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Extensive 600 mm (1 ft 11 + 5 ⁄ 8 in) gauge lines were also built for the sugar-beet industry in the north often using ex-military equipment after the First World War. Decauville was a famous French manufacturer of industrial narrow-gauge railway equipment and equipped one of the most extensive regional 600 mm ( 1 ft 11 + 5 ⁄ 8 in ) narrow ...
Pages in category "Narrow gauge railways in France" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. ... Forest Railway Welschbruch; V. Voie ferrée d ...
However, the old narrow-gauge tracks remain in place between Velestino and Palaiofarsalos via Aerino, so that occasional special excursion trains use them. Another small railway which uses narrow gauge 600 mm (1 ft 11 + 5 ⁄ 8 in) is the Mt. Pelion railway, A metric line network existed in Attica, operated by Attica Railways and later by SPAP.
APPEVA was formed in 1970 with the aim of preserving a 600 mm (1 ft 11 + 5 ⁄ 8 in) narrow gauge railway as a working museum. The CFCD was a good location, being between Paris and Lille near A1 motorway and close to Amiens. APPEVA operated its first train in June 1971 between Cappy and Froissy, a distance of 1 kilometre (1,100 yd; 0.62 mi).
Pages in category "600 mm gauge railways in France" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total. ... Narrow gauge railway Issé–Abbaretz;
The narrow gauge railway Issé–Abbaretz was an approximately 20 km (12 mi) long Decauville railway with a gauge of 600 mm (1 ft 11 + 5 ⁄ 8 in) between the open-cast iron ore mines near Le Houx and the railway stations of Issé and Abbaretz in the French département of Loire-Atlantique in the Pays de la Loire region, which was mainly in operation 1913–1922 and 1928–1930.
In 1877 it was decided to build a metre-gauge railway in Corsica, despite the very difficult terrain it would have to cross. [1] Legislation was passed on 4 August 1879 for the construction of the railway. [2] The first lines opened on 1 August 1888 [2] between Bastia and Corte and also between Ajaccio and Bocognano. The network was gradually ...
Narrow gauge railways in France (8 C, 4 P) G. ... Narrow gauge railroads in the United States (14 C, 2 P) V. Narrow-gauge railways in Venezuela (1 C, 1 P)