Fifteen-inch gauge railway
Track gauge
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Tram · Rapid transit
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Minimum |
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Fifteen inch |
381 mm |
(15 in) |
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Narrow |
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600 mm,
Two foot |
597 mm
600 mm
603 mm
610 mm |
(1 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
(1 ft 11 5⁄8 in)
(1 ft 11 3⁄4 in)
(2 ft) |
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750 mm,
Bosnian,
Two foot six inch,
800 mm |
750 mm
760 mm
762 mm
800 mm |
(2 ft 5 1⁄2 in)
(2 ft 5 15⁄16 in)
(2 ft 6 in)
(2 ft 7 1⁄2 in) |
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Swedish three foot,
900 mm,
Three foot |
891 mm
900 mm
914 mm |
(2 ft11 3⁄32 in)
(2 ft 11 7⁄16)
(3 ft) |
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Metre |
1,000 mm |
(3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) |
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Three foot six inch,
Cape, CAP, Kyōki |
1,067 mm |
(3 ft 6 in) |
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Four foot six inch |
1,372 mm |
(4 ft 6 in) |
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Standard |
1,435 mm |
(4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) |
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Broad |
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Russian,
Five foot |
1,520 mm
1,524 mm |
(4 ft 11 27⁄32 in)
(5 ft) |
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Irish |
1,600 mm |
(5 ft 3 in) |
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Iberian |
1,668 mm |
(5 ft 5 21⁄32 in) |
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Indian |
1,676 mm |
(5 ft 6 in) |
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Six foot |
1,829 mm |
(6 ft) |
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Brunel |
2,140 mm |
(7 ft 1⁄4 in) |
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Fifteen-inch gauge railways were pioneered by Sir Arthur Percival Heywood who was interested in what he termed a minimum gauge railway for use as estate railways or to be easy to lay on, for instance, a battlefield.[1] In 1874, he described the principle behind it as used for his Duffield Bank Railway, distinguishing it from a "Narrow Gauge" railway. Having previously built a small railway of 9 in (229 mm) gauge, he settled on 15 in (381 mm) gauge as the minimum that he felt was practical.
Installations
See also
References
- ↑ Heywood, A.P. (1974) [1881, Derby: Bemrose]. Minimum Gauge Railways. Turntable Enterprises. ISBN 0-902844-26-1.
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| | Broad gauge |
- 1445 mm gauge 1,445 mm (4 ft 8 7⁄8 in)
- 4 ft 10 7⁄8 in (1,495 mm), Toronto
- 5 ft/1,524 mm and 1520 mm, Russian gauge
- 5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm), Irish gauge
- 1,668 mm (5 ft 5 21⁄32 in), Iberian gauge
- 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm), Indian gauge
- 7 ft 1⁄4 in (2,140 mm), Brunel gauge
- 3,000 mm (9 ft 10 1⁄8 in), Breitspurbahn
- List of broad tram track gauges
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