Minimum Gauge Railways are narrow gaugerailways that run on extremely narrow gauged rail tracks, below 2 ft (610 mm). The most common minimum gauges are 15 inch (381 mm), 18 inch (457 mm), 40 cm (15.75") and 50 cm (19 11/16"). 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. Narrow-gauge railways are railroads (railways) with track spaced at less than the standard gauge of 4 ft 8 in (1. ... track Rail tracks are used on railways (or railroads), which, together with railroad switches (or points), guide trains without the need for steering. ... Look up sir in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Locomotive Taliesin on the revived Ffestiniog Railway The history of British narrow gauge railways is long and complex. ...
The *Bure Valley Railway is a Heritage railway in Norfolk, within The Broads National Park. ... Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway is a 15 (0. ... The Eaton Hall Railway was an early 15 inch gauge steam railway built in 1896 at Eaton Hall in Cheshire. ... Kirklees light railway is a Narrow gauge railway in Kirklees, consisting of 8 miles (13 km) of 15 inch (381 mm) gauge line running along an old branch line which used to connect Clayton West and Skelmanthorpe with the main Sheffield-Huddersfield line. ... Normanby Hall is a classical British mansion, located 5 miles (8 km) north of Scunthorpe in Lincolnshire. ... The Perrygrove Railway is a Minimum Gauge Railway running on 15 inch gauge track. ... The terminus of the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway at Dalegarth Station near Boot. ... The Rhyl Miniature Railway is a 15 inch gauge line located in North Wales ... The Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway is a 15 inch (380 mm) gauge heritage railway in Kent, England. ... The Sanday Light Railway is a privately-owned narrow gauge railway operating on the island of Sanday, Orkney, Scotland. ...
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