List of 2 ft 3 in gauge railways

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An illustration of Template:RailGauge track, in comparison with some other gauges used in Great Britain

Template:Sidebar track gauge In railway terminology, track gauge indicates the distance between the inside edges of the running rails. Standard gauge is defined as Template:RailGauge, and narrow gauge as any gauge less than that distance.

In Britain, standard gauge is used for all main line routes and the majority of urban light rail. Narrow gauge railways were constructed mainly where there was a need for tighter curves, smaller structure gauges, and lighter rails, as they could be less costly to build, equip and operate than standard gauge railways (particularly in mountainous or difficult terrain).[1]

Narrow gauge railways in Britain used various gauges. Template:RailGauge was relatively uncommon; in his book Railway Adventure, L. T. C. Rolt states that apart from the Talyllyn, the only public railways to use the gauge were the Corris and Campbeltown and Machrihanish railways.[2]Template:Refn However there were several private railways, including mine and quarry railways, which used the gauge.

List of 2 ft 3 in gauge railways

This list, whilst incomplete, details all railways that are believed to have used Template:RailGauge gauge at some point during their existence.

United Kingdom

Name Opened Closed Length Location Notes
Campbeltown and Machrihanish Light Railway[3][4] 1877 1932[5] Template:HsScript error: No such module "convert". Mull of Kintyre, Scotland Remote line serving coal mines and passengers on the Kintyre peninsula.
Caphouse Colliery[6] 1988 present Template:Hsc. Template:TrimScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". National Coal Mining Museum, Wakefield Demonstration funicular railway.
Corris Railway (original) 1859 1948 Template:HsScript error: No such module "convert". [5] Machynlleth, Wales Built to carry slate from the Corris district. Closed after flooding of the Afon Dyfi.
Corris Railway (preserved) 2002 present Template:Hsc. Template:TrimScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Corris, Wales Runs from Corris to Maespoeth Junction with new build steam locomotives based on two of the original locomotives.
Galltymoelfre Tramway[7] 1865 c. Template:TrimScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1946 c. Template:TrimScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Hsc. Template:TrimScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Abergynolwyn, Wales A horse-drawn tramway that connected Bryn Eglwys quarry to the Talyllyn Railway via an incline at each end.
Glasgow Royal Infirmary Railway[8] 1910 c. Template:TrimScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1920 c. Template:TrimScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Hsc. Template:TrimScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Glasgow, Scotland Railway underground in the basement of the Glasgow Royal Infirmary. Operated by a battery-electric locomotive, and carried laundry. Closed following an accident in 1920, but sections of rail are still visible in the basement.
Glyn Valley Tramway Under construction present unknown Chirk Part of the former Template:RailGauge tramway is being rebuilt as a 2' 3" gauge line at Chirk in North Wales.[9]
Hendra China Stone Quarry[10] 1860s Template:Hsafter 1967 Unknown Nanpean, England Internal quarry tramway system with cable hauled inclines.
Huncoat Colliery Unknown 1968?[11] Unknown Huncoat, England National Coal Board mine railway. One diesel was sold to the Talyllyn Railway, and runs as No. 9 Alf.[12][13]
Lord quarry 1820s c. Template:TrimScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Unknown Unknown Blaenau Ffestiniog There is evidence that Lord quarry (later part of the Votty & Bowydd quarry complex) and other North Wales slate quarries used 2 ft 3 in gauge tramways in the 1820s.[14]
Plynlimon and Hafan Tramway[5] 1897 1899 Template:HsScript error: No such module "convert".[5] Talybont, Wales Short-lived line serving the lead mines around Hafan.
Ratgoed Tramway[15] 1864 1952 Template:HsScript error: No such module "convert". Aberllefenni, Wales A horse-drawn tramway connected to the Corris Railway.
Quarry Close China Stone Works[10] 1863 1973 Unknown Nanpean, England A network of lines connecting several quarries to the GWR branch line from Drinnick Mill.
Talyllyn Railway[5] 1865 present Template:HsScript error: No such module "convert". Tywyn, Wales Built to carry slate from Bryn Eglwys quarry to the coast.
Upper Corris Tramway[16] 1859 1927 Template:HsScript error: No such module "convert". Corris, Wales A horse-drawn tramway connected to the Corris Railway.
York Gasworks Company[17] 1915 1959 Template:Hsc. Template:TrimScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". York, England Electrified railway, operated by a locomotive built by Dick, Kerr & Co.

United States

Name Opened Closed Length Location Notes
Jazwieck’s Golfette and Trainland[18] 1955 1994 unknown Everett, Washington Attraction at a mall, built using ex-mining equipment.

Similar gauges

A number of Template:RailGauge gauge railways existed in Latvia, the Netherlands and Romania and several there were Cuban sugar cane railways.[19]

Other British railways of similar, but not identical, gauge were:

See also

Notes

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