History Narrow-gauge railway

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woodcut de re metallica showing narrow-gauge railway in mine, 1556



a train @ bad bubendorf station on 750 mm (2 ft 5 ⁄2 in) gauge waldenburg railway between liestal , waldenburg in switzerland [1]


the earliest recorded railway shown in de re metallica of 1556, shows mine in bohemia railway of 2 ft (610 mm) gauge. during 16th century, railways restricted hand-pushed narrow-gauge lines in mines throughout europe. during 17th century, mine railways extended provide transportation above ground. these lines industrial, connecting mines nearby transportation points, canals or other waterways. these railways built same narrow gauge mine railways developed.


the world s first steam locomotive on rails, built in 1802 richard trevithick coalbrookdale company, ran on 3 ft (914 mm) plateway. during 1820s , 1830s, number of industrial narrow-gauge railways in united kingdom used steam locomotives. in 1842, first narrow-gauge steam locomotive outside uk built 1,100 mm (3 ft 7 ⁄16 in) gauge antwerp-ghent railway in belgium. first use of steam locomotives on public, passenger-carrying narrow-gauge railway came in 1865 when ffestiniog railway introduced passenger service, after receiving first locomotives 2 years prior.


historically, many narrow-gauge railways built part of specific industrial enterprises , industrial railways rather general carriers. common uses these industrial narrow-gauge railways mining, logging, construction, tunnelling, quarrying, , conveying of agricultural products. extensive narrow-gauge networks constructed in many parts of world these purposes. example, mountain logging operations in 19th century used narrow-gauge railways transport logs mill sites market. significant sugarcane railways still operate in cuba, fiji, java, philippines, , queensland. narrow-gauge railway equipment remains in common use construction of tunnels.


extensive narrow-gauge railway systems served front-line trenches of both sides in world war i. short-lived military application, , after end of war, surplus equipment these created small boom in narrow-gauge railway building in europe.








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