2 ft and 600 mm gauge railways


























A BL 9.2-inch howitzer with shells lined up on the ground recently delivered from the trench railway in the foreground during World War I.


Two foot and 600 mm gauge railways are narrow gauge railways with track gauges of 2 ft (610 mm) and 600 mm (1 ft 11 58 in), respectively. Railways with similar, less common track gauges, such as 1 ft 11 34 in (603 mm) and 1 ft 11 12 in (597 mm), are grouped with 2 ft and 600 mm gauge railways.




Contents






  • 1 Overview


  • 2 Exchange of rolling stock


  • 3 Installations


  • 4 See also


  • 5 References





Overview




The Chemins de Fer du Calvados's Caen station in France.




A steam outline Schöma diesel locomotive on the Pelion railway in Greece.




The Groudle Glen Railway Sea Lion locomotive c. 1910 on the Isle of Man.




The Tateyama Sabō Erosion Control Works Service Train in Japan.





Beira Railroad Corporation Class F4 No. 38 in Mozambique.




The gasoline engine Crown Prince of the Otavi Mining and Railway Company in South West Africa (now Namibia). This railcar was able to reach a speed of 137 kilometres (85 mi) per hour.




The Efteling Steam Train Company, located in Efteling in the Netherlands, runs some locomotives that are more than a century old.





Lyd2 locomotive built by 23 August Locomotive Works (FAUR) in Romania.




A Spoornet Class 91-000 on the Avontuur Railway in South Africa.




A locomotive and turntable on the Östra Södermanlands Järnväg in Sweden.


Most of these lines are tourist lines, which are often heritage railways or industrial lines, such as the Festiniog Railway in Wales and the Cripple Creek and Victor Narrow Gauge Railroad in Colorado.


World War I trench railways produced the greatest concentration of 600 mm (1 ft 11 58 in) gauge railways to date. In preparation for World War II, the French Maginot Line and Alpine Line also used 600 mm (1 ft 11 58 in) gauge railways for supply routes to the fixed border defenses.


Australia has over 4,000 kilometres (2,500 mi) of 2 ft (610 mm) gauge sugar cane railway networks in the coastal areas of Queensland, which carry more than 30 million tonnes of sugarcane a year.


Many 2 ft (610 mm) gauge and 600 mm (1 ft 11 58 in) gauge railways are used in amusement parks and theme parks worldwide.



Exchange of rolling stock


The interchange of rolling stock between these similar track gauges occasionally occurred; for example, the South African Class NG15 2-8-2 locomotives started their career on the 600 mm (1 ft 11 58 in) gauge. The Otavi Mining and Railway Company in South-West Africa (now Namibia) were transferred to the 2 ft gauge railways in South Africa and currently some surviving locomotives reside in Wales on the 1 ft 11 12 in (597 mm) gauge Welsh Highland Railway and the 1 ft 11 34 in (603 mm) gauge Brecon Mountain Railway.



Installations





















































































































































































































































































































































































































Country/territory
Railway
Gauge

Albania



600 mm (1 ft 11 58 in)

Angola



  • Moçâmedes Railway (converted to 3 ft 6 in or 1,067 mm gauge) (operating)


  • Porto Amboim–Gabela line (defunct)



600 mm (1 ft 11 58 in)

Argentina



  • Ferrocarril Económico Correntino (defunct)

  • Paseo con Ciencia tramway[1] (operating)


  • Rainforest Ecological Train (operating)


  • Republic of the Children (operating)

  • Ushuaia Prison Railway[2] (rebuilt as the 500 mm (19 34 in) gauge Southern Fuegian Railway) (operating)

  • Various construction, mining, and agricultural railways[3] (defunct)



600 mm (1 ft 11 58 in)

Australia



2 ft (610 mm)

Austria



600 mm (1 ft 11 58 in)

Belarus

  • Narrow gauge railways in Belarus


600 mm (1 ft 11 58 in)

Belgium


  • MusicXpress (located in Walibi Belgium) (operating)


2 ft (610 mm)



  • Sourbrodt - Elsenborn Camp;[4] 3.2 km (defunct)


  • Stoomcentrum Maldegem (standard gauge lines also present) (operating)



600 mm (1 ft 11 58 in)

Brazil



  • Perus-Pirapora Railway [pt] (operating)


  • São Mateus Railway [pt] (defunct)



600 mm (1 ft 11 58 in)

Brunei



2 ft (610 mm)

Bulgaria



600 mm (1 ft 11 58 in)

Burundi


  • Port of Bujumbura railway (defunct)


600 mm (1 ft 11 58 in)

Cambodia


  • Phnom Krom railway (defunct)


600 mm (1 ft 11 58 in)

Canada



  • Assiniboine Park Railroad (located in Assiniboine Park) (operating)


  • Centreville Train (located in Centreville Amusement Park) (operating)


  • Columbia Cranberries Railway[5] (operational status unknown)


  • Erie Peat Railway;[6] 3-kilometre (1.9 mi) (defunct)


  • Fort George Railway[7] (located at the Exploration Place Museum and Science Centre) (operating)


  • Greater Vancouver Zoo Railway (located in Greater Vancouver Zoo) (operating)


  • Port Elgin and North Shore Railroad; 1.6-kilometre (0.99 mi) (operating)


  • Sooke Flowline (aqueduct) construction railway; 44-kilometre (27 mi), (defunct)


  • Wildlife Express (located in BC Wildlife Park) (operating)



2 ft (610 mm)

Cameroon


  • West African Planting Society Victoria (defunct)


600 mm (1 ft 11 58 in)

Central African Republic


  • Zinga–Mongo railway (defunct)


600 mm (1 ft 11 58 in)

Chile



  • Chillán—Recinto railway [es] (defunct)


  • Chiloe railway[8] (defunct)


  • Puente Alto-El Volcan Railway[8] (defunct)


  • FC del Cajon de Maipo[8] (defunct)


  • Putagán—Colbún railway (defunct)



600 mm (1 ft 11 58 in)

China



600 mm (1 ft 11 58 in)

Comoros


  • Société Comores Bambaoa (defunct)


600 mm (1 ft 11 58 in)

Czech Republic



  • Dráha Kateřina [de]; 15 km (operating)


  • Kolínská řepařská drážka [de]; 10.6 km (operating)


  • Mladějovská železnice [cs]; 10.5 km (operating)


  • Muzeum Průmyslových Železnic (Zbýšov, Czech Republic) ca 2.7 km (operating) (converted from standard gauge)



600 mm (1 ft 11 58 in)

Democratic Republic of the Congo



  • Mayumbe line (converted from 2 ft (610 mm) gauge) (defunct)


  • Vicicongo line (operational status unknown)



600 mm (1 ft 11 58 in)

Denmark



600 mm (1 ft 11 58 in)

Egypt


  • Sugar cane railways in Kurna (operating)


2 ft (610 mm)

Eritrea


  • Potash Transport Railway (defunct)


600 mm (1 ft 11 58 in)

Estonia

  • Peat railway in Nurme


600 mm (1 ft 11 58 in)

Falkland Islands


  • Camber Railway (defunct)


2 ft (610 mm)

Fiji



2 ft (610 mm)

Finland



600 mm (1 ft 11 58 in)

France



600 mm (1 ft 11 58 in)

Germany



600 mm (1 ft 11 58 in)

Greece



  • Pelion railway (dual gauge lines with 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 38 in) metre gauge track also present) (operating)


  • Some industrial lines (operational status unknown)


  • World War I military railways (defunct)



600 mm (1 ft 11 58 in)

Greenland


  • Qoornoq X-press (defunct)


600 mm (1 ft 11 58 in)

Guatemala


  • Transcostero (located in Xetulul) (operating)


2 ft (610 mm)

Hong Kong


  • Sha Tau Kok Railway (defunct)


2 ft (610 mm)

Hungary


  • Kemence Forest Museum Railway

  • Almamellék Forest Railway

  • several other mining and industrial railways, most of them defunct



600 mm (1 ft 11 58 in)

Iceland


  • Korpúlfsstaðir Farm Railway (defunct)


600 mm (1 ft 11 58 in)

India



  • Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (operating)


  • Matheran Hill Railway (operating)


  • Gwalior Light Railway (operating)



2 ft (610 mm)

Indonesia

  • Sugar cane railways in Java in Cepiring (defunct), Jatibarang (operating), Jatiwangi (defunct), Jatiwarna (Bekasi) (defunct), Kalijereng (East Jakarta) (defunct), Pandji (operating), Pangka (operating), Soedhono (operating), Sragi (operating), Sukamakmur (Bogor) (defunct) and Tulangan (operating)[9]


600 mm (1 ft 11 58 in)

Isle of Man



  • Groudle Glen Railway (operating)


  • South Barrule quarry, windmill-powered incline (defunct)



2 ft (610 mm)

Italy



  • Cividale-Tarcetta Railway [it] (defunct)


  • Montevecchio Sciria-San Gavino Monreale Railway [it] (defunct)


  • Porto Empedocle-Lucia [it] (defunct)



600 mm (1 ft 11 58 in)

Japan



  • Musashino-Mura Railway[10][11] (located in Musashino-Mura [jp]) (operating)


  • Narita Yume Bokujō Railway [jp][12][13] (Located in Narita Yume Bokujō [jp]) (operating)


  • Tateyama Sabō Erosion Control Works Service Train (private) (operating)



2 ft (610 mm)

Laos


  • Don Det – Don Khon narrow gauge railway (converted to 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 38 in) metre gauge) (defunct)


600 mm (1 ft 11 58 in)

Latvia



600 mm (1 ft 11 58 in)

Lithuania


  • World War I military railways (converted to 750 mm (2 ft 5 12 in) gauge – Narrow-gauge railways in Lithuania) (operational status unknown)


600 mm (1 ft 11 58 in)

Macedonia



  • Skopje - Ohrid line; 167 km (partially converted to standard gauge)

  • Gradsko - Bitola (defunct)



600 mm (1 ft 11 58 in)

Madagascar

  • Sugar cane, industrial and military railways[14] (defunct)


600 mm (1 ft 11 58 in)

Mauritius

  • A network of sugar cane railways[15] (defunct)


600 mm (1 ft 11 58 in)

Mexico



  • Atlamaxac Railroad (converted to 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) and called the Zacatlán Railroad)[16]


  • Cazadero and San Pablo Railroad (defunct)


  • Córdoba and Huatusco Railroad (defunct)


  • Hornos Railroad (defunct)



2 ft (610 mm)


  • Tacubaya Railroad (converted to standard gauge) (defunct)


600 mm (1 ft 11 58 in)

Montenegro

  • Podgorica - Plavnica railway (defunct)


600 mm (1 ft 11 58 in)

Morocco



600 mm (1 ft 11 58 in)

Mozambique


  • Beira Railroad Corporation (crosses into Zimbabwe) (converted to 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) gauge) (operating)


2 ft (610 mm)

Myanmar


  • Burma Mines Railway (operating)


2 ft (610 mm)

Namibia



  • Otavi Mining and Railway Company (converted to 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) gauge) (defunct)


  • Swakopmund–Windhoek line (converted to 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) gauge) (operating)



600 mm (1 ft 11 58 in)

Nauru


  • Rail transport in Nauru (converted to 3 ft (914 mm) gauge) (operating)


2 ft (610 mm)

Netherlands


  • Efteling Steam Train Company (located in Efteling) (operating)


600 mm (1 ft 11 58 in)

New Zealand



  • Blenheim Riverside Railway (operating)


  • Ferrymead Two Foot Railway (located in Ferrymead Heritage Park) (separate standard gauge railway named Ferrymead Tramway and separate 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) gauge railway named Ferrymead Railway also present) (operating)



2 ft (610 mm)

Norway


  • Åmdals Verk Gruver;[17] 0.6 km (operating)

  • Gruvemuseet pa Litlabo[17] (operating)


  • Høyanger funicular (operating)

  • Kristiansand Kanonmuseum[17] (operating)

  • Lommedalsbanen;[17] 0.6 km (operating)

  • Sulitjelma Besøksgruve[17] (operating)

  • Stiftelsen Konnerudverket;[17] 0.5 km (operating)



600 mm (1 ft 11 58 in)

Palestine


  • Palestine Military Railway (1,050 mm (3 ft 5 1132 in) lines also present) (defunct)


600 mm (1 ft 11 58 in)

Papua New Guinea


  • Plantation railways constructed during the German Colonial period (defunct)


600 mm (1 ft 11 58 in)

Pakistan



  • Changa Manga Forestry Railway[18] (operating)


  • Dandot Light Railway (operating)


  • Khewra Salt Mines Railway (operating)

  • Gangapur Tram (operating)



2 ft (610 mm)

Poland



600 mm (1 ft 11 58 in)

Portugal



  • Comboio da Praia do Barril [pt] (operating)


  • Minicomboio da Caparica [pt] (operating)



600 mm (1 ft 11 58 in)

Rwanda


  • Régie d’Exploitation et de Développement des Mines (operational status unknown)


600 mm (1 ft 11 58 in)

Somalia


  • Decauville line between Villabruzzi and the Somalia-Ethiopia border (defunct)


600 mm (1 ft 11 58 in)

South Africa



2 ft (610 mm)

South Korea


  • EcoLand Resort Forest Train[19] (located in EcoLand Theme Park [ko]) (operating)


2 ft (610 mm)

Spain



  • Ferrocarril Turístic de l'Alt Llobregat [ca]

  • Funicular de Capdella[20]

  • Funicular de Molinos[20] (private) (operating)[21]

  • Tren Minero de Utrillas [22]



600 mm (1 ft 11 58 in)

Sudan


  • Gezira Light Railway (operating)


2 ft (610 mm)


  • Tokar - Trinkitat Light Railway (defunct)


600 mm (1 ft 11 58 in)

Sweden



600 mm (1 ft 11 58 in)

Switzerland



  • Bärschwil gypsum railway (defunct)


  • Tramway Bellavista (defunct)

  • Puschlaver Geisterbahn[20] (operating)[23]


  • Schinznacher Baumschulbahn [de]; 3 km (operating)



600 mm (1 ft 11 58 in)

Taiwan


  • Nairobi Express (located in Leofoo Village Theme Park) (operating)


2 ft (610 mm)

Tanzania


  • Southern Province Railway (defunct)


2 ft (610 mm)

Thailand


  • Siam Park City Railway (closed)


2 ft (610 mm)

Togo


  • German colonial railway (defunct)


600 mm (1 ft 11 58 in)

Turkey



600 mm (1 ft 11 58 in)

United Kingdom



2 ft (610 mm);
1 ft 11 34 in (603 mm);
600 mm (1 ft 11 58 in);
1 ft 11 12 in (597 mm)

United States



2 ft (610 mm)

Zimbabwe

  • Shurugwi Peak Railway[24][25] (operating)


2 ft (610 mm)


See also




  • Decauville

  • Heritage railway

  • List of track gauges



References





  1. ^ The Very Special Electric Tramway in Valle Hermoso, Argentina


  2. ^ Railways of the Far South - The Ushuaia prison railway & the FCAF


  3. ^ World Wide Listing of Two foot, 1' 11 1/2", 600 mm (60cm) & 610mm Railroads (from archive.org) - Argentina


  4. ^ The Vennbahn: Belgium’s railway through Germany


  5. ^ Canadian Rail No, 439 - The Magazine of Canada's Railway History


  6. ^ "Niagara Rails - Other Lines". Archived from the original on 2014-02-21. Retrieved 2014-02-17..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  7. ^ Exploration Place Museum and Science Centre - official website


  8. ^ abc Railways of the Far South - Chiloe Island


  9. ^ World Wide Listing of Two foot, 1' 11 1/2", 600 mm (60cm) & 610mm Railroads (from archive.org) - Java


  10. ^ RailScape - Musashino-Mura


  11. ^ Musashino-Mura - official website


  12. ^ Steamlocomotive.info - Chiba


  13. ^ Narita Yume Bokujō Railway - official website


  14. ^ Industrial Heritage in Madagascar, 2012


  15. ^ Narrow Gauge Railway Relics in Mauritius, 2012


  16. ^ Preserved Narrow Gauge Steam in Mexico 2012, Part 2


  17. ^ abcdef "Directory of preserved narrow gauge railways in Norway". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2014-02-18.


  18. ^ Changa Manga Forest Railway


  19. ^ "Severn Lamb - News Archive". Archived from the original on 2011-12-02. Retrieved 2014-02-24.


  20. ^ abc "Trams of the World 2017" (PDF). Blickpunkt Straßenbahn. January 24, 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 16, 2017. Retrieved February 16, 2017.


  21. ^ Listadotren.es - Funicular de Molinos (Lleida)


  22. ^ "Tren Minero de Utrillas". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2018-07-24.


  23. ^ Funimag - "Die Puschlaver Geisterbahn" Cavaglia


  24. ^ 610 mm gauge Shurugwi Railway


  25. ^ Shurugwi Peak Railway, Zimbabwe










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