Narrow-gauge railway lines in Estonia. Narrow lines on the map represent the narrow gauge. Some lines (Tallinn–Pärnu–Mõisaküla and Lelle–Viljandi) were later replaced by the wide gauge.A surviving narrow-gauge railway on Naissaar islandNarrow-gauge steam engine Kc4-100 in Tallinn
All Estonian narrow-gauge railways were built at the gauge of 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in).[1] Four museum lines and some industrial peat railways survive.
Riisselja–Orajõe, 44 km, opened 1923. In 1928 extended to Ikla, on the border to Latvia (5 km). In 1942 1 km long extension across the border to Ainazi, terminus of the 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in) gauge Valmiera supply railway.
The Lavassaare railway museum houses a large collection of steam, diesel and electric locomotives with a 2 km long 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in) gauge railway. [2]
There is a museum with a 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in) gauge, 500 m long line in Avinurme which houses one locomotive and a collection of wagons.
An underground museum with a short electric line is located in Kiviõli in the Northeast-Estonian industrial area.
A former military railway line with a 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in) gauge is located on Naissaar island in the northern Estonia.