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Railway track gauge (381 mm)

One of theChemin de fer Touristique d'Anse's X131 when passing through the hills

Track gauge

By transport mode

By size (list)



Minimum
Fifteen inch	381 mm	(1 ft 3 in)

Narrow
600 mm	600 mm	(1 ft11+5⁄8 in)
Two foot	610 mm	(2 ft)
Two foot three inch	686 mm	(2 ft 3 in)
750 mm	750 mm	(2 ft5+1⁄2 in)
Bosnian gauge	760 mm	(2 ft5+15⁄16 in)
Two foot six inch	762 mm	(2 ft 6 in)
Swedish three-foot	891 mm	(2 ft11+3⁄32 in)
900 mm	900 mm	(2 ft11+7⁄16 in)
Three-foot	914 mm	(3 ft)
Italian metre	950 mm	(3 ft1+13⁄32 in)
Metre	1,000 mm	(3 ft3+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 ft8+3⁄8 in)

Standard	1,435 mm	(4 ft8+1⁄2 in)

Broad
Italian broad gauge	1,445 mm	(4 ft8+7⁄8 in)
Dresden gauge	1,450 mm	(4 ft9+3⁄32 in)
Leipzig gauge	1,458 mm	(4 ft9+13⁄32 in)
Toronto gauge	1,495 mm	(4 ft10+7⁄8 in)
1520 mm	1,520 mm	(4 ft11+27⁄32 in)
Five foot	1,524 mm	(5 ft)
Pennsylvania gauge	1,581 mm	(5 ft2+1⁄4 in)
Pennsylvania gauge	1,588 mm	(5 ft2+1⁄2 in)
Five foot three inch	1,600 mm	(5 ft 3 in)
Baltimore gauge	1,638 mm	(5 ft4+1⁄2 in)
Iberian gauge	1,668 mm	(5 ft5+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 ft1⁄4 in)
Breitspurbahn	3,000 mm	(9 ft 101⁄8 in)

Change of gauge

By location

Fifteen-inch–gauge railways were pioneered bySir Arthur Percival Heywood who was interested in what he termed aminimum-gauge railway for use as estate railways or to be easy to lay on, for instance, a battlefield.^[1] In 1874, he described the principle behind it as used for hisDuffield Bank Railway, distinguishing it from anarrow-gauge railway. Having previously built a small railway of9 in (229 mm) gauge, he settled on15 in (381 mm) gauge as the minimum that he felt was practical.

Railways

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15-inch–gauge railway installations
Name	Country	Location	Notes
Bush Mill Railway	Australia	Port Arthur	Closed
Donauparkbahn [de]	Austria	Vienna	^[2]
Prater Liliputbahn	Austria	Vienna
Bear Creek Park Train	Canada	Surrey, British Columbia	^[3]
Pindal Electric Tramway	Canada	London, Ontario	Formerly inMontreal
Springbank Express	Canada	London, Ontario	^[4]^[5]
Chemin de fer Touristique d'Anse	France	Anse, Rhône
Dresden Park Railway	Germany	Dresden
Killesberg Park Railway	Germany	Stuttgart
Leipziger Parkeisenbahn	Germany	Leipzig
Difflin Lake Railway	Ireland
Cygnus wood-land Railway	Japan	Osaka	^[6]
Sakuradani Light Railway	Japan	Toyono District ofOsaka Prefecture
Shuzenji Romney Railway	Japan	Niji-no-Sato (Rainbow Park) inIzu, Shizuoka
Driving Creek Railway	New Zealand
Whangaparaoa Narrow Gauge Railway	New Zealand		Closed^[7]^[8]
Adventure Railway^{[broken anchor]}	UK	Alton Towers	Defunct, 1982–1992 – park still operating
Bellevue Park Railway	UK	Belfast, Northern Ireland	Closed 1950
Blackpool Zoo miniature railway	UK	Lancashire
Blakesley Miniature Railway	UK	Blakesley Hall,Northamptonshire	Opened 1903, closed c.1944^[9]
Blenheim Park Railway	UK	Oxfordshire
Brocklands Adventure Park	UK	Cornwall	Closed 2007
Bure Valley Railway	UK	Norfolk	Standard-gauge line closed 1982. 15-inch–gauge line opened 1990.
Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway	UK	Lincolnshire
Conwy Valley Railway Museum	UK	Betws-y-Coed,North Wales	Short tramway
Craigtoun Miniature Railway	UK	Craigtoun Park,St. Andrews
Duffield Bank Railway	UK		Closed 1916
Eaton Hall Railway	UK		Closed 1946
Evesham Vale Light Railway	UK	Evesham Country Park,Twyford, Worcestershire	^[10]
Fairbourne Railway	UK	Wales	Nowconverted to12+1⁄4 in or311 mm gauge
Far Tottering and Oyster Creek Branch Railway	UK	Battersea Park, London	Closed 1975
Gulliver's Land	UK	Milton Keynes
Gulliver's World	UK	Warrington, Cheshire
Haigh Hall Miniature Railway	UK	Greater Manchester
Heatherslaw Light Railway	UK	Northumberland
International Garden Festival Railway	UK		1984
Whistlestop Valley (Formerly Kirklees Light Railway)	UK	Clayton West, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire	^[11]
Knowsley Safari Park (The Lakeside Railway)	UK	Prescot, Merseyside
Lakeside Miniature Railway	UK	Southport, Merseyside
Lappa Valley Steam Railway	UK	Cornwall
Lightwater Express Rio Grande	UK	Ripon, North Yorkshire	Theme park
Longleat Railway	UK
Markeaton Park Light Railway	UK	Derby	Closed September 2016^[12]
Marwell Zoo	UK	Colden Common, Hampshire	Closed 2022
Oakwood Theme Park	UK	Narberth, Pembrokeshire
Paradise Park	UK	Hayle, Cornwall
Paultons Park	UK	Ower, Romsey, Hampshire
Perrygrove Railway	UK	Glostershire
Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway	UK	Cumbria
Rhiw Valley Light Railway	UK	Manafon, Powys, Wales	Closed 2022
Rhyl Miniature Railway	UK	Clwyd,Wales
Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway	UK	Kent
Saltburn Miniature Railway	UK	Cat Nab, Cleveland
Sand Hutton Miniature Railway	UK	Yorkshire	Closed 1922
Sherwood Forest Railway	UK	Nottinghamshire
Tyseley Locomotive Works	UK	Birmingham	Stock Moved 2021 Railway construction started 2024^[13]
Waveney Valley Railway	UK	Bressingham Steam and Gardens Norfolk
West Midlands Safari Park	UK	Worcestershire	Closed 2014
Windmill Farm Railway	UK	Burscough, Lancashire
Wildlife Park Cricket St Thomas	UK	Chard, Somerset
Wotton Light Railway	UK	Wotton Underwood, Buckinghamshire
American Heritage Railroad	US	Illinois	^[14]
Amusement Rides	US	City Park, Iowa City	^[15]^[16]
B.A.D. Great Northern Railroad	US	California	^{[citation needed]}
Eden Springs Park Railroad)	US	Benton Harbor, Michigan	^[17]
Gage Park Railroad	US	Gage Park, Topeka, Kansas
Glenwood, South Park & Pacific Railroad	US	California	^[18]
Hillcrest & Wahtoke Steam Railroad	US	Reedley, California	^[19]
Joshua Tree & Southern GSD	US	California	^[20]
Kansas City Northern Miniature Railroad	US	Kansas City, Missouri	^[21]
Laurel Run Railroad	US	Pennsylvania	^[22]
Little Toot Railroad	US	Rough and Tumble Engineers Historical Association, Pennsylvania
Look Park	US	Northampton, Massachusetts
Miniature Railway at Silver Lake, Ohio	US	Silver Lake, Ohio	Defunct
Miniature Train at Monarch Park	US	Oil City, Pennsylvania	Defunct
Nickel Plate Railroad	US	California
Northwest Ohio Railroad Preservation	US	Ohio	^{[citation needed]}
Orland, Newville and Pacific Railroad	US	California	Operating
Paradise & Pacific Railroad	US	McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park,Scottsdale, Arizona	^[23] Separate7+1⁄2 in or190.5 mm railway namedScottsdale Live Steamers also present. Operating.
Phoenix & Holly Railroad	US	Oregon	^[24]
Pint-Sized Pufferbelly	US	Strasburg Rail Road,Strasburg Township, Pennsylvania	^[25] Operating
Redwood Valley Railway	US	Tilden Regional Park, California	^[26] Operating
Riverside and Great Northern Railway	US	Wisconsin
Riverview & Twin Lakes Railroad	US	Wyoming
Safari Train	US	Milwaukee County Zoo,Milwaukee,Wisconsin	Operating
Sioux City Railroad Museum	US	Iowa	^[27]
Sonoma TrainTown Railroad	US	California	^[28] Operating
Sullivan Railroad	US	Horseheads, New York	^[29]
Tiny Town Railroad	US	Colorado
Waterman & Western Railroad	US	Illinois	^[30]

References

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^Heywood, A.P. (1974) [1881, Derby: Bemrose].Minimum Gauge Railways. Turntable Enterprises.ISBN 0-902844-26-1.
^Donaupark
^Bear Creek Park
^"CEC: Closed Canadian Parks – Springbank Park".Cec.chebucto.org. Retrieved1 June 2016.
^Going again
^"シグナス森林鉄道". Nose Electric Railway. Retrieved10 June 2017.^{[permanent dead link]}
^Tripadvisor
^End of the line
^"The Blakesley Miniature Railway". The SMJ Society. Retrieved30 March 2022.
^"Home".Evlr.co.uk. Retrieved1 June 2016.
^"Home".Kirklesslightrailway.com. Retrieved1 June 2016.
^"Sadness as last remnants of Markeaton Park Railway to be demolished".Derbytelegraph. Derbyshire Live. 2018-11-02. Retrieved3 November 2018.
^"PressReader.com - Digital Newspaper & Magazine Subscriptions".www.pressreader.com. Retrieved2025-11-07.
^"American Heritage Railroad".Americanfarmheritagemuseum.org. Archived fromthe original on 12 August 2013. Retrieved1 June 2016.
^"City Park". City of Iowa City. Retrieved7 June 2017.
^"City Park (Iowa City)"(PDF).Uni.edu. Retrieved1 June 2016.
^"Eden Springs Park Benton Harbor Michigan Formerly The House of David".Edenspringspark.org. Retrieved18 November 2017.
^"Glenwood, South Park & Pacific Railroad".Traill.us. Archived fromthe original on 21 May 2014. Retrieved1 June 2016.
^"Hillcrest".Hillcrestreedley.com. Retrieved1 June 2016.
^"Joshua Tree & Southern GSD".Home.easrthlink.net. Archived fromthe original on 6 December 2002. Retrieved1 June 2016.
^"Kansas City Northern Miniature Railroad".kcparks.org/places/kansas-city-northern-railroad.
^"Reading Society of Model Engineers".Rsme.org. Retrieved1 June 2016.
^Sayre, Dave."McCormick – Stillman Railroad Park".Arizonaandpacificrr.com. Retrieved1 June 2016.
^"Flower Farmer and Phoenix & Holly Railroad – Welcome to the Flower Farmer and Phoenix & Holly Railroad".Flowerfamrer.com. Retrieved1 June 2016.
^"Pint-Sized Pufferbelly". Archived fromthe original on 2019-03-27. Retrieved2020-05-18.
^"Redwood Valley Railway".Redwoodvalleyrailway.com. Retrieved1 June 2016.
^"Flower Farmer and Phoenix & Holly Railroad – Welcome to the Flower Farmer and Phoenix & Holly Railroad".Flowerfamrer.com. Retrieved1 June 2016.
^"Sioux City Railroad Museum Website".siouxcityrailroadmuseum.org. Retrieved15 June 2025.
^"Sullivan Railroad in Horseheads NY – Trains Magazine – Trains News Wire, Railroad News, Railroad Industry News, Web Cams, and Forms".
^"waterman & western railroad – Home".Petestrain.com. Retrieved1 June 2016.

v t e 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 and1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in), Russian gauge. 5 ft 2+1⁄4 in /1,581 mm and5 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	by country by imperial units by metric units by name lists of track gauges

Railways and tramways of 15-inch (381 mm) gauge

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United States	American Heritage B.A.D. Great Northern Gage Park Glenwood South Park Hillcrest & Wahtoke Joshua Tree & Southern GSD Laurel Run Little Toot Look Park Milwaukee County Zoo Safari Nickel Plate Northwest Ohio Orland, Newville and Pacific Paradise and Pacific Phoenix & Holly Redwood Valley Riverside and Great Northern Riverview & Twin Lakes Sonoma TrainTown Tiny Town Waterman & Western

Oceania

Arlesdale (fictional) ·Fairbourne (now re-gauged) ·Far Tottering and Oyster Creek (temporary exhibition line)

v t e Railinfrastructure
Tracks(history)	Axe ties Ballast Baulk road Breather switch Cant Clip and scotch Date nail Fastening system Fishplate Ladder track Minimum radius Profile Tie/Sleeper Transition curve
Trackwork	Balloon loop Classification yard Headshunt Pocket track Junction Gauntlet track Guide bar Passing loop Track gauge dual gauge Rail track tramway track Rail yard Railway electrification overhead lines third rail ground-level power supply Railway turntable Transfer table (traverser) Roll way Siding refuge siding Switch Track geometry Water crane Water trough Wye
Signalling and safety	Anti-trespass panels Block post Buffer stop Catch points Defect detector Derailer Guard rail Interlocking Level crossing Loading gauge Platform screen doors Railway signal Signalling control Structure gauge Signal bridge Tell-tale Train stop Wayside horn
Structures	Coaling tower Freight house Motive power depot/Railway workshop Platform Roundhouse Shed for trains for goods Station building clock ghost list Water stop
Types	Industrial Military Private station list

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