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Track gauge
By transport mode
By size (
list )
Minimum
Minimum
Fifteen inch
381 mm
(15 in)
Narrow
(1 ft 11+ 5 ⁄8 in) (2 ft) (2 ft 3 in)
(2 ft 5+ 1 ⁄2 in) (2 ft 5+ 15 ⁄16 in) (2 ft 6 in)
891 mm 900 mm 914 mm 950 mm
(2 ft 11+ 3 ⁄32 in) (2 ft 11+ 7 ⁄16 in) (3 ft) (3 ft1+ 13 ⁄32 in)
Metre
1,000 mm
(3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in)
Three foot six inch
1,067 mm
(3 ft 6 in)
Four foot
1,219 mm
(4 ft)
Four foot six inch
1,372 mm
(4 ft 6 in)
1432 mm
1,432 mm
(4 ft 8+ 3 ⁄8 in)
Standard 1,435 mm
(4 ft 8+ 1 ⁄2 in)
Broad
(4 ft 8+ 7 ⁄8 in) (4 ft 9+ 3 ⁄32 in)
Leipzig gauge
1,458 mm
(4 ft 9+ 13 ⁄32 in)
Toronto gauge
1,495 mm
(4 ft 10+ 7 ⁄8 in)
(4 ft 11+ 27 ⁄32 in) (5 ft)
1,581 mm 1,588 mm 1,600 mm
(5 ft 2+ 1 ⁄4 in) (5 ft 2+ 1 ⁄2 in) (5 ft 3 in)
Baltimore gauge
1,638 mm
(5 ft 4+ 1 ⁄2 in)
(5 ft 5+ 21 ⁄32 in) (5 ft 6 in)
Six foot
1,829 mm
(6 ft)
Brunel
2,140 mm
(7 ft 1 ⁄4
Change of gauge
By location
An example of a typical
sugar cane railway in
Queensland .
A list of
2 ft 610 mm )
narrow-gauge railways in
Australia .
Installations See also References
^
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"Steam in Australia, 2013" .
Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2014 .
^ McCarthy, Ken (1982).
"Tramways of the Illawarra" (PDF) . Trolley Wire . Vol. 23, no. 4. pp. 3, 4, 5.
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"Australian Sugar Cane Railway - official website" .
Archived from the original on 9 March 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2014 . ^
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World Wide Listing of Two foot, 1' 11 1/2", 600 mm (60cm) & 610mm Railroads (from archive.org) - Australia
^
"JM Johnston's Sawmill (former) Steam Plant (entry 602776)" .
Queensland Heritage Register . Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 1 August 2014 .
^
"Woodford Railway - official website" .
Archived from the original on 5 March 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2014 .
^
"Cobdogla Irrigation Museum" .
Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2014 .
^
"LYELL" .
Zeehan and Dundas Herald (Hobart, Tas. : 1890 - 1922) . Hobart, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 22 November 1918. p. 4. Retrieved 28 June 2012 .
^ Mainwaring, Ross; Light Railway Research Society of Australia, (issuing body.) (2020), Beneath the peak of Lyell : the Mount Lyell mines and their 2 ft gauge tramways , Light Railway Research Society of Australia,
ISBN
978-0-909340-55-1
^ Mainwaring, Ross; Light Railway Research Society of Australia, (issuing body.) (2020), Beneath the peak of Lyell : the Mount Lyell mines and their 2 ft gauge tramways , Light Railway Research Society of Australia,
ISBN
978-0-909340-55-1
^ Australian Railway Atlas No.1 - Tasmania . Exeter, UK: The Quail Map Company. June 2004. pp. Map 12 & page 26.
ISBN
1-898319-69-3
^
"Alexandra Timber Tramway - Day's Tractor ex Cheetham Salt" .
Archived from the original on 1 March 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2014 .
^
"Alexandra Timber Tramway - Historical background" .
Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2014 .
^
"Roebourne and Cossack tramway" . 15 August 2012.
Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2014 .
External links
Minimum-gauge Minimum-gauge railways
Narrow gauge
2 foot and 600 mm
750 mm 2 ft 5+ 1 ⁄2 in )
760 mm 2 ft 5+ 15 ⁄16 in )
2 ft 6 in 762 mm )
800 mm 2 ft 7+ 1 ⁄2 in )
891 mm (2 ft 11+ 3 ⁄32 in )
Swedish three foot
900 mm 2 ft 11+ 7 ⁄16 in )
3 ft 914 mm )
950 mm 3 ft 1+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Italian metre gauge
1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in )
metre gauge
1,050 mm 3 ft 5+ 11 ⁄32 in ),
1,055 mm 3 ft 5+ 1 ⁄2 in ),
3 ft 6 in 1,067 mm )
1,093 mm 3 ft 7 in ),
1,100 mm 3 ft 7+ 5 ⁄16 in ),
1,200 mm 3 ft 11+ 1 ⁄4 in )
4 ft 1,219 mm )
4 ft 1 in (1,245 mm ),
Middleton Railway
4 ft 6 in 1,372 mm ), Scotch gauge
4 ft 6+ 1 ⁄2 in 1,384 mm ), Scotch gauge
4 ft 7+ 3 ⁄4 in 1,416 mm )
4 ft 8 in 1,422 mm ), almost standard gauge
4 ft 8+ 1 ⁄4 in 1,429 mm )
1,432 mm 4 ft 8+ 3 ⁄8 in )
Standard gauge
Broad gauge
1,440 mm 4 ft 8+ 11 ⁄16 in )
1,445 mm (4 ft 8+ 7 ⁄8 in )
1,450 mm 4 ft 9+ 3 ⁄32 in )
4 ft 9+ 3 ⁄8 in 1,457 mm )
1,458 mm 4 ft 9+ 13 ⁄32 in )
4 ft 10+ 7 ⁄8 in 1,495 mm ), Toronto gauge
5 ft / 1,524 mm and 1,520 mm 4 ft 11+ 27 ⁄32 in ), Russian gauge.
5 ft 2+ 1 ⁄4 in 1,581 mm and
5 ft 2+ 1 ⁄2 in 1,588 mm , Pennsylvania gauge
5 ft 3 in 1,600 mm ), Irish gauge
5 ft 4+ 1 ⁄2 in 1,638 mm ), Baltimore gauge
1,668 mm 5 ft 5+ 21 ⁄32 in ), Iberian gauge
5 ft 6 in 1,676 mm ), Indian gauge
7 ft 1 ⁄4 2,140 mm ), Brunel gauge
3,000 mm 9 ft 10+ 1 ⁄8 in ), Breitspurbahn
8,200 mm (26 ft 10+ 27 ⁄32 in ),
Lärchwandschrägaufzug 9,000 mm (29 ft 6+ 5 ⁄16 in ),
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