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.
11-573: [REDACTED] 24 gauge railway of Mr. Fernando de Teresa in Calle Gealti N° 29, in Tacubaya, Mexico City with a 5hp 0-4-0WT Arnold Jung (N° 255 of 1896), and Baldwin 4-4-0 20hp called 'Susana' (N° 15241 of March 1897) Tacubaya Railroad ( Ferrocarril de Tacubaya ) was a one-mile long (1.6 km), 600 mm ( 1 ft 11 + 5 ⁄ 8 in ) narrow gauge line serving an amusement park in
22-580: A revitalized section of the original Midland Terminal Railway and the Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad . The railroad's one station and around half of its route is located within the Cripple Creek Historic District , a National Historic Landmark . As of the 2017 season, the railroad operates three coal-fired narrow-gauge steam locomotives. Engine #1 is an 0-4-4-0 T Orenstein & Koppel Mallet locomotive built in 1902. Engine #2
33-469: Is a 0-4-0 T+T Henschel built in 1936. Engine #3 is an 0-4-0 T H. K. Porter tank built in 1927. Engine #4 is a W. G. Bagnall 0-4-4-0 T , built in 1947 which is under long term overhaul. The 5th engine is a 1951 General Electric , 4w DE engine that was battery operated for underground mining at the Idarado Mine near Telluride, Colorado . The engine is currently being used by
44-469: The 1 ft 11 + 3 ⁄ 4 in ( 603 mm ) gauge Brecon Mountain Railway . Cripple Creek and Victor Narrow Gauge Railroad The Cripple Creek & Victor Narrow Gauge Railroad (CC&VNG RR) is a 2 ft ( 610 mm ) narrow-gauge heritage railroad that operates seasonal tourist trains between Cripple Creek and the city's outskirts to the south. The railroad uses
55-731: The Ffestiniog Railway in Wales and 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
66-632: 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
77-480: The Tacubaya district of Mexico City . The line was built by Fernando de Teresa in 1896. Passengers were carried in several designs of roofed cars approximately 5 meters (16 ft 5 in) long. The locomotives were smaller than those used at Disneyland . The first locomotive was based on Decauville equipment; and the second, a 6-ton 4-4-0, was the smallest ever built by Baldwin for commercial purposes. The line
88-441: The current railroad is laid to a 2 ft ( 610 mm ) narrow gauge. The current railroad started operations on June 28, 1967. The track system begins at Bennett Avenue/5th Street going south out of Cripple Creek, goes past the old Midland Terminal Wye, then over a reconstructed train trestle, continues past historic mines and terminates very near the abandoned Anaconda mining camp. The return trip to Cripple Creek completes
99-536: 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,
110-610: The railroad's track crew. Former Lisbon streetcars 762 and 776, in 900 mm ( 2 ft 11 + 7 ⁄ 16 in ) track gauge, were acquired in 2003 for local operation but remained both mothballed — respectively in a private driveway north of Cripple Creek and in a lot in downtown Victor. Although the railroads that previously occupied the Cripple Creek & Victor's route were laid to 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ( 1,435 mm ) standard gauge and 3 ft ( 914 mm ) narrow gauge ,
121-1613: Was converted to part of Mexico City's standard gauge electric tramway system in 1910. Locomotives [ edit ] Number Builder Type Power Date Works number Notes 1 Arnold Jung (acquired via Krupp Grusonwerk , Magdeburg for Mexico) 0-4-0T 5hp 1896 255 2 Baldwin Locomotive Works 4-4-0 20hp 1897 15241 named Susana References [ edit ] Best, Gerald M. (1968). Mexican Narrow Gauge . Howell-North. Moody, Linwood W. (1959). The Maine Two-Footers . Howell-North. Westing, Fred (1966). The Locomotives that Baldwin Built . Bonanza Books. Chavez Salabert, Joaquín (2022). Ferrocarriles Decauvile en México . Seda Editores. ^ Moody 1959 p.211 ^ Best 1968 p.75 ^ Best 1968 p.78 ^ Westing 1966 p.49 Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tacubaya_Railroad&oldid=1167424361 " Categories : 600 mm gauge railways in Mexico Railway companies established in 1896 Railway companies disestablished in 1910 1910 disestablishments in Mexico Mexican companies established in 1896 2 ft and 600 mm gauge railways Most of these lines are tourist lines, which are often heritage railways or industrial lines, such as
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