Two foot and 600 mm gauge railways are narrow gauge railways with track gauges of 2 ft ( 610 mm ) and 600 mm ( 1 ft 11 + 5 ⁄ 8 in ), respectively. Railways with similar, less common track gauges, such as 1 ft 11 + 3 ⁄ 4 in ( 603 mm ) and 1 ft 11 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ( 597 mm ), are grouped with 2 ft and 600 mm gauge railways.
6-491: The Lincolnshire potato railways were a network of private, 1 ft 11 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ( 597 mm ) narrow gauge farm railways which existed in the English county of Lincolnshire in the mid-20th century, for the purposes of transporting the annual potato crop between the fields and the nearest standard-gauge main line railhead . There were two major systems of potato railways: one located near
12-584: The Cripple Creek and Victor Narrow Gauge Railroad in Colorado . World War I trench railways produced the greatest concentration of 600 mm ( 1 ft 11 + 5 ⁄ 8 in ) gauge railways to date. In preparation for World War II , the French Maginot Line and Alpine Line also used 600 mm ( 1 ft 11 + 5 ⁄ 8 in ) gauge railways for supply routes to
18-679: The South African Class NG15 2-8-2 locomotives started their career on the 600 mm ( 1 ft 11 + 5 ⁄ 8 in ) gauge. The Otavi Mining and Railway Company in South West Africa (now Namibia ) were transferred to the 2 ft gauge railways in South Africa and currently some surviving locomotives reside in Wales on the 1 ft 11 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ( 597 mm ) gauge Welsh Highland Railway and
24-618: The rolling stock and track from the Nocton system have been preserved at the Lincolnshire Coast Light Railway near Skegness . 53°09′13″N 0°25′09″W / 53.153500°N 0.419271°W / 53.153500; -0.419271 2 ft and 600 mm gauge railways Most of these lines are tourist lines, which are often heritage railways or industrial lines, such as the Ffestiniog Railway in Wales and
30-536: The fixed border defenses. Australia has over 4,000 kilometres (2,500 mi) of 2 ft ( 610 mm ) gauge sugar cane railway networks in the coastal areas of Queensland , which carry more than 30 million tonnes of sugar cane a year. Many 2 ft ( 610 mm ) gauge and 600 mm ( 1 ft 11 + 5 ⁄ 8 in ) gauge railways are used in amusement parks and theme parks worldwide. The interchange of rolling stock between these similar track gauges occasionally occurred; for example,
36-496: The village of Nocton (the " Nocton Estate Light Railway " south of Lincoln ), centred on Nocton and Dunston railway station ; the other to the north of Holbeach in the south of the county, serving Fleet and Sutton Bridge stations. There were other, smaller systems elsewhere in Lincolnshire, for example at Deeping St Nicholas . All of the potato railways were closed by 1969; their duties taken over by farm lorries . Some of
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