Fifteen-inch gauge railway
Railway track gauge (381 mm)
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Fifteen-inch gauge railways were pioneered by Sir Arthur Percival Heywood who was interested in what he termed a minimum gauge railway for use as estate railways or to be easy to lay on, for instance, a battlefield.[1] In 1874, he described the principle behind it as used for his Duffield Bank Railway, distinguishing it from a "narrow-gauge" railway. Having previously built a small railway of 9 in (229 mm) gauge, he settled on 15 in (381 mm) gauge as the minimum that he felt was practical.
Railways
Name | Country | Location | Notes |
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Bush Mill Railway | ![]() | Port Arthur | Closed |
Donauparkbahn [de] | ![]() | Vienna | [2] |
Prater Liliputbahn | ![]() | Vienna | |
Bear Creek Park Train | ![]() | Surrey, British Columbia | [3] |
Pindal Electric Tramway | ![]() | London, Ontario | Formerly in Montreal |
Springbank Express | ![]() | London, Ontario | [4][5] |
Chemin de fer Touristique d'Anse | ![]() | Anse, Rhône | |
Dresden Park Railway | ![]() | Dresden | |
Killesberg Park Railway | ![]() | Stuttgart | |
Leipziger Parkeisenbahn | ![]() | Leipzig | |
Difflin Lake Railway | ![]() | ||
Cygnus wood-land Railway | ![]() | Osaka | [6] |
Sakuradani Light Railway | ![]() | Toyono District of Osaka Prefecture | |
Shuzenji Romney Railway | ![]() | Niji-no-Sato (Rainbow Park) in Izu, Shizuoka | |
Driving Creek Railway | ![]() | ||
Whangaparaoa Narrow Gauge Railway | ![]() | Closed[7][8] | |
Adventure Railway[broken anchor] | ![]() | Alton Towers | (defunct, 1982–1992 - park still operating) |
Bellevue Park Railway | ![]() | Belfast, Northern Ireland | Closed 1950 |
Blackpool Zoo miniature railway | ![]() | Lancashire | |
Blakesley Miniature Railway | ![]() | Blakesley Hall, Northamptonshire | Opened 1903, closed c.1944.[9] |
Blenheim Park Railway | ![]() | Oxfordshire | |
Brocklands Adventure Park | ![]() | Cornwall | Closed 2007 |
Bure Valley Railway | ![]() | Norfolk | Standard gauge line closed 1982. 15-inch gauge line opened 1990. |
Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway | ![]() | Lincolnshire | |
Conwy Valley Railway Museum | ![]() | Betws-y-Coed, North Wales | (short tramway) |
Craigtoun Miniature Railway | ![]() | Craigtoun Park, St. Andrews | |
Duffield Bank Railway | ![]() | Closed 1916 | |
Eaton Hall Railway | ![]() | Closed 1946 | |
Evesham Vale Light Railway | ![]() | Evesham Country Park, Twyford, Worcestershire | [10] |
Fairbourne Railway | ![]() | Wales | (now converted to 12+1⁄4 in or 311 mm gauge) |
Far Tottering and Oyster Creek Branch Railway | ![]() | Battersea Park, London | Closed 1975 |
Gulliver's Land | ![]() | Milton Keynes | |
Gulliver's World | ![]() | Warrington, Cheshire | |
Haigh Hall Miniature Railway | ![]() | Greater Manchester | |
Heatherslaw Light Railway | ![]() | Northumberland | |
International Garden Festival Railway | ![]() | 1984 | |
Whistlestop Valley (Formerly Kirklees Light Railway) | ![]() | Clayton West, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire | [11] |
Knowsley Safari Park (The Lakeside Railway) | ![]() | Prescot, Merseyside | |
Lakeside Miniature Railway | ![]() | Southport, Merseyside | |
Lappa Valley Steam Railway | ![]() | Cornwall | |
Lightwater Express Rio Grande | ![]() | Ripon, North Yorkshire | Theme Park |
Longleat Railway | ![]() | ||
Markeaton Park Light Railway | ![]() | Derby | Closed September 2016[12] |
Marwell Zoo | ![]() | Colden Common, Hampshire | |
Oakwood Theme Park | ![]() | Narberth, Pembrokeshire | |
Paradise Park | ![]() | Hayle, Cornwall | |
Paultons Park | ![]() | Ower, Romsey, Hampshire | |
Perrygrove Railway | ![]() | ||
Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway | ![]() | Cumbria | |
Rhiw Valley Light Railway | ![]() | Manafon, Powys, Wales | Closed 2022 |
Rhyl Miniature Railway | ![]() | Clwyd, Wales | |
Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway | ![]() | Kent | |
Saltburn Miniature Railway | ![]() | Cat Nab, Cleveland | |
Sand Hutton Miniature Railway | ![]() | Yorkshire | Closed 1922 |
Sherwood Forest Railway | ![]() | Nottinghamshire | |
Waveney Valley Railway | ![]() | Bressingham Steam and Gardens Norfolk | |
West Midlands Safari Park | ![]() | Worcestershire | Closed 2014 |
Windmill Farm Railway | ![]() | Burscough, Lancashire | |
Wildlife Park Cricket St Thomas | ![]() | Chard, Somerset | |
Wotton Light Railway | ![]() | Wotton Underwood, Buckinghamshire | |
American Heritage Railroad | ![]() | Illinois | [13] |
Amusement Rides | ![]() | City Park, Iowa City | [14][15] |
B.A.D. Great Northern Railroad | ![]() | California | [citation needed] |
Eden Springs Park Railroad) | ![]() | Benton Harbor, Michigan | [16] |
Gage Park Railroad | ![]() | Gage Park, Topeka, Kansas | |
Glenwood, South Park & Pacific Railroad | ![]() | California | [17] |
Hillcrest & Wahtoke Steam Railroad | ![]() | Reedley, California | [18] |
Joshua Tree & Southern GSD | ![]() | California | [19] |
Kansas City Northern Miniature Railroad | ![]() | Kansas City, Missouri | [20] |
Laurel Run Railroad | ![]() | Pennsylvania | [21] |
Little Toot Railroad | ![]() | Rough and Tumble Engineers Historical Association, Pennsylvania | |
Look Park | ![]() | Northampton, Massachusetts | |
Miniature Railway at Silver Lake, Ohio | ![]() | Silver Lake, Ohio | Defunct |
Miniature Train at Monarch Park | ![]() | Oil City, Pennsylvania | Defunct |
Nickel Plate Railroad | ![]() | California | |
Northwest Ohio Railroad Preservation | ![]() | Ohio | [citation needed] |
Orland, Newville and Pacific Railroad | ![]() | California | (operating) |
Paradise & Pacific Railroad | ![]() | McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park, Scottsdale, Arizona | [22] (separate 7+1⁄2 in or 190.5 mm railway named Scottsdale Live Steamers also present) (operating) |
Phoenix & Holly Railroad | ![]() | Oregon | [23] |
Pint-Sized Pufferbelly | ![]() | Strasburg Rail Road, Strasburg Township, Pennsylvania | [24] (operating) |
Redwood Valley Railway | ![]() | Tilden Regional Park, California | [25] (operating) |
Riverside and Great Northern Railway | ![]() | Wisconsin | |
Riverview & Twin Lakes Railroad | ![]() | Wyoming | |
Safari Train | ![]() | Milwaukee County Zoo, Milwaukee, Wisconsin | (operating) |
Sonoma TrainTown Railroad | ![]() | California | [26] (operating) |
Sullivan Railroad | ![]() | Horseheads, New York | [27] |
Tiny Town Railroad | ![]() | Colorado | |
Waterman & Western Railroad | ![]() | Illinois | [28] |
See also
References
- ^ Heywood, A.P. (1974) [1881, Derby: Bemrose]. Minimum Gauge Railways. Turntable Enterprises. ISBN 0-902844-26-1.
- ^ Donaupark
- ^ Bear Creek Park
- ^ "CEC: Closed Canadian Parks - Springbank Park". Cec.chebucto.org. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
- ^ Going again
- ^ "シグナス森林鉄道". Nose Electric Railway. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
- ^ Tripadvisor
- ^ End of the line
- ^ "The Blakesley Miniature Railway". The SMJ Society. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- ^ "Home". Evlr.co.uk. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
- ^ "Home". Kirklesslightrailway.com. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
- ^ "Sadness as last remnants of Markeaton Park Railway to be demolished". Derbytelegraph. Derbyshire Live. 2018-11-02. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
- ^ "American Heritage Railroad". Americanfarmheritagemuseum.org. Archived from the original on 12 August 2013. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
- ^ "City Park". City of Iowa City. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
- ^ "City Park (Iowa City)" (PDF). Uni.edu. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
- ^ "Eden Springs Park Benton Harbor Michigan Formerly The House of David". Edenspringspark.org. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
- ^ "Glenwood, South Park & Pacific Railroad". Traill.us. Archived from the original on 21 May 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
- ^ "Hillcrest". Hillcrestreedley.com. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
- ^ "Joshua Tree & Southern GSD". Home.easrthlink.net. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
- ^ "Kansas City Northern Miniature Railroad". kcparks.org/places/kansas-city-northern-railroad.
- ^ "Reading Society of Model Engineers". Rsme.org. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
- ^ Sayre, Dave. "McCormick - Stillman Railroad Park". Arizonaandpacificrr.com. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
- ^ "Flower Farmer and Phoenix & Holly Railroad - Welcome to the Flower Farmer and Phoenix & Holly Railroad". Flowerfamrer.com. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
- ^ "Pint-Sized Pufferbelly". Archived from the original on 2019-03-27. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
- ^ "Redwood Valley Railway". Redwoodvalleyrailway.com. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
- ^ "TrainTown Website". Traintown.com. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
- ^ "Sullivan Railroad in Horseheads NY - Trains Magazine - Trains News Wire, Railroad News, Railroad Industry News, Web Cams, and Forms".
- ^ "waterman & western railroad - Home". Petestrain.com. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
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Minimum-gauge railways
- 15 in (381 mm)
- 400 mm (15+3⁄4 in)
- 16 in (406 mm)
- 18 in (457 mm)
- 19 in (483 mm)
- 500 mm (19+3⁄4 in)
- 20 in (508 mm)
- 21 in (533 mm)
- 1 ft 10 in (559 mm)
- 2 foot and 600 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)
- 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in / 1,435 mm, Stephenson 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
- 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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