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Imperial gauge[citation needed] imperial is similar to Bosnian gauge. This gauge was pioneered by Everard Calthrop to reduce costs.
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| Country/region | Notes |
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| Australia | Victorian narrow gauge lines including Puffing Billy tourist railway east of Melbourne. |
| Brazil | Estrada de Ferro Oeste de Minas in Minas Gerais state, now operating only a small section between São João del Rey and Tiradentes). |
| Chile | Ferrocarril de Antofagasta a Bolivia (now 1 ) |
| China | Chinese industrial gauge: a similar track gauge of 762 is still used in China. Datong–Puzhou Railway - before Second Sino-Japanese War; Yuzhou–DanchengRailway - current; Southern Jiangxi Forest Railway (赣南森铁) - current; Weihe Forest Railway in Weihe, Shangzhi, a branch of Harbin–Suifenhe Railway, demolished in 2003
Industrial railways: Shougang Corporation's; Bagou–Shixi Railway in Sichuan (芭石铁路) |
| Estonia | Industrial railway in Tamsalu lime factory; during World War I re-gauged to 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in) and used as a part of Paide-Tamsalu railway; now dismantled. |
| Haiti | One of two track gauges known to be used in Haiti |
| India | Kalka-Shimla Railway, Kangra Valley Railway |
| Japan | Abō Forest Train (industrial railway),[1] Kintetsu Utsube Line, Kintetsu Hachiōji Line, Kurobe Gorge Railway, Kurobe Senyō Railway (industrial railway), Sangi Railway Hokusei Line |
| North Korea | Changjin Line Sinhŭng Line Paengmu Line Kanggye Line Paektusan Rimch'ŏl Line Samjiyŏn Line |
| Sierra Leone | Sierra Leone Government Railway |
| Sri Lanka | The Kelani Valley Railway line (now converted to broad gauge) and the Udu-Pussellawa Railway-UPR and Sabaragamuwa Railway closed during 1940's and 1970's respectively. |
| St Kitts and Nevis | The St Kitts Scenic Railway was originally built between 1912 and 1926 to haul sugar cane from farms to the sugar factory at the capital, Basseterre. The last load of sugar cane was delivered to the now-defunct factory in 2005, but since 2003, the railway has offered a circle tour of the island aboard specially designed open-air, double-decker coaches, primarily for tourists.[2] |
| Taiwan | Alishan Forest Railway |
| United States | Omaha Zoo Railroad, Washington Park and Zoo Railway (Portland, Oregon), various logging railways in California,[3] The defunct Los Angeles Railway |
| United Kingdom | Alford and Sutton Tramway, Leek and Manifold Valley Light Railway, Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway, Almond Valley Light Railway, Sittingbourne & Kemsley Light Railway, Great Whipsnade Railway |
References
- ^ "安房森林軌道". ja.wikipedia (in Japanese). 2007-10-10. Retrieved 2007-11-29.
- ^ St. Kitts Scenic Railway, official site, accessed 15 December 2012.
- ^ Elg, Lennart (2003-04-01). "30" Gauge Logging". Retrieved 2007-11-29.