tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post8430443755079118228..comments2024-03-24T14:31:06.532+13:00Comments on Timespanner: It's all in the gaugeTimespannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11990716041045862669noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-18023188039025937712009-02-09T11:03:00.000+13:002009-02-09T11:03:00.000+13:00LOL "Independent-mindedness" is a polite way of pu...LOL "Independent-mindedness" is a polite way of putting it!<BR/>Twas a right royal mess with people having to disembark from trains at state borders to change trains due to gauge differences.<BR/>Mark Twain <A HREF="http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/hansart.nsf/V3Key/LA20051020030" REL="nofollow">had some biting commentary</A> about the inconvenience of the different gauges.Jaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13887495757366973130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-48044454581892680002009-02-09T04:50:00.000+13:002009-02-09T04:50:00.000+13:00We would have had the same (and did, as I recall, ...We would have had the same (and did, as I recall, in terms of what the South Island provinces had compared with North Island efforts) if the Provinces hadn't started losing control to central government when they did. Abolition in 1876 sealed the deal -- whereas Australia kept its states (and therefore independent-mindedness on the part of regions!)Timespannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11990716041045862669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-37196306825374118832009-02-09T02:50:00.000+13:002009-02-09T02:50:00.000+13:00How very canny and civilised!Here in Oz we had eve...How very canny and civilised!<BR/>Here in Oz we had <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian_broad_gauge" REL="nofollow">every kind of gauge</A> you could imagine and even 2 foot 6 inch narrow gauge the govt dreamt up!Jaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13887495757366973130noreply@blogger.com