2 ft gauge railways in Australia

An example of a typical sugar cane railway in Queensland.

A list of 2 ft (610 mm) narrow-gauge railways in Australia.

Installations

State/territory Railway
New South Wales
  • Bulahdelah Logging Railway[1] (operational status unknown)
  • Goondah-Burrinjuck Railway (defunct)
  • Cataract Dam construction railway; 8.8 km (5.5 mi), (defunct)
  • Illawarra Light Railway Museum (separate 7 1⁄4 in (184 mm) gauge railway also present) (operating)
  • Marsden Weir Steam Museum[1] (defunct)
  • Megalong Valley Tourist Railway[1] (defunct)
  • Melaleuca Station, Chinderah[1] (defunct)
  • Menangle Narrow Gauge Railway[1] (operating)
  • Newington Armaments Depot (defunct)
  • Timbertown Heritage Railway (located in Timbertown) (operating)
  • Pete's Hobby Railway (located in Junee) (Private 2 ft gauge railway that is operating. Public admittance is not allowed under the Rail Safety National Law (NSW), No. 82a of 2012)
Queensland
South Australia
  • Cobdogla Irrigation Museum[6] (operating)
Tasmania
Victoria
  • Alexandra Timber Tramway[1] (operating)
  • Cheetham Salt Works[9] (defunct)
  • Coal Creek Bush Tramway[1] (operating)
  • Kerrisdale Mountain Railway[1] (operating)
  • Melbourne Benevolent Asylum (defunct)
  • Red Cliffs Historical Steam Railway[1] (operating)
  • Rubicon Lumber and Tramway Company[10] (defunct)
Western Australia

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Steam in Australia, 2013
  2. ↑ Australian Sugar Cane Railway - official website
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 World Wide Listing of Two foot, 1' 11 1/2", 600 mm (60cm) & 610mm Railroads (from archive.org) - Australia
  4. ↑ "JM Johnston's Sawmill (former) Steam Plant (entry 602776)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  5. ↑ Woodford Railway - official website
  6. ↑ Cobdogla Irrigation Museum
  7. ↑ "LYELL". Zeehan and Dundas Herald (Hobart, Tas. : 1890 - 1922). Hobart, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 22 November 1918. p. 4. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
  8. ↑ Australian Railway Atlas No.1 - Tasmania. Exeter, UK: The Quail Map Company. June 2004. pp. Map 12 & page 26. ISBN 1 898319 69 3.
  9. ↑ Alexandra Timber Tramway - Day's Tractor ex Cheetham Salt
  10. ↑ Alexandra Timber Tramway - Historical background
  11. ↑ Roebourne and Cossack tramway
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