Minimum gauge railway

Minimum Gauge Railways have a gauge of less than 2 ft (610 mm), most commonly 15 in (381 mm), 400 mm (15³⁄₄ in), 18 in (457 mm) or 500 mm (1 ft 7³⁄₄ 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.

List of Minimum Gauge Railways

• Ashorne Hall Railway
• Bicton Woodland Railway
• Bure Valley Railway
• Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway
• Duffield Bank Railway
• Eaton Hall Railway
• Hesston Steam Museum website
• Kirklees Light Railway
• Meadows and Lake Kathleen Railroad
• Old Wakarusa Railroad, Indiana, USA website
• 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
• Sanday Light Railway
• Sandy Ridge & Clear Lake Railway
• Scarborough North Bay Railway
• Royal Arsenal 18 inch Railway

See also

• Feldbahn
• Heritage railway
• Narrow gauge railway
• Miniature railway
• Industrial railway