750 mm gauge railways

Railway track gauge

Track gauge

By transport mode

* Rapid transit
* Tram
* Miniature
* Scale model

By size (list)

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| Minimum
| Fifteen inch | 381 mm | (1 ft 3 in)

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| Narrow
| 600 mm | 600 mm | (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in)
Two foot | 610 mm | (2 ft)
Two foot three inch | 686 mm | (2 ft 3 in)
| 750 mm | 750 mm | (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Bosnian gauge | 760 mm | (2 ft 5+15⁄16 in)
Two foot six inch | 762 mm | (2 ft 6 in)
| Swedish three foot | 891 mm | (2 ft 11+3⁄32 in)
900 mm | 900 mm | (2 ft 11+7⁄16 in)
Three foot | 914 mm | (3 ft)
Italian metre | 950 mm | (3 ft 1+13⁄32 in)
| Metre | 1,000 mm | (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
| Three foot six inch | 1,067 mm | (3 ft 6 in)
| Four foot | 1,219 mm | (4 ft)
| Four foot six inch | 1,372 mm | (4 ft 6 in)
| 1432 mm | 1,432 mm | (4 ft 8+3⁄8 in)

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| Standard | 1,435 mm | (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)

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| Broad
| Italian broad gauge | 1,445 mm | (4 ft 8+7⁄8 in)
Dresden gauge | 1,450 mm | (4 ft 9+3⁄32 in)
| Leipzig gauge | 1,458 mm | (4 ft 9+13⁄32 in)
| Toronto gauge | 1,495 mm | (4 ft 10+7⁄8 in)
| 1520 mm | 1,520 mm | (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in)
Five foot | 1,524 mm | (5 ft)
| Pennsylvania gauge | 1,581 mm | (5 ft 2+1⁄4 in)
Pennsylvania gauge | 1,588 mm | (5 ft 2+1⁄2 in)
Five foot three inch | 1,600 mm | (5 ft 3 in)
| Baltimore gauge | 1,638 mm | (5 ft 4+1⁄2 in)
| Iberian gauge | 1,668 mm | (5 ft 5+21⁄32 in)
Five foot six inch | 1,676 mm | (5 ft 6 in)
| Six foot | 1,829 mm | (6 ft)
| Brunel | 2,140 mm | (7 ft 1⁄4 in)
| Breitspurbahn | 3,000 mm | (9 ft 101⁄8 in)
Change of gauge

* Bogie exchange
* Break of gauge
* Dual gauge
* Conversion
* list
* Variable gauge

By location

* North America
* South America
* Europe
* Australia

Locomotive 99 1746 of the Weisseritz Valley Railway in Germany TU8 diesel locomotive in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia

750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in) narrow-gauge railways are very similar to 760 mm (2 ft 5+15⁄16 in) and 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) gauge. 750 mm gauge rolling stock is almost compatible with 760 and 762 mm railways.

## Railways

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Country/territory  | Railway

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Algeria |

* Societe Anonyme des Mines du Zaccar[1]

Argentina |

* Central Chubut Railway
* Ferrocarril General Manuel Belgrano; stretch of 48 mi (77.2 km)[2] now probably 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in), like the rest of the network
* La Trochita; 174 mi (280.0 km)
* Ramal Ferro Industrial Río Turbio [es]

Austria |

* International Rhine Regulation Railway

Armenia |

* Yerevan Children's railway

Azerbaijan |

* Baku Children's railway

Belarus |

* Children's Railroad (Minsk); Rudensk peat railway, field railway from Dukštas, (Lithuania) to Druja

Bolivia |

* FC Vinto - Cochabamba - Arani; 42 mi (68 km)[3] 1914-1948

Chile |

* Ferrocarril Yungay–Barrancas [es]

Czech Republic |

* Frýdlant–Heřmanice Railway

Egypt |

* Egyptian Delta Light Railways, Fayoum Light Railway

Ecuador[2] |

* FC El Oro, Southern line
* FC de Bahia a Chone

Estonia |

Main article: Narrow-gauge railways in Estonia

Finland |

* Formerly numerous privately owned railways, Jokioinen Railway

France |

* CF Economiques Forestiers des Landes

Georgia |

* A children's railway in Mushthaid Park in Tbilisi[4]

Greece |

* Diakofto–Kalavryta Railway between Diakopto and Kalavryta in Peloponnese

Germany |

* Döllnitzbahn GmbH
* Lößnitzgrundbahn
* Narrow-gauge railways in Saxony
* Weißeritztalbahn
* Zittauer Schmalspurbahn

Indonesia |

* Used by some sugar mills in Java, such as Banjaratma, Madukismo, Ceper Baru, Colomadu, Tasikmadu, Pakis Baru, and Trangkil. Only Tasikmadu dan Madukismo are still operating.
* Used in the construction of Atjeh Tram.

Kazakhstan |

Main article: Narrow-gauge railways in Kazakhstan

Latvia |

Main article: Narrow-gauge railways in Latvia

Lithuania |

Main article: Narrow-gauge railways in Lithuania

Morocco |

* Industrial and mine railways in former Spanish Morocco (all defunct)

Netherlands |

* Various tram systems (all defunct)

Norway |

* Nesttun–Os Line; 1894–1935
* Sulitjelma Line; 1892–1915, converted to 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in), dismantled 1972
* Urskog–Høland Line; heritage

Poland |

Main article: Narrow-gauge railways in Poland

Puerto Rico |

* Tranvía de la Capital a Río Piedras 1880-1900 (defunct)

Russia |

Main article: Narrow-gauge railways in Russia

Spain |

* FC de Flassa a Palamos, Gerona y Banolas
* FC de Onda al Grao de Castellon y Villareal-Puerto de Burriana
* FC de San Feliu de Guixois a Gerona
* FC Granada a Sierra Nevada
* FC Valdepenas a Puertollano

Switzerland |

* International Rhine Regulation Railway
* Marzilibahn funicular
* Waldenburgerbahn, 1880–2021; converted to metre-gauge 2021–22

Turkey |

* Ilıca–Palamutluk railway
* Samsun–Çarşamba Railway Line

Ukraine |

Main article: Narrow-gauge railways in Ukraine

Uzbekistan |

* A railway in National Park of Uzbekistan in Tashkent

## Gallery

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* Examples and details of 750 mm gauge railways
* Measuring by the tape measure

* A rail

* 750 mm gauge railways of Zaplyusye's peat company

* Map of 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in) gauge tramways in the Achterhoek of Gelderland

* Standard gauge freight cars on Rollbock, 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in) gauge

* Rollbock track 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in) gauge

* Narrow gauge flat wagons, 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in) & Note single buffer, and two chains each with a hook

## See also

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* Trains portal

* List of secondary, industrial and Decauville railways in Argentina
* List of track gauges

## References

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1. ^ Standard steam locomotives
2. ^ a b Jane's World Railways. 1969–1970.
3. ^ "Bolivia: Ley de 6 de enero de 1910".
4. ^ Children's Railways of the former USSR – Past and Present

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Track gauge (list)

Minimum gauge|

* 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
* 2 ft 3 in (686 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
* 1,945 mm (6 ft 4+9⁄16 in), De Arend
* 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|

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* lists of track gauges

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