kent) are the preeminent ones.

They both served as genuine forms of transport at various points in their histories.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romney,_Hythe_and_Dymchurch_Ra...

Re: Tiny Trains: Neat Narrow-Gauge Rail Connects German Island to Mainland

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Post by baxtr » Thu, May 17, 2018, 6:55 PM UTC

Odenwaelder wrote: post #3

I'm german but I've never ever heard of neither the island, nor the trains. How remarkable!

Maybe it's because you live in a forest! ;-)

Re: Tiny Trains: Neat Narrow-Gauge Rail Connects German Island to Mainland

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Post by k__ » Thu, May 17, 2018, 7:01 PM UTC

Odenwaelder wrote: post #3

I'm german but I've never ever heard of neither the island, nor the trains. How remarkable!

Same here, but I have to admit I also from the Odenwald :D

Re: Tiny Trains: Neat Narrow-Gauge Rail Connects German Island to Mainland

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Post by the_mitsuhiko » Thu, May 17, 2018, 7:05 PM UTC

This reminds me of Austria's Reisseck-Hoehenbahn which sadly closed down a few years ago. It was a 600mm narrow gauge train high up in the mountains originally used for the construction of a power plant. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7XrOfSNdO4

Re: Tiny Trains: Neat Narrow-Gauge Rail Connects German Island to Mainland

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Post by Torwald » Thu, May 17, 2018, 7:11 PM UTC

baxtr wrote: post #5

Odenwaelder wrote: post #3

I'm german but I've never ever heard of neither the island, nor the trains. How remarkable!

Maybe it's because you live in a forest! ;-)

Now, this comment is proof that Germans can have a sense of humour.

Re: Tiny Trains: Neat Narrow-Gauge Rail Connects German Island to Mainland

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Post by Torwald » Thu, May 17, 2018, 7:12 PM UTC

Odenwaelder wrote: post #3

I'm german but I've never ever heard of neither the island, nor the trains. How remarkable!

"German" und "English" usw. immer groß schreiben. FYI.

Re: Tiny Trains: Neat Narrow-Gauge Rail Connects German Island to Mainland

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Post by ktpsns » Thu, May 17, 2018, 7:14 PM UTC

Odenwaelder wrote: post #3

I'm german but I've never ever heard of neither the island, nor the trains. How remarkable!

German north is really very different from German south.