Fifteen-inch gauge railway
Railway track gauge (381 mm)
Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway One of the Chemin de fer Touristique d'Anse 's X131 when passing through the hills Fifteen-inch gauge railways were pioneered by Sir Arthur Percival Heywood who was interested in what he termed a minimum gauge railway for use as estate railways or to be easy to lay on, for instance, a battlefield.[ 1] Duffield Bank Railway , distinguishing it from a "narrow-gauge" railway. Having previously built a small railway of 9 in (229 mm ) gauge, he settled on 15 in (381 mm ) gauge as the minimum that he felt was practical.
Railways
15 inch gauge railway installations
Name
Country
Location
Notes
Bush Mill Railway
Port Arthur
Closed
Donauparkbahn [de ]
Vienna
[ 2]
Prater Liliputbahn
Vienna
Bear Creek Park Train
Surrey, British Columbia
[ 3]
Pindal Electric Tramway
London, Ontario
Formerly in Montreal
Springbank Express
London, Ontario
[ 4] [ 5]
Chemin de fer Touristique d'Anse
Anse, Rhône
Dresden Park Railway
Dresden
Killesberg Park Railway
Stuttgart
Leipziger Parkeisenbahn
Leipzig
Difflin Lake Railway
Cygnus wood-land Railway
Osaka
[ 6]
Sakuradani Light Railway
Toyono District of Osaka Prefecture
Shuzenji Romney Railway
Niji-no-Sato (Rainbow Park) in Izu, Shizuoka
Driving Creek Railway
Whangaparaoa Narrow Gauge Railway
Closed[ 7] [ 8]
Adventure Railway [broken anchor
Alton Towers
(defunct, 1982–1992 - park still operating)
Bellevue Park Railway
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Closed 1950
Blackpool Zoo miniature railway
Lancashire
Blakesley Miniature Railway
Blakesley Hall , Northamptonshire
Opened 1903, closed c.1944.[ 9]
Blenheim Park Railway
Oxfordshire
Brocklands Adventure Park
Cornwall
Closed 2007
Bure Valley Railway
Norfolk
Standard gauge line closed 1982. 15-inch gauge line opened 1990.
Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway
Lincolnshire
Conwy Valley Railway Museum
Betws-y-Coed , North Wales
(short tramway)
Craigtoun Miniature Railway
Craigtoun Park , St. Andrews
Duffield Bank Railway
Closed 1916
Eaton Hall Railway
Closed 1946
Evesham Vale Light Railway
Evesham Country Park , Twyford, Worcestershire
[ 10]
Fairbourne Railway
Wales
(now converted to 12+ 1 ⁄4 in311 mm gauge)
Far Tottering and Oyster Creek Branch Railway
Battersea Park , London
Closed 1975
Gulliver's Land
Milton Keynes
Gulliver's World
Warrington, Cheshire
Haigh Hall Miniature Railway
Greater Manchester
Heatherslaw Light Railway
Northumberland
International Garden Festival Railway
1984
Whistlestop Valley (Formerly Kirklees Light Railway)
Clayton West, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
[ 11]
Knowsley Safari Park (The Lakeside Railway )
Prescot, Merseyside
Lakeside Miniature Railway
Southport, Merseyside
Lappa Valley Steam Railway
Cornwall
Lightwater Express Rio Grande
Ripon, North Yorkshire
Theme Park
Longleat Railway
Markeaton Park Light Railway
Derby
Closed September 2016[ 12]
Marwell Zoo
Colden Common, Hampshire
Oakwood Theme Park
Narberth, Pembrokeshire
Paradise Park
Hayle, Cornwall
Paultons Park
Ower, Romsey, Hampshire
Perrygrove Railway
Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway
Cumbria
Rhiw Valley Light Railway
Manafon, Powys, Wales
Closed 2022
Rhyl Miniature Railway
Clwyd, Wales
Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway
Kent
Saltburn Miniature Railway
Cat Nab, Cleveland
Sand Hutton Miniature Railway
Yorkshire
Closed 1922
Sherwood Forest Railway
Nottinghamshire
Waveney Valley Railway
Bressingham Steam and Gardens Norfolk
West Midlands Safari Park
Worcestershire
Closed 2014
Windmill Farm Railway
Burscough, Lancashire
Wildlife Park Cricket St Thomas
Chard, Somerset
Wotton Light Railway
Wotton Underwood, Buckinghamshire
American Heritage Railroad
Illinois
[ 13]
Amusement Rides
City Park , Iowa City
[ 14] [ 15]
B.A.D. Great Northern Railroad
California
[citation needed
Eden Springs Park Railroad )
Benton Harbor, Michigan
[ 16]
Gage Park Railroad
Gage Park, Topeka , Kansas
Glenwood, South Park & Pacific Railroad
California
[ 17]
Hillcrest & Wahtoke Steam Railroad
Reedley, California
[ 18]
Joshua Tree & Southern GSD
California
[ 19]
Kansas City Northern Miniature Railroad
Kansas City, Missouri
[ 20]
Laurel Run Railroad
Pennsylvania
[ 21]
Little Toot Railroad
Rough and Tumble Engineers Historical Association , Pennsylvania
Look Park
Northampton, Massachusetts
Miniature Railway at Silver Lake, Ohio
Silver Lake, Ohio
Defunct
Miniature Train at Monarch Park
Oil City, Pennsylvania
Defunct
Nickel Plate Railroad
California
Northwest Ohio Railroad Preservation
Ohio
[citation needed
Orland, Newville and Pacific Railroad
California
(operating)
Paradise & Pacific Railroad
McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park , Scottsdale, Arizona
[ 22] 7+ 1 ⁄2 in190.5 mm railway named Scottsdale Live Steamers also present) (operating)
Phoenix & Holly Railroad
Oregon
[ 23]
Pint-Sized Pufferbelly
Strasburg Rail Road , Strasburg Township, Pennsylvania
[ 24]
Redwood Valley Railway
Tilden Regional Park , California
[ 25]
Riverside and Great Northern Railway
Wisconsin
Riverview & Twin Lakes Railroad
Wyoming
Safari Train
Milwaukee County Zoo , Milwaukee , Wisconsin
(operating)
Sonoma TrainTown Railroad
California
[ 26]
Sullivan Railroad
Horseheads, New York
[ 27]
Tiny Town Railroad
Colorado
Waterman & Western Railroad
Illinois
[ 28]
See also
References
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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 gauge5 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 gauge5 ft 3 in 1,600 mm ), Irish gauge5 ft 4+ 1 ⁄2 in 1,638 mm ), Baltimore gauge1,668 mm 5 ft 5+ 21 ⁄32 in ), Iberian gauge5 ft 6 in 1,676 mm ), Indian gauge1,945 mm 6 ft 4+ 9 ⁄16 in ), De Arend7 ft 1 ⁄4 2,140 mm ), Brunel gauge3,000 mm 9 ft 10+ 1 ⁄8 in ), Breitspurbahn8,200 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 Gauge differences Transport mode Categories
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