2 ft gauge railways in Australia

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

Track gauge
By transport mode
Tram · Rapid transit
Miniature · Scale model
By size (list)
Minimum
  Fifteen inch 381 mm (15 in)
Narrow
  600 mm
Two foot		 600 mm
610 mm		 (1 ft ​11 5⁄8 in)
(2 ft)
  750 mm
Bosnian gauge
Two foot six inch		 750 mm
760 mm
762 mm		 (2 ft ​5 1⁄2 in)
2 ft ​5 15⁄16 in
(2 ft 6 in)
  Swedish three foot
900 mm
Three foot		 891 mm
900 mm
914 mm		 (2 ft ​11 3⁄32 in)
(2 ft ​11 7⁄16 in)
(3 ft)
  Metre 1,000 mm (3 ft ​3 3⁄8 in)
  Three foot six inch 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
  Standard 1,435 mm (4 ft ​8 1⁄2 in)
Broad
  Dresden gauge 1,450 mm (4 ft ​9 3⁄32 in)
  Leipzig gauge 1,458 mm (4 ft ​9 13⁄32 in)
  Toronto gauge 1,495 mm (4 ft ​10 7⁄8 in)
  1520 mm
Five foot		 1,520 mm
1,524 mm		 (4 ft ​11 7⁄8 in)
(5 ft)
  Pennsylvania gauge
Pennsylvania gauge
Five foot three inch		 1,581 mm
1,588 mm
1,600 mm		 (5 ft ​2 1⁄4 in)
(5 ft ​2 1⁄2 in)
(5 ft 3 in)
  Baltimore gauge 1,638 mm (5 ft ​4 1⁄2 in)
  Iberian gauge
Five foot six inch		 1,668 mm
1,676 mm		 (5 ft ​5 21⁄32 in)
(5 ft 6 in)
Change of gauge
Break-of-gauge · Dual gauge ·
Conversion (list) · Bogie exchange · Variable gauge
By location

North America · South America · Europe · Australia

An example of a typical sugar cane railway in Queensland.

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)
  • Kiama Harbour-Pikes Hill Quarry[2] (defunct)
  • 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[7] (operating)
Tasmania
Victoria
  • Alexandra Timber Tramway[1] (operating)
  • Cheetham Salt Works[10] (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[11] (defunct)
Western Australia

See also

References
  1. "Steam in Australia, 2013". Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
  2. McCarthy, Ken (1982). "Tramways of the Illawarra" (PDF). Trolley Wire. 23 No.4 (210): 3, 4, 5.
  3. "Australian Sugar Cane Railway - official website". Archived from the original on 9 March 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
  4. World Wide Listing of Two foot, 1' 11 1/2", 600 mm (60cm) & 610mm Railroads (from archive.org) - Australia
  5. "JM Johnston's Sawmill (former) Steam Plant (entry 602776)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  6. "Woodford Railway - official website". Archived from the original on 5 March 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
  7. "Cobdogla Irrigation Museum". Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
  8. "LYELL". Zeehan and Dundas Herald (Hobart, Tas. : 1890 - 1922). Hobart, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 22 November 1918. p. 4. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
  9. Australian Railway Atlas No.1 - Tasmania. Exeter, UK: The Quail Map Company. June 2004. pp. Map 12 & page 26. ISBN 1 898319 69 3.
  10. "Alexandra Timber Tramway - Day's Tractor ex Cheetham Salt". Archived from the original on 1 March 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
  11. "Alexandra Timber Tramway - Historical background". Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
  12. "Roebourne and Cossack tramway". Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
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