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Railway track gauge (914 mm)
Fintown stationon the trackbed of theCounty Donegal Railways Joint Committee (CDR)inCounty Donegal
A bridge of the defunctNational Railroad of Mexicoin 1883
Arailbuson theFerrocarril Santa AnanearMachu Picchu
An electric tram on theTranvía de Sólleron the Spanish island ofMajorca
Three foot gauge railwayshave atrack gaugeof3 ft(914 mm) or 1yard.This gauge is anarrow gaugeand is generally found throughoutNorth,Central,andSouth America.InIreland,many secondary andindustrial lineswere built to3 ftgauge, and it is the dominant gauge on theIsle of Man,where it is known as theManx Standard Gauge.Modern3 ftgauge railways are most commonly found in isolated mountainous areas, on small islands, or in large-scaleamusement parks and theme parks(see table below). This gauge is also popular inmodel railroading(particularly inG 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),[1]andPIKO (Germany).
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Minimum-gauge
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| Narrow gauge |
- 2 foot and 600 mm
- 2 ft 3 in(686 mm)
- 750 mm(2 ft5+1⁄2in)
- 760 mm(2 ft5+15⁄16in)
- 2 ft 6 in(762 mm)
- 800 mm(2 ft7+1⁄2in)
- 891 mm(2 ft11+3⁄32in)Swedish three foot
- 900 mm(2 ft11+7⁄16in)
- 3 ft(914 mm)
- 950 mm(3 ft1+3⁄8in)Italian metre gauge
- 1,000 mm(3 ft3+3⁄8in)metre gauge
- 1,050 mm(3 ft5+11⁄32in),
- 1,055 mm(3 ft5+1⁄2in),
- 3 ft 6 in(1,067 mm)
- 1,093 mm(3 ft 7 in),
- 1,100 mm(3 ft7+5⁄16in),
- 1,200 mm(3 ft11+1⁄4in)
- 4 ft(1,219 mm)
- 4 ft 1 in(1,245 mm),Middleton Railway
- 4 ft 6 in(1,372 mm), Scotch gauge
- 4 ft6+1⁄2in(1,384 mm), Scotch gauge
- 4 ft7+3⁄4in(1,416 mm)
- 4 ft 8 in(1,422 mm), almost standard gauge
- 4 ft8+1⁄4in(1,429 mm)
- 1,432 mm(4 ft8+3⁄8in)
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| Broad gauge |
- 1,440 mm(4 ft8+11⁄16in)
- 1,445 mm(4 ft8+7⁄8in)
- 1,450 mm(4 ft9+3⁄32in)
- 4 ft9+3⁄8in(1,457 mm)
- 1,458 mm(4 ft9+13⁄32in)
- 4 ft10+7⁄8in(1,495 mm), Toronto gauge
- 5 ft/1,524 mmand1,520 mm(4 ft11+27⁄32in), Russian gauge.
- 5 ft2+1⁄4in/1,581 mmand5 ft2+1⁄2in/1,588 mm,Pennsylvania gauge
- 5 ft 3 in(1,600 mm), Irish gauge
- 5 ft4+1⁄2in(1,638 mm), Baltimore gauge
- 1,668 mm(5 ft5+21⁄32in), Iberian gauge
- 5 ft 6 in(1,676 mm), Indian gauge
- 7 ft1⁄4in(2,140 mm), Brunel gauge
- 3,000 mm(9 ft10+1⁄8in), Breitspurbahn
- 8,200 mm(26 ft10+27⁄32in),Lärchwandschrägaufzug
- 9,000 mm(29 ft6+5⁄16in),Krasnoyarsk ship lift
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