The former Victorian Railways, the state railway authority in Victoria, Australia, built a number of experimental 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) narrow-gauge lines...

Melbourne, Australia. The railway was one of the five narrow gauge lines of the Victorian Railways which opened around the beginning of the 20th century. It...

needed] British narrow-gauge railways ranging from large, historically significant common carriers to small, short-lived industrial railways. Many notable...

triplication Narrow gauge lines of the Victorian Railways Railway accidents in Victoria Railways in Melbourne Regional Rail Link Victorian broad gauge Bradshaw's...

over their operations. Most of the lines operated by the Victorian Railways were of 5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm). However, the railways also operated up to five...

since the 19th century. As of 2022[update], there are 11,914 kilometres (7,403 mi) of narrow-gauge railways, 18,007 kilometres (11,189 mi) of standard...

The T class are a class of diesel locomotives built by Clyde Engineering, Granville for the Victorian Railways between 1955 and 1968. In July 1954, the...

number of narrow-gauge railways. In some states they formed the core statewide network, but in the others they were either a few government branch lines, or...

Unlike the broad-gauge, the Victorian Railways' 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) narrow-gauge network never had four-wheeled trucks (aside from a handful of trollies)...

Standard Gauge" (3 ft [914 mm] narrow gauge) and together they comprise about 65 miles (105 km) of Victorian railways and tramways. The Isle of Man Railway Museum...

The S class are a class of diesel locomotives built by Clyde Engineering, Granville for the Victorian Railways between 1957 and 1961. The S class was...

The B class are a class of diesel locomotives built by Clyde Engineering, Granville for the Victorian Railways in 1952–1953. Ordered and operated by the...

from the main line to Port Fairy at Colac to Beech Forest and later to Crowes. It was the third of four narrow gauge lines of the Victorian Railways, opening...

The C Class are a class of diesel locomotive built by Clyde Engineering, Rosewater for the Victorian Railways in 1977–1978. The C class were purchased...

The Victorian Railways L class was a class of electric locomotives built by English Electric and operated by the Victorian Railways and later V/Line from...

outlines the history and types of passenger rolling stock and guards vans on the narrow-gauge lines of the Victorian Railways in Australia. The types were...

locomotives featured long, narrow fireboxes between the frames that made gauge conversion impractical, the N class light lines and X class heavy goods locomotives...

The Talyllyn Railway (Welsh: Rheilffordd Talyllyn) is a narrow-gauge railway in Wales running for 7+1⁄4 miles (12 km) from Tywyn on the Mid-Wales coast...

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...

Somerton for V/Line between 1985 and 1987. By the start of the 1980s, Victorian Railways passenger numbers had fallen to around 3 million per year, due to...

The Victorian Railways (VR) of Australia and successors have utilised a number of different types of railway carriages and wagons for the supply of head...

subsequent Victorian lines were built to broad gauge (1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in), gauge). In 1856, the government-owned South Australian Railways opened its...

whether the conversion is from a wider gauge to a narrower gauge or vice versa, on how the rail vehicles can be modified to accommodate a track gauge conversion...

destination of Walhalla. Construction began in 1904. The line closed in sections from 1944 to 1954. The last of the four narrow gauge lines of the Victorian Railways...

township. The 5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm) broad gauge line was built to Victorian Railways "light lines" standard with 60 lb/yd (30 kg/m) rail. The ruling gradient...

majority of railway lines were government built and operated, but there were also several private railways, some of which operate to this day. During the 20th...

At the end of the war, the South African Railways stored them before returning them to service in 1921. When a system of grouping narrow gauge locomotives...

and 1976. In preparation for the opening of the standard gauge line between Melbourne and Albury, the Victorian Railways had purchased a further eight...

403 mi) of narrow gauge (1067 mm / 3 ft 6 in) lines. Additionally, about 1,400 kilometres (870 mi) of 610 mm / 2 ft gauge lines support the sugar-cane...

East railway at Wangaratta to the terminus of Whitfield. the Whitfield railway line was the first of four narrow gauge lines of the Victorian Railways. Unlike...