Re: Gauntlet tracks

["Roderick Smith" <rodsmith@werple.net.au>]

I agree with Bill's definitions, although I haven't seen the posts which
caused him to write them.

SAR's multi-gauge track at Gladstone has elements of gauntlet: rails 1 & 3
were bg; rails 2 & 4 were sg (but of cause, 2 & 3 provided ng).

The section of Spencer St track which is gauntlet is not at the station
(simple three rail dual gauge), but at the foot of North Melbourne flyover.

-- 
Regards
Roderick Smith
Rail News Victoria Editor

Bill McNiven <wmcniven@gunzel.ozemail.com.au> wrote in article 
> Macquarie Dictionary gives us (besides definitions of medieval gloves,
> "throwing down the gauntlet", "running the gauntlet" etc, a definition "a
> section of interlaced railway or tramway tracks".
> We seem to have three definitions floating through aus.rail
> * Two tracks of the same gauge which physically overlap, producing a
section
> with four rails in the "four foot" - e.g. Darling Harbour Tunnel (N.S.W)
> (after electrification in 1955), old Como Bridge (N.S.W), weighbridge
lines
> at places such as Campsie and maybe in Newcastle (N.S.W) , the tram line
> over Manly Lagoon (N.S.W).