Almost every country with tramways/railways had some or all of that
trackage as narrow gauge lines. These narrow gauge railways continue
to exist in many parts of the world, either as operational railways
or as heritage operations (tourist railways, museums, etc.).
- Queensland Government Railways/Queensland Rail
- QR operates
passenger and freight services over 10,000 km of 1067mm
(3' 6") gauge rail lines in the state of Queensland. Built as a series of
narrow gauge resource lines to develop agricultural areas of the state,
QR now depends upon coal traffic for much of its revenue.
- Queensland's Shire Railways
- Shire railways were owned and operated by local Shires, often either as
an adjunct to the state rail system (QGR, now QR) or in the hope of state
rail expansion into their area.
- Sugar Cane Tram/Railways
- These mainly 610mm gauge industrial railways have their own web site.
While the CaneSIG site
is oriented towards modellers it has a wealth of information for the railfan
as well. [Direct links:
Hawaii
(3' 1947-8),
Philippines]
- Coal Creek Bush Tramway,
Victoria
- A 610mm bush tramway operating in a Gippsland heritage village
setting.
- Ida Bay Railway
- Recently re-opened, this 6.8 km 610mm (2') gauge tourist railway in
SE Tasmania started life carrying limestone.
- Redwater Creek Steam and Heritage Society
- With more than 1 km of track at Sheffield in Tasmania, this 2' gauge railway operates steam train rides using a Krauss 0-4-0.
