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Two locomotives of the Whiskey River Railway, an attraction at Little Amerricka in Marshall, Wisconsin

Minimum-gauge railways are railways with track gauges smaller than those of narrow-gauge railways, primarily designed for light, industrial, or tourist transportation. The most common gauges for minimum-gauge railways include:

These railways have been developed for applications such as estate transport, mining, agriculture, and amusement parks, offering an economical and adaptable solution for restricted environments.[1][2]

History

The term was originally conceived by Sir Arthur Percival Heywood, who used it in 1874 to describe the principle behind his Duffield Bank Railway, specifically its Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". gauge, distinguishing it from a narrow-gauge railway. Having previously built a small railway of Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". gauge, he settled on Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". as the minimum that he felt was practical.[1]

In general, minimum-gauge railways maximize their loading gauge, where the dimension of the equipment is made as large as possible with respect to the track gauge while still providing enough stability to keep it from tipping over. Standard-gauge railways have vehicles that are approximately twice, and in some cases nearly three times, the track gauge in width, but with minimum-gauge railways this can be as much as four times the width of the track as in some of the sugar cane railways of Australia. Minimum-gauge railways allowed for ease of mobility on battlefields, mines, and other restricted environments.

A number of Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". gauge railways were built in Britain to serve ammunition depots and other military facilities, particularly during the First World War.

In South Australia the Semaphore to Fort Glanville Conservation Park includes a steam engine service that runs on an Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". track.

In France, Decauville produced a range of portable track railways running on Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". and Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". tracks, most commonly in restricted environments such as underground mine railways, parks and farms.[2]

During World War II, it was proposed to expedite the Yunnan–Burma Railway using Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". gauge, since such a small gauge can have the tightest of curves in difficult terrain.[3]

Distinction between ridable miniature and minimum-gauge railway

Script error: No such module "Unsubst". The major distinction between a miniature railway (US: 'riding railroad' or 'grand scale railroad') and a minimum-gauge railway is that miniature lines use models of full-sized prototypes. There are miniature railways that run on gauges as wide as Template:RailGauge, for example the Wicksteed Park Railway. There are also rideable miniature railways running on extremely narrow tracks as small as Template:RailGauge gauge, for example the Rudyard Lake Steam Railway. Around the world there are also several rideable miniature railways open to the public using even narrower gauges, such as Template:RailGauge and Template:RailGauge.

Generally minimum-gauge railways have a working function as estate railways, or industrial railways, or providers of public transport links; although most have a distinct function in relation to tourism, and depend upon tourism for the revenue to support their working function.


Railways

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Name Gauge Country Location Notes
Decauville Template:RailGauge Template:Flagicon France Discontinued by Decauville
Rufisque tramway Template:RailGauge Template:Flagicon France
See Fifteen-inch gauge railway Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Prater Liliputbahn Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Flagicon Austria Prater Park, Vienna, Austria
The Valley Railway Adventure (Formerly the Evesham Vale Light Railway)) Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Flagicon UK Evesham Country Park, Worcestershire
Whistlestop Valley (Formerly Kirklees Light Railway) Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Flagicon UK Kirklees, West Yorkshire
Bure Valley Railway Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Flagicon UK Aylsham to Wroxham, Norfolk
Candy Cane Express Template:RailGauge Template:Flagicon Canada Santa's Village Family Entertainment Park, Bracebridge, Ontario Replica diesel locomotive with passenger cars, working as amusement park ride
Alamogordo/Alameda Park Narrow Gauge Railway Template:RailGauge Template:Flagicon US The Toy Train Depot, Alamogordo, New Mexico
Balboa Park Miniature Railroad Template:RailGauge Template:Flagicon US Balboa Park (San Diego), San Diego, California [4][5]
Cedar Rock Railroad Template:RailGauge Template:Flagicon US Leander, Texas [6]
Chippewa Valley Railroad Template:RailGauge Template:Flagicon US Carson Park (Eau Claire, Wisconsin), Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Lakeland Amusement Park Template:RailGauge Template:Flagicon US Lakeland, Tennessee Defunct
Little Florida Railroad Template:RailGauge Template:Flagicon US Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Gardens, Sanford, Florida Closed[7]
Michigan AuSable Valley Railroad Template:RailGauge Template:Flagicon US Fairview, Michigan Defunct as of November, 2017[8]
Old Smokey Train Template:RailGauge Template:Flagicon US Knoebels Amusement Resort, Elysburg, Pennsylvania [9]
Pinconning and Blind River Railroad Template:RailGauge Template:Flagicon US Fairview, Michigan (1953–1973) [10]
Pioneer Train Template:RailGauge Template:Flagicon US Knoebels Amusement Resort, Elysburg, Pennsylvania [11]
Salt Mine Express Template:RailGauge Template:Flagicon US Strataca Salt Mine Adventure, Hutchinson, Kansas, 650 feet underground [12]
Schnepf Farms Template:RailGauge Template:Flagicon US Schnepf Frams, Queen Creek. Arizona [13]
Smokey Joe Railroad Template:RailGauge Template:Flagicon US Eastern Shore Threshermen & Collectors Association, Federalsburg, Maryland [14]
Travel Town Railroad Template:RailGauge Template:Flagicon US Travel Town Museum, Los Angeles, California
Whiskey River Railway Template:RailGauge Template:Flagicon US Little Amerricka, Marshall, Wisconsin
Island Park Railway Template:RailGauge Template:Flagicon Canada Woodstock, New Brunswick [15]
National Railway Museum Template:RailGauge Template:Flagicon Australia Port Adelaide, South Australia [16]
Semaphore & Fort Glanville Tourist Railway Template:RailGauge Template:Flagicon Australia Semaphore, South Australia Operated by the National Railway Museum, Port Adelaide
Aotea Railway Template:RailGauge Template:Flagicon New Zealand Aotea Lagoon, Porirua
Bicton Woodland Railway Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Flagicon UK United Kingdom
Heath Park Tramway Template:Cvt
Template:RailGauge 		Template:Flagicon UK Cardiff [17]
Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway 15 in (381 mm) Template:Flagicon UK Kent, United kingdom
Royal Arsenal Railway Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Flagicon UK
Sand Hutton Light Railway Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Flagicon UK
Steeple Grange Light Railway Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Flagicon UK
Sundown Adventure Land Template:RailGauge Template:Flagicon UK Retford, Nottinghamshire Template:Fact
Terrific Train Template:RailGauge Template:Flagicon UK New Metroland, Gateshead, Tyne & Wear
Billy Jones Wildcat Railroad Template:RailGauge Template:Flagicon US Oak Meadows Park and Vasona Park, Los Gatos, California [18]
Collegeville and Southern Railway Template:RailGauge Template:Flagicon US [19]
Fidalgo City and Anacortes Railway Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Flagicon US
Meadows and Lake Kathleen Railroad[20][21][22] Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Flagicon US [23]
Venice Miniature Railway Template:RailGauge Template:Flagicon US Venice Beach, California 1943–1968[24]
Griffith Park & Southern Railroad Template:RailGauge Template:Flagicon US Griffith Park, Los Angeles, California
Swanton Pacific Railroad Template:RailGauge Template:Flagicon US Swanton Pacific Ranch, Swanton, California
Southern Fuegian Railway Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Flagicon Argentina
Geriatriezentrum am Wienerwald Feldbahn Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Flagicon Austria
Chemin de Fer Touristique du Tarn Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Flagicon France
Jardin d'Acclimatation railway Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Flagicon France
Petit train d'Artouste Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Flagicon France
Ledesma Mill Railway Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Flagicon Argentina Province of Jujuy Partially 20 in[25]
Stanley Park Miniature Railway Template:RailGauge Template:Flagicon Canada Stanley Park, Vancouver, British Columbia
North Bay Railway Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Flagicon UK Scarborough, North Yorkshire
Shipley Glen Tramway Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Flagicon UK
Woburn Safari Park Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Flagicon UK
Coronado Railroad Template:RailGauge Template:Flagicon US Chase Creek
Huff Puff and Whistle Railroad Template:RailGauge Template:Flagicon US Story Land, Glen, New Hampshire
Krasnoyarsk Child Railway Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Flagicon Russia Central Park, Krasnoyarsk[26][27]
Pleasure Beach Express Template:RailGauge Template:Flagicon UK Blackpool, Lancashire
Little Puffer Miniature Steam Train Template:RailGauge Template:Flagicon US San Francisco Zoo, San Francisco, California [28]
Orient Express Template:RailGauge Template:Flagicon US Lakeside Amusement Park, Denver, Colorado [29][30]

Large amusement railways

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Name Gauge Country Location Notes
Park Railway Maltanka Template:RailGauge Template:Flagicon Poland Poznań Śródka Roundabout - New Zoo, Script error: No such module "convert"., 4 stops
Narrow Gauge Railway Museum in Wenecja Template:RailGauge Template:Flagicon Poland Wenecja Wenecja - Biskupin, ~Script error: No such module "convert"., 5 stops
Assiniboine Park R.R. Template:RailGauge Template:Flagicon Canada Winnipeg, Manitoba [31]
Centreville Train Template:RailGauge Template:Flagicon Canada Centreville Amusement Park, Toronto, Canada One replica steam locomotive with tender, five passenger cars
Greater Vancouver Zoo Railway Template:RailGauge Template:Flagicon Canada Greater Vancouver Zoo, Aldergrove, British Columbia Has two stations, stops only at one station
Riverview Park Railway Template:RailGauge Template:Flagicon Canada Riverview Park & Zoo, Peterborough, Ontario [32]
Wildlife Express Template:RailGauge Template:Flagicon Canada BC Wildlife Park, Kamloops, British Columbia
Park RailwayTemplate:Broken anchor Template:RailGauge Template:Flagicon UK Alton Towers Park Defunct[33] 1953–1996
Wicksteed Park Railway Template:RailGauge Template:Flagicon UK Wicksteed Park, Kettering, Northamptonshire
Bayou Le Zoo Choo Choo Template:RailGauge Template:Flagicon US Alexandria Zoological Park, Alexandria, Louisiana [34]
Casey Jr. Circus Train Template:RailGauge Template:Flagicon US Disneyland, Anaheim, California
Century Flyer Template:RailGauge Template:Flagicon US Conway Human Development Center, Conway, Arkansas
C.P. Huntington No. 3 Template:RailGauge Template:Flagicon US Pullen Park, Raleigh, North Carolina [35]
Emerson Zooline Railroad Template:RailGauge Template:Flagicon US Saint Louis Zoo, St. Louis, Missouri
Forest Park Miniature Railroad Template:RailGauge Template:Flagicon US Fort Worth, Texas [36]
Gatorland Express Template:RailGauge Template:Flagicon US Gatorland, Orlando, Florida
Grand Sierra Railroad Template:RailGauge Template:Flagicon US Knott's Berry Farm, Buena Park, California
Hermann Park Railroad Template:RailGauge Template:Flagicon US Hermann Park, Houston, Texas Script error: No such module "convert". of track, three stops
Kennedy Express Template:RailGauge Template:Flagicon US Kennedy Park (Hayward, California), Hayward, California
Oregon Pacific Railroad Template:RailGauge Template:Flagicon US Oaks Amusement Park, Portland, Oregon [37]
San Antonio Zoo Eagle Template:RailGauge Template:Flagicon US Brackenridge Park, San Antonio, Texas [38]
Tauber Family Railroad Template:RailGauge Template:Flagicon US Detroit Zoo, Royal Oak, Michigan Donated by The Detroit News about 1931 and also supported by Chrysler Motors, zoo patrons and fares[39]
Turtle Back Junction Template:RailGauge Template:Flagicon US Turtle Back Zoo, West Orange, New Jersey Two C.P. Huntington Trains[40]
Van Saun Park Railroad Template:RailGauge Template:Flagicon US Paramus, New Jersey Three Allan Herschell S-24 Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". narrow-gauge Iron Horse trains
Zoo Train Template:RailGauge Template:Flagicon US Santa Barbara Zoo, Santa Barbara, California
Zoofari Express Template:RailGauge Template:Flagicon US Museum of Life and Science, Durham, North Carolina
BuJu Line Template:RailGauge Template:Flagicon US Burke Junction, Cameron Park, California [41]
Fort Wilderness Railroad Template:RailGauge Template:Flagicon US Walt Disney World, Bay Lake, Florida Defunct
Mine Train Through Nature's Wonderland Template:RailGauge Template:Flagicon US Disneyland, Anaheim, California Defunct
Omaha Zoo Railroad Template:RailGauge Template:Flagicon US Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium, Omaha, Nebraska
Viewliner Train of Tomorrow Template:RailGauge Template:Flagicon US Disneyland, Anaheim, California Defunct
Washington Park & Zoo Railway Template:RailGauge Template:Flagicon US Washington Park (Portland, Oregon), Portland, Oregon
Disneyland Railroad (Paris) Template:RailGauge Template:Flagicon France Disneyland Park (Paris), Paris
Disneyland Railroad Template:RailGauge Template:Flagicon US Disneyland, Anaheim, California The two original locomotives are 5:8-scale models of a full-size standard gauge locomotive.[42][43]

See also

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References

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