railway lines

That's a nice curvy track and it looks like it leading to a mountain in the distance.

It's always so fun to see your part of the world, Gillian, and it's great having you here in SSC. Happy anniversary! :)

Thanks Karen. Well done on hosting the group! That's Mt Cooroy in the background.

Très jolie interprétation du thème sur les lignes

Thanks Dan

L'électrification des lignes a ôté une partie du charme de ces voies qui serpentent dans nos campagnes. (je suis un vieux nostalgique ;-) )

Thanks Balatre. I'm glad I managed to create a little nostalgia.

It was a nice subject and you illustrated it perfectly, Gillian !! Happy Saturday !

Thanks Marie-claire. Happy Sunday!

Fine lines, Gillian ! Nice subject for this week's challenge ! Wish you a very good weekend !

Thanks John, and hope you are having a great weekend too :-)

superbes lignes

Thanks Anna :-)

Toll.. das sieht irgendwie aus wie Spielzeug ;)

Thanks Katja :-)

Love the sweep of the lines here. Excellent framing, Gillian.

Thanks Roger

The lines and curves draw you into the photo, it makes you want to take the train and explore:-)

Thanks Gudrun :-)

Well spotted Gillian, the eye moves forward .

Thanks Jan :-)

Perfect for the "Curves" challenge and a pretty picture in it's own right.

Thanks :-)

A beautiful entry for the challenge. Well done. Apologies for being late, but I lost my internet for several hours today :-(

Thanks June :-)

Lovely railway pic.

Thanks Diederik :-)

A wonderful capture of a beautifully curved railroad track!

Thank you so much for sharing your talent and for your dedication to the challenges each week for the past two years,Gilliani; Happy anniversary! :-)

Thanks Val, it's a pleasure to be part of this friendly group.

That's quite a curve. I noticed that some of the railway lines used narrower tracks that those in the US. This must be one of those lines.

Thanks Esther. The Australian railways have quite a variety which has caused some problems over the years ...Planners gave little thought to connecting their railways with the other rail systems.

By Federation in 1901, all States except Western Australia were ‘linked’ by rail and more than 20,000 km of track had been laid. Sadly, those who envisaged a nation had not contemplated a national rail network. Three different gauges had been used.

New South Wales adopted the European standard gauge of 1435 mm, Victoria and South Australia built with the broad Irish gauge of 1600 mm, and Tasmania, Queensland, Western Australia and parts of South Australia used the narrow 1067 mm gauge. For many years, the different gauges handicapped the effective operation of interstate rail services.

In 1917, a person wanting to travel from Perth to Brisbane on an east-west crossing of the continent had to change trains six times...

it was not until June 1995 that trains could travel between Brisbane and Perth, via Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide on a standard gauge track.

By 1970 the situation had improved sufficiently so that a passenger could remain on the same train on a journey from Perth to Sydney. Three different gauges still exist in Australia, but the state capitals are now linked by one uniform gauge.
infrastructure.gov.au/rail/trains/history.aspx

Perfect S-curve.