Minimum gauge railway

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Minimum Gauge Railways have a gauge of less than 2 ft (610 mm) or 600 mm (1 ft 11⅝ in), most commonly 15 in (381 mm), 400 mm (15¾ in), 18 in (457 mm) or 500 mm (1 ft 7¾ in). The notion of minimum gauge railways was originally developed by Sir Arthur Heywood in the 1870s for estate railways and by the French company of Decauville for industrial railways.

[edit] List of Minimum Gauge Railways

Ashorne Hall Railway Assiniboine Valley Railway, Bicton Woodland Railway Bure Valley Railway Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway Duffield Bank Railway Eaton Hall Railway Fairbourne Railway Hesston Steam Museum Kirklees Light Railway Lappa Valley Steam Railway Llanberis Lake Railway

Meadows and Lake Kathleen Railroad Perrygrove Railway Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway Riverside and Great Northern Railway Rhyl Miniature Railway Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway Rudyard Lake Steam Railway Sand Hutton Light Railway Sandy Ridge & Clear Lake Railway Scarborough North Bay Railway Southern Fuegian Railway Royal Arsenal 18 inch Railway

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Feldbahn Heritage railway

Narrow gauge railway Miniature railway

Industrial railway Ridable miniature railway