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unusual facts about narrow gauge railways



Phnom Krom railway

It is impossible to speculate when the railway was constructed, but most likely it would have between around 1890 (when the French were, among other things, undertaking extensive construction in Phnom Penh which also included the use of narrow gauge railways) and perhaps as late as the 1920s, when work on the Grand Hotel D'Angkor was being undertaken (a project which would have required large quantities of building materials).


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CF Economiques Forestiers des Landes

When narrow gauge railways were first proposed in France, it was intended they could be constructed in either 750 mm and metre gauge, however pressure from the Military made metre gauge compulsory in 1888.

Downer EDI Rail GT42CU AC

The GT42CU AC is a model of Co-Co mainline diesel electric locomotives built by Downer EDI Rail, under licence from General Motors Electro-Motive Division (now Electro-Motive Diesel), for use on narrow gauge railways in Australia.

DRG Class 99.22

Locomotive 99 222 remained on duty until 1966 on its original route, but when it became clear that the end was nigh, it transferred to the Harz and is in service today on the network of the Harz Narrow Gauge Railways (Harzer Schmalspurbahnen or HSB) between Nordhausen, Quedlinburg and Wernigerode.

Heberlein brake

On several narrow gauge railways in Saxony, numerous vehicles with Heberlein systems can still be seen.

Leek and Manifold Valley Light Railway

Its engineer was Everard Calthrop, a leading advocate of narrow gauge railways and builder of the Barsi Light Railway in India.

Narrow gauge railways in Denmark

Most notably, narrow gauge railways in Denmark were built and used by De Danske Sukkerfabrikker (Danish Sugar Corporation) to transport juice from sugar beets from purpose built "juice stations" to the main sugar factories in towns such as Nakskov, Nykøbing and Assens.

Tunnel Railway

The new line's infrastructure was designed by Henry Greenly, a leading figure in the design of narrow-gauge railways.