Here's a wonderful treat from ebay.
Venice, April 1917
There are so many interesting things in this photograph (not the least of which are the signs....Live Sea Horses!)
One thing that caught my eye were the r.r. tracks that end abruptly where the little kid is waiting.
I know that Venice had a miniature train, but these tracks look huge.
detail
Were these old tracks already obsolete in 1917?
(note also the placard sign that is placed over the tracks....perhaps another clue that it's obsolete?)
For comparison, here's a look that the miniature train and it's much smaller track.
w_&_p
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The pic below doesn't show the track size but I thought I'd post it anyway because the date is amazingly early....1905!
http://waterandpower.org/museum/Earl...ent_Parks.html