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Fifteen-inch–gauge railway

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Railway track gauge (381 mm)
Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway
Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway
One of theChemin de fer Touristique d'Anse's X131 when passing through the hills
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 Minimum
 Fifteen inch381 mm(1 ft 3 in)

 Narrow
 600 mm600 mm(1 ft11+58 in)
Two foot610 mm(2 ft)
Two foot three inch686 mm(2 ft 3 in)
 750 mm750 mm(2 ft5+12 in)
Bosnian gauge760 mm(2 ft5+1516 in)
Two foot six inch762 mm(2 ft 6 in)
 Swedish three-foot891 mm(2 ft11+332 in)
900 mm900 mm(2 ft11+716 in)
Three-foot914 mm(3 ft)
Italian metre950 mm(3 ft1+1332 in)
 Metre1,000 mm(3 ft3+38 in)
 Three foot six inch1,067 mm(3 ft 6 in)
 Four foot1,219 mm(4 ft)
 Four foot six inch1,372 mm(4 ft 6 in)
 1432 mm1,432 mm(4 ft8+38 in)

 Standard1,435 mm(4 ft8+12 in)

 Broad
 Italian broad gauge1,445 mm(4 ft8+78 in)
Dresden gauge1,450 mm(4 ft9+332 in)
 Leipzig gauge1,458 mm(4 ft9+1332 in)
 Toronto gauge1,495 mm(4 ft10+78 in)
 1520 mm1,520 mm(4 ft11+2732 in)
Five foot1,524 mm(5 ft)
 Pennsylvania gauge1,581 mm(5 ft2+14 in)
Pennsylvania gauge1,588 mm(5 ft2+12 in)
Five foot three inch1,600 mm(5 ft 3 in)
 Baltimore gauge1,638 mm(5 ft4+12 in)
 Iberian gauge1,668 mm(5 ft5+2132 in)
Five foot six inch1,676 mm(5 ft 6 in)
 Six foot1,829 mm(6 ft)
 Brunel2,140 mm(7 ft14 in)
 Breitspurbahn3,000 mm(9 ft 1018 in)
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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
NameCountryLocationNotes
Bush Mill RailwayAustralia AustraliaPort ArthurClosed
Donauparkbahn [de]Austria AustriaVienna[2]
Prater LiliputbahnAustria AustriaVienna
Bear Creek Park TrainCanada CanadaSurrey, British Columbia[3]
Pindal Electric TramwayCanada CanadaLondon, OntarioFormerly inMontreal
Springbank ExpressCanada CanadaLondon, Ontario[4][5]
Chemin de fer Touristique d'AnseFrance FranceAnse, Rhône
Dresden Park RailwayGermany GermanyDresden
Killesberg Park RailwayGermany GermanyStuttgart
Leipziger ParkeisenbahnGermany GermanyLeipzig
Difflin Lake RailwayRepublic of Ireland Ireland
Cygnus wood-land RailwayJapan JapanOsaka[6]
Sakuradani Light RailwayJapan JapanToyono District ofOsaka Prefecture
Shuzenji Romney RailwayJapan JapanNiji-no-Sato (Rainbow Park) inIzu, Shizuoka
Driving Creek RailwayNew Zealand New Zealand
Whangaparaoa Narrow Gauge RailwayNew Zealand New ZealandClosed[7][8]
Adventure Railway[broken anchor]United Kingdom UKAlton TowersDefunct, 1982–1992 – park still operating
Bellevue Park RailwayUnited Kingdom UKBelfast, Northern IrelandClosed 1950
Blackpool Zoo miniature railwayUnited Kingdom UKLancashire
Blakesley Miniature Railway UKBlakesley Hall,NorthamptonshireOpened 1903, closed c.1944[9]
Blenheim Park RailwayUnited Kingdom UKOxfordshire
Brocklands Adventure ParkUnited Kingdom UKCornwallClosed 2007
Bure Valley RailwayUnited Kingdom UKNorfolkStandard-gauge line closed 1982. 15-inch–gauge line opened 1990.
Cleethorpes Coast Light RailwayUnited Kingdom UKLincolnshire
Conwy Valley Railway MuseumUnited Kingdom UKBetws-y-Coed,North WalesShort tramway
Craigtoun Miniature RailwayUnited Kingdom UKCraigtoun Park,St. Andrews
Duffield Bank RailwayUnited Kingdom UKClosed 1916
Eaton Hall RailwayUnited Kingdom UKClosed 1946
Evesham Vale Light RailwayUnited Kingdom UKEvesham Country Park,Twyford, Worcestershire[10]
Fairbourne RailwayUnited Kingdom UKWalesNowconverted to12+14 in or311 mm gauge
Far Tottering and Oyster Creek Branch RailwayUnited Kingdom UKBattersea Park, LondonClosed 1975
Gulliver's LandUnited Kingdom UKMilton Keynes
Gulliver's WorldUnited Kingdom UKWarrington, Cheshire
Haigh Hall Miniature RailwayUnited Kingdom UKGreater Manchester
Heatherslaw Light RailwayUnited Kingdom UKNorthumberland
International Garden Festival RailwayUnited Kingdom UK1984
Whistlestop Valley (Formerly Kirklees Light Railway)United Kingdom UKClayton West, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire[11]
Knowsley Safari Park (The Lakeside Railway)United Kingdom UKPrescot, Merseyside
Lakeside Miniature RailwayUnited Kingdom UKSouthport, Merseyside
Lappa Valley Steam RailwayUnited Kingdom UKCornwall
Lightwater Express Rio GrandeUnited Kingdom UKRipon, North YorkshireTheme park
Longleat RailwayUnited Kingdom UK
Markeaton Park Light RailwayUnited Kingdom UKDerbyClosed September 2016[12]
Marwell ZooUnited Kingdom UKColden Common, HampshireClosed 2022
Oakwood Theme ParkUnited Kingdom UKNarberth, Pembrokeshire
Paradise ParkUnited Kingdom UKHayle, Cornwall
Paultons ParkUnited Kingdom UKOwer, Romsey, Hampshire
Perrygrove RailwayUnited Kingdom UKGlostershire
Ravenglass & Eskdale RailwayUnited Kingdom UKCumbria
Rhiw Valley Light RailwayUnited Kingdom UKManafon, Powys, WalesClosed 2022
Rhyl Miniature RailwayUnited Kingdom UKClwyd,Wales
Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch RailwayUnited Kingdom UKKent
Saltburn Miniature RailwayUnited Kingdom UKCat Nab, Cleveland
Sand Hutton Miniature RailwayUnited Kingdom UKYorkshireClosed 1922
Sherwood Forest RailwayUnited Kingdom UKNottinghamshire
Tyseley Locomotive WorksUnited Kingdom UKBirminghamStock Moved 2021

Railway construction started 2024[13]

Waveney Valley RailwayUnited Kingdom UKBressingham Steam and Gardens Norfolk
West Midlands Safari ParkUnited Kingdom UKWorcestershireClosed 2014
Windmill Farm RailwayUnited Kingdom UKBurscough, Lancashire
Wildlife Park Cricket St ThomasUnited Kingdom UKChard, Somerset
Wotton Light RailwayUnited Kingdom UKWotton Underwood, Buckinghamshire
American Heritage RailroadUnited States USIllinois[14]
Amusement RidesUnited States USCity Park, Iowa City[15][16]
B.A.D. Great Northern RailroadUnited States USCalifornia[citation needed]
Eden Springs Park Railroad)United States USBenton Harbor, Michigan[17]
Gage Park RailroadUnited States USGage Park, Topeka, Kansas
Glenwood, South Park & Pacific RailroadUnited States USCalifornia[18]
Hillcrest & Wahtoke Steam RailroadUnited States USReedley, California[19]
Joshua Tree & Southern GSDUnited States USCalifornia[20]
Kansas City Northern Miniature RailroadUnited States USKansas City, Missouri[21]
Laurel Run RailroadUnited States USPennsylvania[22]
Little Toot RailroadUnited States USRough and Tumble Engineers Historical Association, Pennsylvania
Look ParkUnited States USNorthampton, Massachusetts
Miniature Railway at Silver Lake, OhioUnited States USSilver Lake, OhioDefunct
Miniature Train at Monarch ParkUnited States USOil City, PennsylvaniaDefunct
Nickel Plate RailroadUnited States USCalifornia
Northwest Ohio Railroad PreservationUnited States USOhio[citation needed]
Orland, Newville and Pacific RailroadUnited States USCaliforniaOperating
Paradise & Pacific RailroadUnited States USMcCormick-Stillman Railroad Park,Scottsdale, Arizona[23] Separate7+12 in or190.5 mm railway namedScottsdale Live Steamers also present. Operating.
Phoenix & Holly RailroadUnited States USOregon[24]
Pint-Sized PufferbellyUnited States USStrasburg Rail Road,Strasburg Township, Pennsylvania[25] Operating
Redwood Valley RailwayUnited States USTilden Regional Park, California[26] Operating
Riverside and Great Northern RailwayUnited States USWisconsin
Riverview & Twin Lakes RailroadUnited States USWyoming
Safari TrainUnited States USMilwaukee County Zoo,Milwaukee,WisconsinOperating
Sioux City Railroad MuseumUnited States USIowa[27]
Sonoma TrainTown RailroadUnited States USCalifornia[28] Operating
Sullivan RailroadUnited States USHorseheads, New York[29]
Tiny Town RailroadUnited States USColorado
Waterman & Western RailroadUnited States USIllinois[30]

See also

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References

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