Fifteen-inch gauge railway

Track gauge
By transport mode
Tram · Rapid transit
Miniature · Scale model
By size (list)
Minimum
  Fifteen inch 381 mm (15 in)
Narrow
  600 mm,
Two foot		 597 mm
600 mm
603 mm
610 mm		 (1 ft  11 1⁄2 in)
(1 ft  11 5⁄8 in)
(1 ft  11 3⁄4 in)
(2 ft)
  750 mm,
Bosnian,
Two foot six inch,
800 mm		 750 mm
760 mm
762 mm
800 mm		 (2 ft  5 1⁄2 in)
(2 ft  5 15⁄16 in)
(2 ft 6 in)
(2 ft  7 1⁄2 in)
  Swedish three foot,
900 mm,
Three foot		 891 mm
900 mm
914 mm		 (2 ft 11 3⁄32 in)
(2 ft  11 7⁄16)
(3 ft)
  Metre 1,000 mm (3 ft  3 3⁄8 in)
  Three foot six inch 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
  Four foot six inch 1,372 mm (4 ft 6 in)
  Standard 1,435 mm (4 ft  8 1⁄2 in)
Broad
  1520 mm,
Five foot		 1,520 mm
1,524 mm		 (4 ft  11 27⁄32 in)
(5 ft)
  Five foot three inch 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)
  Iberian 1,668 mm (5 ft  5 21⁄32 in)
  Five foot six inch 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
  Six foot 1,829 mm (6 ft)
  Brunel 2,140 mm (7 ft  1⁄4 in)
Change of gauge
Break-of-gauge · Dual gauge ·
Conversion (list) · Bogie exchange · Variable gauge
By location
North America · South America · Europe · Australia

Fifteen-inch gauge railways were pioneered by Sir Arthur Percival Heywood who was interested in what he termed a minimum gauge railway for use as estate railways or to be easy to lay on, for instance, a battlefield.[1] In 1874, he described the principle behind it as used for his Duffield Bank Railway, distinguishing it from a "Narrow Gauge" railway. Having previously built a small railway of 9 in (229 mm) gauge, he settled on 15 in (381 mm) gauge as the minimum that he felt was practical.

Installations

Country/territory Railway
Australia
Austria
France
  • Chemin de Fer d'Anse
Germany
Japan
New Zealand
United Kingdom

England

Northern Ireland

Scotland

Wales

United States

Arizona

  • Paradise & Pacific Railroad (located in McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park) (separate 7 1⁄2 in or 190.5 mm railway named Scottsdale Live Steamers also present) (operating)

California

Colorado

Massachusetts

Michigan

  • Eden Springs Park (operating)

Pennsylvania

Texas

  • Forest Park Miniature Railroad (operating)
  • San Antonio Zoo Eagle (operating)

Wisconsin

See also

References

  1. ↑ Heywood, A.P. (1974) [1881, Derby: Bemrose]. Minimum Gauge Railways. Turntable Enterprises. ISBN 0-902844-26-1.
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