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    (762 mm) narrow gauge or 600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in) narrow gauge. As of 2003, 600+ km narrow-gauge railways, 50000+ km standard gauge railways, and 9.4 km...
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    narrow-gauge railways ranging from large, historically significant common carriers to small, short-lived industrial railways. Many notable events in British...
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  • Asia has many narrow-gauge railways. The railways of Japan (except for high-speed lines), Indonesia (except for high-speed line) and the Philippines are...
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    Railways with a railway track gauge of 5 ft (1,524 mm) first appeared in the United Kingdom and the United States. This gauge became commonly known as...
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    main modern link between Yunnan and China's ports on the Tonkin Gulf Narrow gauge railways in China Yunnan–Burma Railway, an abortive project abandoned during...
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    of railway lines in China Narrow-gauge railways in China Urban rail transit in China Transport in China Rail transport in Taiwan Rail transport in Hong...
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    railways and mine railways across the world are often narrow gauge. Sugar cane and banana plantations are mostly served by narrow gauges. Very narrow...
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    Metre-gauge railways (US: meter-gauge railways) are narrow-gauge railways with track gauge of 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) or 1 metre. Metre gauge is used in around...
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    Railways with a track gauge of 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) were first constructed as horse-drawn wagonways. The first intercity passenger railway to use 3 ft...
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    railways, the gauges are overlapping. There are also some extreme narrow gauge railways listed. See: Distinction between a ridable miniature railway and a minimum...
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    and 600 mm gauge railways are narrow gauge railways with track gauges of 2 ft (610 mm) and 600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in), respectively. Railways with similar...
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  • Thumbnail for British quarrying and mining narrow-gauge railways
    Some industrial narrow-gauge railways in the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man were primarily built to serve quarrying, mining, and similar industries...
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    2 ft 6 in (762 mm) gauge railways are narrow gauge railways with track gauge of 2 ft 6 in (762 mm). This type of rail was promoted especially in the colonies...
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    With railways, a break of gauge occurs where a line of one track gauge (the distance between the rails, or between the wheels of trains designed to run...
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    length and third by volume of freight hauled, after the railways of the United States and China. In overall density of operations (freight ton-kilometers...
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    runs parallel to the narrow-gauge Uganda Railway that was completed in 1901 under British colonial rule. The East African Railway Master Plan provides...
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    conventional (iberian gauge) railways in Spain. In Portugal, there are three railway loading gauge standards for conventional (iberian gauge) railways: Gabarito PT...
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  • Thumbnail for Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad
    The Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, often abbreviated as the D&SNG, is a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow-gauge heritage railroad that operates on 45...
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  • Various track gauges are used in Hong Kong on different railways and railway lines. In Hong Kong, the ex-KCR East Rail line, the Tuen Ma line (combination...
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  • persistent discussions for a railway in the first half of the 20th century, but none of them proceeded. A 900 mm narrow-gauge railway was used for the construction...
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    A standard-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge of 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in). The standard gauge is also called Stephenson gauge (after George...
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    (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in) standard Russian gauge, at present the fully electrified mainline of the Georgian Railway is 1,323.9 km (total: 1,576 km) in length, consisting...
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    standard gauge railways (particularly in mountainous or difficult terrain). Narrow gauge railways in Britain used various gauges. 2 ft 3 in (686 mm) was...
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    network in Europe with 3,966 km (2,464 mi) and the second longest in the world, after China's. Most railways are operated by Renfe; metre and narrow-gauge lines...
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    "Yunnan narrow gauge railways". Noz. Archived from the original on 30 May 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2013. 2015.11.7 上海铁路博物馆 _新浪博客 Yunnan Railway Museum Archived...
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    narrow gauge railways British quarrying and mining narrow gauge railways Decauville Forest railway Light railway Mine railway Minimum gauge railway Other...
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  • (1872). Railways or no railways: narrow gauge v broad gauge. Royal Exchange, London: Effingham Wilson. Tratman, E.E. Russell (1908). Railway track and...
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    Thomas's branch line. The railways of Sodor include standard and narrow gauge railways, a rack railway and a 15-inch gauge railway. The first several stories...
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  • preserving railway heritage and as a tourist attraction. Apart from that, numerous railway museums and heritage railways (mostly narrow gauge) own steam...
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  • Thumbnail for Central Australia Railway
    Central Australia Railway, which was built between 1878 and 1929 and dismantled in 1980, was a 1241 km (771 mi) 1067 mm narrow gauge railway between Port Augusta...
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