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3 ft gauge railways

Railway track gauge (914 mm)


Railway track gauge (914 mm)

Three foot gauge railways have a track gauge of 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 gauge, and it is the dominant gauge on the Isle of Man, where it is known as the Manx Standard Gauge. Modern 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), and PIKO (Germany).

Railways

Country/territoryRailway
Australia
Belize
Brazil
Canada
Colombia
Cuba
El Salvador
France
Germany
Guatemala
Guyana
Honduras
Hong Kong
Ireland
Iraq
Isle of Man
Japan
Kuwait
Mexico
Nauru
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Peru
Philippines
Spain
United Kingdom
United States

References

References

  1. [https://web.archive.org/web/20140110174221/http://www.gbdb.info/data/expertenanleitung/LGB/Kat_02906.pdf 2006 LGB Catalog]
  2. [http://www.steamlocomotive.info/country.cfm?which=cuba Steamlocomotive.info - Cuba]
  3. [http://www.steamlocomotive.info/vlocomotive.cfm?Display=19838 Steamlocomotive.info - Al Zawra’a Dream Park]
  4. "Al Zawra’a Dream Park - official website (in Arabic)".
  5. "Surviving Steam Locomotives in Aguascalientes".
  6. "Parque Héroes Mexicanos - official website (in Spanish)".
  7. Llanso, Steve. "Hawaiian-Philippine 0-6-0 Steam Locomotives in [the] Philippines". Sweat House Media.
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