...On 10 May, 17:03, Brian Robertson <brianrobertson@[nospam].com> wrote: Well, freshly back from Portugal, my first trip abroad. As usual, 'Johnny Foreigner' could teach this ... see what Portugese trains look like: http://www.conceptcrafts.co.uk/britishrailways1960/portugal.html NOT UK RELATED -- UK Radical Campaigns www.zing.icom43.net ...

On 14 May, 20:33, Brian Robertson <brianrobertson@[nospam].com> wrote: Doug wrote: On 10 May, 17:03, Brian Robertson <brianrobertson@[nospam].com> wrote: Well, freshly back from Portugal, my first trip abroad. As usual, 'Johnny Foreigner' could teach this squalid little country a thing or two. The airport, buses and railways all seemed cheaper, cleaner and better ...

... gauge but they do have a number of mountain branch lines of various narrow gauges, as indeed does the UK. The only countries in Europe not on the standard gauge are Eire, Portugal, Spain (TGV lines excepted) and Finland, Russia plus former Soviet republics (5ft gauge). As you seem to know about these things is the 5 ft gague also in Romania? The old orient express, did ...

... later on, this gauge was also exported to Brazil. Suisse? Austria? Their main line networks are all standard gauge but they do have a number of mountain branch lines of various narrow gauges, as indeed does the UK. The only countries in Europe not on the standard gauge are Eire, Portugal, Spain (TGV lines excepted) and Finland, Russia plus former Soviet republics (5ft gauge).

... 10 May, 17:03, Brian Robertson <brianrobertson@[nospam].com> wrote: Well, freshly back from Portugal, my first trip abroad. As usual, 'Johnny Foreigner' could teach this squalid little country ... to see what Portugese trains look like: http://www.conceptcrafts.co.uk/britishrailways1960/portugal.html NOT UK RELATED -- UK Radical Campaigns www.zing.icom43.net "The car, more of ...

...desire to see what Portugese trains look like: http://www.conceptcrafts.co.uk/britishrailways1960/portugal.html Anorak time :- Just thought I would point out one slight and not that important (...same) disadvantage to Portuguese railways that is the track gauge is non-standard. The gauge in Portugal is broader at 5ft 6ins and is otherwise found only in Spain Pakistan and India so...

... <4nH0i.4001$Wf.1712@newsfe3-gui.ntli.net>, Brian Robertson says... Well, freshly back from Portugal, my first trip abroad. As usual, 'Johnny Foreigner' could teach this squalid little country... to see what Portugese trains look like: http://www.conceptcrafts.co.uk/britishrailways1960/portugal.html Brian. PS Hope you have all been playing nicely while I have been gone. ...

Brian Robertson wrote: Well, freshly back from Portugal, my first trip abroad. As usual, 'Johnny Foreigner' could teach this squalid little country a thing or... has a great desire to see what Portugese trains look like: http://www.conceptcrafts.co.uk/britishrailways1960/portugal.html Brian. PS Hope you have all been playing nicely while I have been gone. ;-) And in ...

"Brian Robertson" <brianrobertson@[nospam].com> wrote in message news:4nH0i.4001$Wf.1712@newsfe3-gui.ntli.net... Well, freshly back from Portugal, my first trip abroad. As usual, 'Johnny Foreigner' could teach this squalid little country a thing or two. The airport, buses and railways all seemed cheaper, cleaner and better organised than our efforts. (Aside from the price of a ...

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