2 ft gauge railways in Australia

An example of a typical sugar cane railway in Queensland.

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

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) (located in Timbertown) (operating) (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	^[3] (located in Bundaberg Botanic Gardens) (operating) Ballyhooley Steam Railway (operating) Dreamworld Express (located in Dreamworld) (operating) Durundur Railway^[1] (operating) Geraldton Shire Tramway^[4] (taken over by the Innisfail and Mourilyan Tramway) Innisfail and Mourilyan Tramway^[4] (owned by Queensland Rail) (parts operating as a sugar cane tramway) Irvinebank Tramway^[4] (parts operating as a sugar cane tramway) Mapleton Tramway^[4] (parts operating as a sugar cane tramway) Mount Molloy mine and smelter^[5] Mourilyan Harbour Tramway^[4] (taken over by the Innisfail and Mourilyan Tramway) Queensland sugar tramways (operating) Stannary Hills Tramway^[4] (taken over by the Innisfail and Mourilyan Tramway) Woodford Railway^[6] (operating)
South Australia	^[7] (operating)
Tasmania	Comstock Tramway, Mount Lyell^[8] (defunct) Comstock Tramway, Zeehan^[4] (defunct) Hercules Haulage (defunct) Ida Bay Railway (operating) Lake Margaret Tram (defunct) Magnet Tramway^[4] (defunct) Mount Lyell Quarry Railway^{[citation needed]} (defunct) Mount Lyell Underground Railway^{[citation needed]} (defunct) National Portland Cement Limited, Darlington, Maria Island^[9] (defunct) North East Dundas Tramway (defunct) Redwater Creek Steam and Heritage Society^[1] (operating) Sandfly Colliery Tramway (defunct) Wee Georgie Wood Railway (formerly known as the Mount Farrell Tramway)^[4] (operating) Zeehan & North East Dundas^[4] (defunct)
Victoria	Alexandra Timber Tramway^[1] (operating) Cheetham Salt Works^[10] (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^[11] (defunct)
Western Australia	Bennett Brook Railway (operating) Roebourne and Cossack tramway^[12] (defunct)

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "Steam in Australia, 2013". Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
^ McCarthy, Ken (1982). "Tramways of the Illawarra" (PDF). Trolley Wire. 23 No.4 (210): 3, 4, 5.
^ "Australian Sugar Cane Railway - official website". Archived from the original on 9 March 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j World Wide Listing of Two foot, 1' 11 1/2", 600 mm (60cm) & 610mm Railroads (from archive.org) - Australia
^ "JM Johnston's Sawmill (former) Steam Plant (entry 602776)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
^ "Woodford Railway - official website". Archived from the original on 5 March 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
^ "Cobdogla Irrigation Museum". Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
^ "LYELL". Zeehan and Dundas Herald (Hobart, Tas. : 1890 - 1922). Hobart, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 22 November 1918. p. 4. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
^ Australian Railway Atlas No.1 - Tasmania. Exeter, UK: The Quail Map Company. June 2004. pp. Map 12 & page 26. ISBN 1 898319 69 3.
^ "Alexandra Timber Tramway - Day's Tractor ex Cheetham Salt". Archived from the original on 1 March 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
^ "Alexandra Timber Tramway - Historical background". Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
^ "Roebourne and Cossack tramway". Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2014.

External links[]

Queensland sugar cane railways today

[AUS-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "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. 23 No.4 (210): 3, 4, 5.

[3] "Australian Sugar Cane Railway - official website". Archived from the original on 9 March 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2014.

[ww2ft-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j World Wide Listing of Two foot, 1' 11 1/2", 600 mm (60cm) & 610mm Railroads (from archive.org) - Australia

[qhr-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] Australian Railway Atlas No.1 - Tasmania. Exeter, UK: The Quail Map Company. June 2004. pp. Map 12 & page 26. ISBN 1 898319 69 3.

[10] "Alexandra Timber Tramway - Day's Tractor ex Cheetham Salt". Archived from the original on 1 March 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2014.

[11] "Alexandra Timber Tramway - Historical background". Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2014.

[12] "Roebourne and Cossack tramway". Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2014.

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Minimum-gauge Minimum-gauge railways	15 in (381 mm) 400 mm (15+3⁄4 in) 16 in (406 mm) 18 in (457 mm) 19 in (483 mm) 500 mm (19+3⁄4 in) 20 in (508 mm) 21 in (533 mm) 1 ft 10 in (559 mm)
Narrow gauge	2 foot and 600 mm 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in) 760 mm (2 ft 5+15⁄16 in) 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) 800 mm (2 ft 7+1⁄2 in) 891 mm (2 ft 11+3⁄32 in) Swedish three foot 900 mm (2 ft 11+7⁄16 in) 3 ft (914 mm) 950 mm (3 ft 1+3⁄8 in) Italian metre gauge 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge 1,050 mm (3 ft 5+11⁄32 in), 1,055 mm (3 ft 5+1⁄2 in), 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) 1,093 mm (3 ft 7 in), 1,100 mm (3 ft 7+5⁄16 in), 1,200 mm (3 ft 11+1⁄4 in) 4 ft (1,219 mm) 4 ft 1 in (1,245 mm), Middleton Railway 4 ft 6 in (1,372 mm), Scotch gauge 4 ft 6+1⁄2 in (1,384 mm), Scotch gauge 4 ft 7+3⁄4 in (1,416 mm) 4 ft 8 in (1,422 mm), almost standard gauge 4 ft 8+1⁄4 in (1,429 mm) 1,432 mm (4 ft 8+3⁄8 in)
Standard gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in / 1,435 mm, Stephenson gauge
Broad gauge	1,440 mm (4 ft 8+11⁄16 in) 1,445 mm (4 ft 8+7⁄8 in) 1,450 mm (4 ft 9+3⁄32 in) 4 ft 9+3⁄8 in (1,457 mm) 1,458 mm (4 ft 9+13⁄32 in) 4 ft 10+7⁄8 in (1,495 mm), Toronto gauge 5 ft / 1,524 mm and 1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in), Russian gauge. 5 ft 2+1⁄4 in / 1,581 mm and 5 ft 2+1⁄2 in / 1,588 mm, Pennsylvania gauge 5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm), Irish gauge 5 ft 4+1⁄2 in (1,638 mm), Baltimore 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 8,200 mm (26 ft 10+27⁄32 in), Lärchwandschrägaufzug 9,000 mm (29 ft 6+5⁄16 in), Krasnoyarsk Dam
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2 ft gauge railways in Australia

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