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Awesome 2' gauge helix!

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#1

Saw this on another forum… the Wallah Gorge Spiral on the 2’ gauge Namtu Bawdin BCL mine railway. Steam powered trains narrow gauge trains, with a tight helix that makes 1.5 turns. The pics are copyrighted so I’ll just post the link to the page they’re on:

http://www.freerails.com/view_topic.php?id=6209&forum_id=43&jump_to=68264#p68264

There’s also a shot of a neat little rail truck going over the stone arch bridge on the helix.

#2

Now there something to model.

#3

Nice, thanks! Do you know what country this is in? Any video by chance?

#4

Jon Radder said:

Nice, thanks! Do you know what country this is in? Any video by chance?

It’s in Burma , Jon .

Makes a good navigation point when you fly in the area , unique .

Mike Brit

#5

As Mike said, Burma, aka Myanmar.

#6

Here’s some video of that railroad:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nHYDTWwcg4

#7

Couple other examples:

on the Darjeeling Himalaya RR, India

on the Glacier Express, Switzerland

#8

Thanks Ray!