2 ft gauge railways in Australia

A list of 2 ft (610 mm) narrow-gauge railways in Australia.

Track gauge
By transport mode
By size (list)
Graphic list of track gauges
Minimum
  Minimum
  Fifteen inch 381 mm (15 in)
Narrow
 
  • 600 mm
  • 610 mm
  • 686 mm
  • (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in)
  • (2 ft)
  • (2 ft 3 in)
 
  • 750 mm
  • 760 mm
  • 762 mm
  • (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
  • (2 ft 5+15⁄16 in)
  • (2 ft 6 in)
 
  • 891 mm
  • 900 mm
  • 914 mm
  • 950 mm
  • (2 ft 11+3⁄32 in)
  • (2 ft 11+7⁄16 in)
  • (3 ft)
  • (3 ft1+13⁄32 in)
  Metre 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
  Three foot six inch 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
  Four foot 1,219 mm (4 ft 0 in)
  Four foot six inch 1,372 mm (4 ft 6 in)
  1432 mm 1,432 mm (4 ft 8+3⁄8 in)
  Standard 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Broad
 
  • 1,445 mm
  • 1,450 mm
  • (4 ft 8+7⁄8 in)
  • (4 ft 9+3⁄32 in)
  Leipzig gauge 1,458 mm (4 ft 9+13⁄32 in)
  Toronto gauge 1,495 mm (4 ft 10+7⁄8 in)
 
  • 1,520 mm
  • 1,524 mm
  • (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in)
  • (5 ft)
 
  • 1,581 mm
  • 1,588 mm
  • 1,600 mm
  • (5 ft 2+1⁄4 in)
  • (5 ft 2+1⁄2 in)
  • (5 ft 3 in)
  Baltimore gauge 1,638 mm (5 ft 4+1⁄2 in)
 
  • 1,668 mm
  • 1,676 mm
  • (5 ft 5+21⁄32 in)
  • (5 ft 6 in)
  Six foot 1,829 mm (6 ft)
  Brunel 2,140 mm (7 ft 1⁄4 in)
Change of gauge
By location
World map, rail gauge by region

An example of a typical sugar cane railway in Queensland.

Installations
State/territory Railway
New South Wales
  • Bulahdelah Logging Railway[1] (operational status unknown)
  • Goondah-Burrinjuck Railway (defunct)
  • Cataract Dam construction railway; 8.8 km (5.5 mi), (defunct)
  • Illawarra Light Railway Museum (separate 7+1⁄4 in (184 mm) gauge railway also present) (operating)
  • Kiama Harbour-Pikes Hill Quarry[2] (defunct)
  • Marsden Weir Steam Museum[1] (defunct)
  • Megalong Valley Tourist Railway[1] (defunct)
  • Melaleuca Station, Chinderah[1] (defunct)
  • Menangle Narrow Gauge Railway[1] (operating)
  • Newington Armaments Depot (defunct)
  • Timbertown Heritage Railway (located in Timbertown) (operating)
  • Pete's Hobby Railway (located in Junee) (Private 2 ft gauge railway that is operating. Public admittance is not allowed under the Rail Safety National Law (NSW), No. 82a of 2012)
Queensland
South Australia
  • Cobdogla Irrigation Museum[7] (operating)
Tasmania
Victoria
  • Alexandra Timber Tramway[1] (operating)
  • Cheetham Salt Works[12] (defunct)
  • Coal Creek Bush Tramway[1] (operating)
  • Kerrisdale Mountain Railway[1] (operating)
  • Melbourne Benevolent Asylum (defunct)
  • Red Cliffs Historical Steam Railway[1] (operating)
  • Rubicon Lumber and Tramway Company[13] (defunct)
Western Australia

See also

References
  1. "Steam in Australia, 2013". Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
  2. McCarthy, Ken (1982). "Tramways of the Illawarra" (PDF). Trolley Wire. Vol. 23, no. 4. pp. 3, 4, 5.
  3. "Australian Sugar Cane Railway - official website". Archived from the original on 9 March 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
  4. World Wide Listing of Two foot, 1' 11 1/2", 600 mm (60cm) & 610mm Railroads (from archive.org) - Australia
  5. "JM Johnston's Sawmill (former) Steam Plant (entry 602776)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  6. "Woodford Railway - official website". Archived from the original on 5 March 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
  7. "Cobdogla Irrigation Museum". Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
  8. "LYELL". Zeehan and Dundas Herald (Hobart, Tas. : 1890 - 1922). Hobart, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 22 November 1918. p. 4. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
  9. Mainwaring, Ross; Light Railway Research Society of Australia, (issuing body.) (2020), Beneath the peak of Lyell : the Mount Lyell mines and their 2 ft gauge tramways, Light Railway Research Society of Australia, ISBN 978-0-909340-55-1
  10. Mainwaring, Ross; Light Railway Research Society of Australia, (issuing body.) (2020), Beneath the peak of Lyell : the Mount Lyell mines and their 2 ft gauge tramways, Light Railway Research Society of Australia, ISBN 978-0-909340-55-1
  11. Australian Railway Atlas No.1 - Tasmania. Exeter, UK: The Quail Map Company. June 2004. pp. Map 12 & page 26. ISBN 1-898319-69-3.
  12. "Alexandra Timber Tramway - Day's Tractor ex Cheetham Salt". Archived from the original on 1 March 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
  13. "Alexandra Timber Tramway - Historical background". Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
  14. "Roebourne and Cossack tramway". 15 August 2012. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
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