St Ouen JNWR

Thought that was where it looked like!

That's not 30ft radius. If it were, the diameter of a circle of track would be less than the length of a BR Mk1 coach!

 

Google maps has the answer, it looks like it's about 100 to 120ft radius. Still very tight though.

Oh yes it is, the coaches are ex 4 wheeled ones with 5 compartments. They have 2 very short bogies, they are 3' between the wheel centres.

 

Lisa

 

PS I have a picture of the bogies, but cannot find it now, it will follow later.

https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Rue+de+Bechet,+Jersey&hl=en&sll=48.818067,-1.567441&sspn=1.464902,3.56781&t=h&hnear=Rue+du+Bechet,+Jersey&z=19

or

http://goo.gl/maps/sVyUN

 

Just measured it using the on-screen scale. One end has a semi-circle which measures at roughly 90ft. The other end looks a bit more generous.

 

Whatever the radius, it still looks enormously like a classic model railway oval.

I have now uploaded the picture of the coach bogie! The part of the curve photographed is the tightest part!

 

Lisa

I think that their railway has the sharpest curves of any standard gauge passenger carrying railway in the world! Unless you know any better.

 

Lisa

Some confusion with radius and diameter I think. We are talking about sub 60ft radius which by any standard is tight.

Don