found another pic that should appeal to the hand laying track gang.
at least 3 if not 4 gauges and stub switches too boot.
Jim
OK, I'll bite...Looks like 36", standard, and 5' broad gauge...any idea where the location is or what railroads are involved in the photo ? The standard and 3' track goes straight through - the broad gauge changes sides for the shared rail, maybe due to left hand turnouts ahead. I'm all excited !!! gotta go check my pacemaker...do I WIN ??? :? Bob C.
all I can say is - WHAT A MESS!
That's pretty awesome. Mess or not. I like it!
I would guess Russia, maybe? The Pennsy was built to a 5 foot gauge prior to the civil war, and East Broad Top would have been 3 foot gauge if it existed before the civil war. During the civil war Lincoln declared that all railroads would be built to what is now standard gauge and any railroad running other than standard gauge (narrow gauge lines excepted) would re-gauge the track to standard gauge because of the difficulty the North had moving war materials around the country when they could not just switch out cars from a standard gauge track like the NYC to a broad gauge track like the Pennsy. I think Russia's standard gauge is 5 foot gauge.
San Fransisco earthquake effects on local rail service. (Just kidding)
The squiggly lefthand set of tracks obviously increases yard efficiency a great deal, after the motion sickness subsides.
After looking long and hard at the picture, I think it is safe to say that no engineers or others with formal educations were involved in the construction.
What ever happened to good old KISS engineering?
I had no idea that drug use would effect rail construction like that...
Looks like someone forgot to cut down a tree.
What the heck...just go around it.
I hope the picture made it look worse than it really was.
I strongly suspect that the picture makes it look better than it is. 8-)
I've never seen a swish before in which the broad gauge rails were swished. (a swish is a mixed gauge formation usualy where the narrow gauge rails shift from having the common rail on one side to the other.)