Re: Is this WWII era spur narrow gauge?

Height and angle of the photograph would have to be approximately similar to compare, that's true. But I don't see what we would have to know about the lens for doing this comparison.

On the other hand, although that photograph does not correspond to those images of standard gauge railways, it does correspond to this image of a meter gauge trolley system in Frankfurt:



Meter-gauge tramway systems were predominant in pre-war and inter-war Poland:



And unlike those photographs of standard gauge rails, the rails in that photograph perfectly correspond to the rails in question:



Earlier it was stated that the ratio of the railhead width to the gauge seems too off to be a narrow gauge railroad. Well, it seems to perfectly correspond to this meter gauge trolley system. For that matter, there are accounts of a trolley system in the camp which would add circumstantial evidence for that conclusion.

These images seem to correspond far better to the conclusion that this was an industrial-gauge tramway for haulage of material from the quarry, rather than a standard-gauge railroad.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/20/2021 09:08PM by Loco-Motive.