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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.
Alco WDLR locomotive at the Ffestiniog Railway 1995 gala. The Froissy Dompierre Light Railway (French: Chemin de fer Froissy-Dompierre, CFCD) is a 600 mm (1 ft 11 + 5 ⁄ 8 in) narrow gauge light railway running from Froissy (a hamlet of La Neuville-lès-Bray) to Dompierre-Becquincourt, through Cappy, in the Somme department, France.
Mønsted Kalkgruber, in a former limestone quarry, railway is preserved. Narrow-gauge railways in Europe Narrow-gauge railways in Denmark. Germany: Mine railways in Mayen: 557 mm: 21 + 15 ⁄ 16 in: Dominican Republic: Transport in the Dominican Republic: 560 mm: 22 + 1 ⁄ 16 in: Germany Salt mine railway in Berchtesgaden [23] 575 mm 22 + 5 ...
The culminating point of the railway, shortly after the starting point, is approximately 1,940 m. [3] [4] The line is 10 km (6.2 mi) long and is built to a gauge of 500 mm (19 + 3 ⁄ 4 in). Trains consist of 6 12-seat carriages pulled by a diesel locomotive, and operate from late May or early July until the end of September or early October ...
A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge narrower than 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) standard gauge. Most narrow-gauge railways are between 600 mm ( 1 ft 11 + 5 ⁄ 8 in ) and 1,067 mm ( 3 ft 6 in ).
At the beginning of the 1980s, the narrow-gauge railway was extended and a depot and museum for the growing collection of historic rail vehicles was built. A few years later, in 1990, the Muséotrain was created, and in 1995 a real railway station was inaugurated. [1]