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Narrow Gauge Street Runningby ~ZCochrane

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Unlike all other narrow- and normal gauge tracks in Chur (Switzerland), the Arosa line to, well, Arosa, starts on the place in front of the station and then continues on roads through the town itself. While this looks rather streetcar-like, it really is more what the americans call street running. The normal mainline (narrow gauge mainline, of course) vehicles run very, very slowly through the city, probably because they lack streetcar quality brakes. However, traffic lights block all other road traffic while a train is passing, which happens twice per hour (not counting additional freight trains). Normal traffic is allowed to follow the crawling trains once they have passed, however.

Here, you can see one important detail: Unlike any streetcar ever would, the line actually crosses into the opposite lane to make the corner. While the Arosa line has some amazingly tight bents, none of them reach streetcar levels. Ge 4/4^II 616 is pulling a passenger train, this time without any freight cars, towards Arosa.

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~Comboio-Bolt Dec 14, 2012

The only railways I like from Switzerland. The RhB. Nice catch!

=pearwood Dec 5, 2012 Hobbyist Photographer

I saw the white line before I saw the tracks in the pavement. It was rather a surreal effect with the great red steel worm snaking its way down the roadway. Nifty photo.
Steve

~Ferrabra Feb 7, 2011

How lovely!

~ZCochrane Feb 8, 2011 Student Photographer

Thanks for the

~Ferrabra Feb 9, 2011

No problem!
Narrow-gauge trains - my eternal love ...

~SwissTrain May 2, 2010

haha tolles bild, ich bin immer wieder erstaunt wie viele meterspuren über die strasse gehen

=EricForFriends Nov 25, 2009 Professional Photographer

An impressive sight.

I remember seeing someone being surprised here with tram/streetcar rails just like that in the street - which is very normal in Amsterdam, Rotterdam and The Hague - but a train running over the street, that's something else.

In The Hague we have Light Rail, which uses both the railway network and the street, but it's the opposite from street running with them - they look like trams running on train tracks.

~ZCochrane Nov 28, 2009 Student Photographer

It looks extremely odd, and it's a lot of fun to see it. If you do go to Switzerland and find yourself in Chur, I'd absolutely recommend to try it.

We have light rail like that in Germany as well, in various forms, and it always looks a little off to see those trams on the mainline. No comparison to this at least.

Thank you for the

on this and the sparrows!

~devianb Oct 5, 2009

That must be quite a sight to see, especially being narrow gauge in the streets. Most places in the states eliminated or rerouted lines away from streets.

~ZCochrane Oct 6, 2009 Student Photographer

Yes, it's very interesting to see, especially as most trains there are passenger trains with one or two freight wagons at the end.

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