2 ft gauge railways in Australia
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
^ a b c d e f g h i j k "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.
^ "Australian Sugar Cane Railway - official website" . Archived from the original on 9 March 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2014 .
^ a b c d e f g h i j 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
2 ft 3 in (686 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
1,945 mm (6 ft 4+ 9 ⁄16 in ), De Arend
7 ft 1 ⁄4 in (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 ), Krasnoyarsk ship lift
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