A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge narrower than 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge. Most narrow-gauge...
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thousand British narrow-gauge railways ranging from large, historically significant common carriers to small, short-lived industrial railways. Many notable...
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Asia has many narrow-gauge railways. The railways of Japan (except for high-speed lines), Indonesia (except for high-speed line) and the Philippines are...
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deposit insurance Narrow-gauge railway, a railway that has a track gauge narrower than the 4 ft 8½ in of standard gauge railways Narrow vs wide format,...
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Europe inherited a diversity of rail gauges. Extensive narrow-gauge railway networks exist in Spain, Central Europe and Southeastern Europe. Some two dozen...
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The Narrow Gauge Railway Museum (Welsh: Amgueddfa Rheilffyrdd Bach Cul) is a purpose-built museum dedicated to narrow-gauge railways situated at the Tywyn...
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the track gauge. Since many different track gauges exist worldwide, gauge differences often present a barrier to wider operation on railway networks....
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The Harz Narrow Gauge Railways (German: Harzer Schmalspurbahnen or HSB) is a railway company that operates a 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge network...
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railways, the gauges are overlapping. There are also some extreme narrow gauge railways listed. See: Distinction between a ridable miniature railway and a minimum...
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The Rügen narrow-gauge railway (German: Rügensche Bäderbahn, formerly Rügensche Kleinbahn or RüKB) – nicknamed Rasender Roland ("Raging Roland") – is a...
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