3 ft gauge railways

Three foot gauge railways have a track gauge of 3 ft (914 mm) or 1 yard. This gauge is a narrow gauge and is generally found throughout North, Central, and South America. In Ireland, many secondary and industrial lines were built to 3 ft gauge, and it is the dominant gauge on the Isle of Man, where it is known as the Manx Standard Gauge. Modern 3 ft gauge railways are most commonly found in isolated mountainous areas, on small islands, or in large-scale amusement parks and theme parks (see table below). This gauge is also popular in model railroading (particularly in G scale), and model prototypes of these railways have been made by several model train brands around the world, such as Accucraft Trains (US), Aristo-Craft Trains (US), Bachmann Industries (Hong Kong), Delton Locomotive Works (US), LGB (Germany),^[1] and PIKO (Germany).

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Country/territory	Railway
Australia	Powelltown Tramway (defunct)
Belize	Main article: Rail transport in Belize
Brazil	Colégio Regina Coeli (operating) Nossa Senhora da Glória do Outeiro (operating)
Canada	BC Forest Discovery Centre (operating) Columbia and Western Railway (defunct) Kaslo and Slocan Railway (defunct) Kimberley's Underground Mining Railway (defunct) Klondike Mines Railway (defunct) North Western Coal and Navigation Company (defunct) Sullivan Mine (defunct) Western Development Museum Short Line (located at the Moose Jaw Western Development Museum) (operating) White Pass & Yukon Route (crosses into Alaska, United States) (Historic Civil Engineering Landmark status) (operating as a heritage railway) Whitehorse Waterfront Trolley (operating as a heritage streetcar)
Colombia	Main article: Rail transport in Colombia
Cuba	Ferrocarril Recreacional^[2] (located in Parque Lenin) (closed - park still operating)
El Salvador	Main article: Rail transport in El Salvador
France	Disneyland Railroad (Paris) (located in Disneyland Park (Paris)) (operating) Horse-Drawn Streetcars (located in Disneyland Park (Paris)) (operating)
Germany	Santa Fé Express (located in Fort Fun Abenteuerland [de]) (operating) Trams in Chemnitz (converted to 925 mm (3 ft 13⁄32 in) gauge, then converted to standard gauge) (operating)
Guatemala	Main article: Rail transport in Guatemala
Guyana	Main article: Transport in Guyana
Honduras	Main article: Rail transport in Honduras
Hong Kong	Hong Kong Disneyland Railroad (located in Hong Kong Disneyland) (operating)
Ireland	Main article: List of narrow gauge railways in Ireland
Iraq	Al Zawra’a Dream Park^[3]^[4] (operating)
Isle of Man	Douglas Bay Horse Tramway (operating) Foxdale Railway (defunct) Isle of Man Railway (operating) Manx Electric Railway (operating) Manx Northern Railway (defunct) Milntown Railway (defunct) Queen's Pier Tramway (defunct) Upper Douglas Cable Tramway (defunct)
Japan	Jolly Trolley (located in Tokyo Disneyland) (separate 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) gauge railway named Western River Railroad also present) (defunct - park and separate railway still operating) Koiwai Farm [jp] (operating) Saidaiji Railway [jp] (defunct) Seikan Tunnel Tappi Shakō Line (operating)
Kuwait	Kuwait Entertainment City (operating)
Mexico	Ferrocarriles Unidos de Yucatán (defunct) Interoceanic Railway of Mexico (defunct) National Railroad of Mexico (converted to standard gauge) (defunct) Parque Héroes Mexicanos^[5]^[6] (operating) Tren Escénico (operating)
Nauru	Main article: Rail transport in Nauru
New Caledonia	Nouméa-Païta Railway (defunct)
New Zealand	Dun Mountain Railway (defunct)
Peru	Ferrocarril Santa Ana (operating)
Philippines	Hawaiian–Philippine Company, Negros Island (operating).^[7]
Spain	Ferrocarril de Sóller (operating) Ferrocarril Tour (located in PortAventura Park) (operating) Tranvía de Sóller (operating) The Ferrocarril de Sóller and the Tranvía de Sóller are located on Majorca in the Balearic Islands. The other railways of the Majorca rail network were also 3 ft (914 mm) gauge, but with expansion and reconstruction of the network in the early 2000s, they were converted to 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge.
United Kingdom	Main article: 3 ft gauge railways in the United Kingdom
United States	Main article: 3 ft gauge railroads in the United States

References[edit]

^ 2006 LGB Catalog
^ Steamlocomotive.info - Cuba
^ Steamlocomotive.info - Al Zawra’a Dream Park
^ "Al Zawra'a Dream Park - official website (in Arabic)". Archived from the original on 2014-02-05. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
^ "Surviving Steam Locomotives in Aguascalientes". Archived from the original on 2020-07-31. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
^ "Parque Héroes Mexicanos - official website (in Spanish)". Archived from the original on 2013-09-04. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
^ Llanso, Steve. "Hawaiian-Philippine 0-6-0 Steam Locomotives in [the] Philippines". SteamLocomotive.com. Sweat House Media. Retrieved 2021-03-24.

[1] 2006 LGB Catalog

[2] Steamlocomotive.info - Cuba

[3] Steamlocomotive.info - Al Zawra’a Dream Park

[4] "Al Zawra'a Dream Park - official website (in Arabic)". Archived from the original on 2014-02-05. Retrieved 2014-01-25.

[5] "Surviving Steam Locomotives in Aguascalientes". Archived from the original on 2020-07-31. Retrieved 2014-01-28.

[6] "Parque Héroes Mexicanos - official website (in Spanish)". Archived from the original on 2013-09-04. Retrieved 2014-01-28.

[7] Llanso, Steve. "Hawaiian-Philippine 0-6-0 Steam Locomotives in [the] Philippines". SteamLocomotive.com. Sweat House Media. Retrieved 2021-03-24.

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v t e Track gauge (list)
Minimum-gauge 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)
Narrow gauge	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)
Standard gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in / 1,435 mm, Stephenson gauge
Broad 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
List of track gauge articles	List of track gauges List of tram track gauges Miniature railways Minimum-gauge railways Large amusement railways
Gauge differences	Bogie exchange Break of gauge Dual gauge Gauge conversion list Variable gauge
Transport mode	Tram and light rail Rapid transit Miniature Scale model
Categories	by country by imperial units by metric units by name lists of track gauges

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