Minimum gauge railway

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Minimum Gauge Railways have a gauge of less than 2 ft (610 mm), most commonly 15 in (381 mm), 400 mm (15³⁄₄ in), 18 in (457 mm) or 500 mm (1 ft 7³⁄₄ in). The notion of minimum gauge railways was originally developed by Sir Arthur Heywood in the 1870s for estate railways and by the French company of Decauville for industrial railways.

[edit] List of Minimum Gauge Railways

• Ashorne Hall Railway
• Bicton Woodland Railway
• Bure Valley Railway
• Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway
• Duffield Bank Railway
• Eaton Hall Railway
• Hesston Steam Museum website
• Kirklees Light Railway
• Meadows and Lake Kathleen Railroad
• Old Wakarusa Railroad, Indiana, USA website
• Perrygrove Railway
• Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway
• Riverside and Great Northern Railway
• Rhyl Miniature Railway
• Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway
• Rudyard Lake Steam Railway
• Sand Hutton Light Railway
• Sanday Light Railway
• Sandy Ridge & Clear Lake Railway
• Scarborough North Bay Railway
• Royal Arsenal 18 inch Railway

[edit] See also

• Feldbahn
• Heritage railway
• Narrow gauge railway
• Miniature railway
• Industrial railway