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2 ft 6 in: See 2 ft 6 in gauge railways: 765 mm: 2 ft 6 + 1 ⁄ 8 in: DR Congo: Matadi–Kinshasa Railway, converted to 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) 1925–1931. [70] 775 mm: 2 ft 6 + 1 ⁄ 2 in: England: Jee's Hartshill Granite Quarry [71] Germany Bombergbahn , a funicular a funicular in Bad Pyrmont: 785 mm 2 ft 6 + 29 ⁄ 32 in: Denmark
This gauge is represented by the EM Society (in full, Eighteen Millimetre Society). 00 track (16.5 mm) is the wrong gauge for 1:76 scale, but use of an 18.2 mm (0.717 in) gauge track is accepted as the most popular compromise towards scale dimensions without having to make significant modifications to ready-to-run models. Has a track gauge ...
Grainger and Miller built another two railway lines in the same area to a gauge of 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm). Thomas Grainger is said to have chosen this gauge, since he regarded 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge as being too narrow and Isambard Kingdom Brunel's 7 ft 1 ⁄ 4 in (2,140 mm) Brunel gauge as being too wide. [1] They were:
2 ft 6 in (762 mm) gauge railways are narrow gauge railways with track gauge of 2 ft 6 in (762 mm). This type of rail was promoted especially in the colonies of the British Empire during the second half of the nineteenth century by Thomas Hall and Everard Calthrop .
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1:16: 89 mm Ridable, outdoor gauge. The gauge is 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (89 mm) the world over. Originally defined to be 89 mm 3 gauge in Europe. Gauge 3: 1:22.6: 63.5 mm One of the original model railroad scales standardized in 1909, a minority interest, which is undergoing a revival in the UK and in Germany (where it is known as Spur II).