North & South

[Anonymous]

Hi guys,

Just been reading Ronnie - South Africa and Ian - Oz and had a thought about locations. I worked in the Falklands in the eighties and I have drunk beer in what, probably, is one of the most southern pubs in the world. Let's translate this to garden railways.

Who has the most Southern and Northern garden railways in the world? Once this is established would it - RENE - be worth a write up in the mag? I'm not even in the running but come on you Canadians, Australians, South Africans. Try and spread the message far and wide and attract people who do live on the extreme 'edges' of the planet, or at the very least see how far the hobby has got!
Cheers,
Kim
[tup]

[toenailridgesl]

35th parallel South, Adelaide Sth Oz

[Rene Schweitzer]

Kim, this is a neat idea. Let's see what happens! I'll mention it to Marc H. and see what he thinks. If not for the mag, it might be an article idea for gardenrailways.com.

[bman36]

Hey all,
Being in Canada is way up there but I am one of the more "southern" Canadians. Toronto is further south yet but half way across the country. An hour or two north of my home and you are already in the "sticks" as we say. When summer comes we head out in full force. After -40C in winter, we whine about +30C in summer. Go Figure eh. Be that as it may...come summer we play hard. Encouraging Garden RR'ing here should not be that hard. With summer we run...with winter, build. Simple I think. Regardless of climate I feel a railway is possible almost anywhere. It's a matter of what you are willing to tolerate. Go Large Scale! Later eh...Brian.

[Anonymous]

Brian, to here you talk about your winter makes me think you needed to include radiant heat via pipes running under your roadbed running to a boiler and pump to kept the line open. It's either that or you build a snowshed to cover the entire layout[:D]

[bman36]

Matt,
Come Winter it's "What Layout???" I'll be sure to send some "Snow pics" along your way when it happens. If I have my way it's soon enough on Dec. 23rd. and melt Jan. 1st. !!! There's a reason it's called "The Great White North" Later eh...Brian.

[Anonymous]

Kim,
If you go out on a Sunday to look for a paper where I live,you really do live on the edge of the planet.
I'll tell you what.Ill go for the most south eastern layout in Tenterden.I should win that one!
Troy
P.S.Did our other British bloke get kidnapped by space aliens.[alien]

[Anonymous]

Dang !! The OZ guys are more south than me. Toenailridgesl is 35 degrees, I'm 34. So I lose out in that competition. However I will probably win the competition for being the only South African posting in the GR forum. [tup]

[Anonymous]

There is a guy called Tony who chimes in and out of this forum from time to time and he will be hard to beat in for southing, New Zealand. I have no hope at 25 deg south but Phil will lose out to all the ones in Melbourne and Victoria in general. I am going to visit one at a place called Castlemain in Victoria and i think that is further south than Adelaide.

Hpwever if you want to this what about the one closest to the equator at 25 deg south my Kawana island layout would be hard to beat.

Regrds


ian

[Kiwi Down Under]

Yep, New Zealand is further South than Australia, but I live in Wellington, NZ which is in the North Island. I know there some GR in Christchurch and Dunedin, which is closer to the Antatartic ( South pole) than me.
Tony.

[Anonymous]

Tony What latitude are you on I would guess at about 45 deg South.

I have been to Wellington several times. One time when I was there i rang in to a radio station and critiscised that big war canoe on Portr Nicholson.

A/ I thought it was pretty slow and a Singapore Lion boat would would easily beat it.( I had just come from Singapore)
B/ Its paddlers seemed inept and not in proper rythm.
C/ It was dusk so why wasn't showing any navigation lights

Rgs

Ian

[Anonymous]

Hi guys,
I e-mailed a mail order supplier in Scotland about this and he was going to put it on his web site. He supplies a guy up in the Orkneys but it doesn't look like anyone from his circle has got back to us.
So, looks like it's Tony in NZ for the South, Brian in Canada for the North and Troy for the edge of the planet. (No idea Troy, he came, he saw, he went..............!!)
Well Rene, what do you think?
Cheers,
Kim
[tup]

[Kiwi Down Under]

Ian, you asked "Tony What latitude are you on I would guess at about 45 deg South"

Wellington is at 41.17 *S, 174.17 *east.... just a tad down from the equater and just a bit far for a day trip to the ice pole.
Our weather does not vary greatly from the summer ( when we get one) to winter. Odd dusting of snow, bit of rain, slight breeze now and again (120kph not that rare) and summer gets up to 30*C.
No snakes, no crocs, and we can wear bare feet.....
Are you refering to the dragon boat races, our natives are so tough that you can go waterskiing behind the waka ( canoe).
Or are you refering to that work of "art" over the road thats a bit of this and bit of that. Looks like someone put the driftwood together, but some call it art...It cost over 1M$..
I think my train looks better, but I wonder if I called it art whether I would get the same, somehow doubt it........

[Tom The Brat]

For northernmost, the guy in Copper Creek Alaska would be a likely candidate.

[Anonymous]

Hi Torby,
You're right about Alaska, but I've not heard of him before now. If I've missed him on the forum apologies all round. But, as they say, you got to be in it to win it!
Cheers,
Kim
[tup]

[Anonymous]

Hi guys

I see the North and South debate continues. OK, I admit that I have lost out to the Aussies for being the furthest south but I wi***o claim the booby prize -- I reckon I'm the furthest south in Africa unless a Cape Town modeller responds. Any takers??
[:D][:D][:D][:D]

[Anonymous]

Hi Ronnie,
You deserve a prize for being, probably, the only guy in Africa doing large scale RR.
Cheers,
kim
[tup]

[Anonymous]

Kim

I have been searching (like the last dinosaur for a mate) and I have personally met 2 others. I don't think there are more than 10 in total and they hide very well.

[Anonymous]

Gentlemen

You may have been beaten by the us Aussies, but we in turn have been beaten by the Kiwis and this is starting to sound a bit like the tri nations Rugby.

I am still clinging to my position of being closest to the equator at 25 deg south. I have heard of a layout in Hawaii but the guy involved has moved. I think Honolulu (my 4th favourite city) is about 20 degrees north ? If so if I have lost out I will move further north if I have too.

I would that our Pommie friends are closest to 0 degrees of longitude ( Ihave forgotten what it is called) and Tony is closest to the international date line although again if our Hawaiian friend emerges, he may have that one as well; as I think it does a dog leg around Hawaii.


Regards


Ian

[Anonymous]

Hi Ronnie,
As luck has it I bet the 2 you have met are a thousand miles away!!
Hi Ian,
Would that be the Greenwich meridian?? I'm not sure but it sounds ok.

Well ladies and gentlemen, shall we draw a line under this one and nominate, for this forum that:
South - Tony 'Gscalechuffchuff' in New Zealand
North - Brian 'Bman36' in Canada

Sorry there's no prize guys but hopefully Rene will give you a mention and, fingers crossed, you get your railroads in the mag!!

Cheers,
Kim
[tup]

Almost forgot the mention in dispatches for Ian 'Iandor' closest to the equator and Troy 'troybetts' for being on the edge of the world - on a Sunday anyway!

AND LET'S NOT FORGET RONNIE for being the only springbok (spelling??) on the forum!!! There you go mate, a mention in dispatches!!

[Anonymous]

Hey !!

Nominate me for being the only South African on this forum [:D][:D][:D][:D][:D]

Please please please

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the mention Kim

Yes "bok" is the Afrikaans spelling of "buck". The word "Springbok" literally means jumping (or prancing) buck due to the habit of this little buck of bouncing up into the air for a couple of feet as it runs. Maybe that's why our rugby players run like that too [:P][:P]