2 ft gauge railways in Australia

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A list of {{RailGauge|2ft|lk=on}} narrow-gauge railways in Australia.

Installations

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New South Wales

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  • Bulahdelah Logging Railway{{Cite web |url=http://www.internationalsteam.co.uk/anz/ausop.htm |title=Steam in Australia, 2013 |access-date=16 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223012616/http://www.internationalsteam.co.uk/anz/ausop.htm |archive-date=23 February 2014 |url-status=live }} (operational status unknown)
  • Goondah-Burrinjuck Railway (defunct)
  • Cataract Dam construction railway; {{convert|8.8|km|abbr=on}}, (defunct)
  • Illawarra Light Railway Museum (separate {{RailGauge|7.25in}} gauge railway also present) (operating)
  • Kiama Harbour-Pikes Hill Quarry{{Cite magazine |last=McCarthy|first=Ken|date=1982|title=Tramways of the Illawarra |magazine=Trolley Wire|volume=23 |issue=4 |pages=3,4,5 |url=https://www.sydneytramwaymuseum.com.au/members.old/Trolley_Wire/201%20-%20Trolley%20Wire%20-%20Aug%201982.pdf}} (defunct)
  • Marsden Weir Steam Museum (defunct)
  • Megalong Valley Tourist Railway (defunct)
  • Melaleuca Station, Chinderah (defunct)
  • Menangle Narrow Gauge Railway (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

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  • Australian Sugar Cane Railway{{Cite web |url=http://qldrailheritage.com/ascr/index.html |title=Australian Sugar Cane Railway - official website |access-date=19 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140309061732/http://qldrailheritage.com/ascr/index.html |archive-date=9 March 2014 |url-status=live }} (located in Bundaberg Botanic Gardens) (operating)
  • Ballyhooley Steam Railway (operating)
  • Dreamworld Express (located in Dreamworld) (operating)
  • Durundur Railway (operating)
  • Geraldton Shire Tramway[https://web.archive.org/web/20060822001415/http://members.shaw.ca/twofooter/ww2ftrrA-C.htm#Australia#Australia World Wide Listing of Two foot, 1' 11 1/2", 600 mm (60cm) & 610mm Railroads (from archive.org) - Australia] (taken over by the Innisfail and Mourilyan Tramway)
  • Innisfail and Mourilyan Tramway (owned by Queensland Rail) (parts operating as a sugar cane tramway)
  • Irvinebank Tramway (parts operating as a sugar cane tramway)
  • Mapleton Tramway (parts operating as a sugar cane tramway)
  • Mount Molloy mine and smelter{{cite QHR|31912|JM Johnston's Sawmill (former) Steam Plant|602776|accessdate=1 August 2014}}
  • Mourilyan Harbour Tramway (taken over by the Innisfail and Mourilyan Tramway)
  • Queensland sugar tramways (operating)
  • Stannary Hills Tramway (taken over by the Innisfail and Mourilyan Tramway)
  • Woodford Railway{{Cite web |url=http://www.angrms.org.au/index.html |title=Woodford Railway - official website |access-date=21 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305061802/http://www.angrms.org.au/index.html |archive-date=5 March 2014 |url-status=live }} (operating)
South Australia

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  • Cobdogla Irrigation Museum{{Cite web |url=http://www.nationaltrust.org.au/sa/cobdogla-irrigation-museum |title=Cobdogla Irrigation Museum |access-date=16 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222033549/http://www.nationaltrust.org.au/sa/cobdogla-irrigation-museum |archive-date=22 February 2014 |url-status=live }} (operating)
Tasmania

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  • Comstock Tramway, Mount Lyell{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article84288337 |title=LYELL. |newspaper=Zeehan and Dundas Herald (Hobart, Tas. : 1890 - 1922) |location=Hobart, Tas. |date=22 November 1918 |access-date=28 June 2012 |page=4 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} (defunct)
  • Comstock Tramway, Zeehan (defunct)
  • Hercules Haulage (defunct)
  • Ida Bay Railway (operating)
  • Lake Margaret Tram (defunct)
  • Magnet Tramway (defunct)
  • Mount Lyell Quarry Railway{{Citation | author1=Mainwaring, Ross | author2=Light Railway Research Society of Australia, (issuing body.) | title=Beneath the peak of Lyell : the Mount Lyell mines and their 2 ft gauge tramways | publication-date=2020 | publisher=Light Railway Research Society of Australia | isbn=978-0-909340-55-1}} (defunct)
  • Mount Lyell Underground Railway{{Citation | author1=Mainwaring, Ross | author2=Light Railway Research Society of Australia, (issuing body.) | title=Beneath the peak of Lyell : the Mount Lyell mines and their 2 ft gauge tramways | publication-date=2020 | publisher=Light Railway Research Society of Australia | isbn=978-0-909340-55-1}} (defunct)
  • National Portland Cement Limited, Darlington, Maria Island{{cite book|title=Australian Railway Atlas No.1 - Tasmania|date=June 2004|publisher=The Quail Map Company|location=Exeter, UK|isbn=1-898319-69-3|pages=Map 12 & page 26}} (defunct)
  • North East Dundas Tramway (defunct)
  • Redwater Creek Steam and Heritage Society (operating)
  • Sandfly Colliery Tramway (defunct)
  • Wee Georgie Wood Railway (formerly known as the Mount Farrell Tramway) (operating)
  • Zeehan & North East Dundas (defunct)
Victoria

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  • Alexandra Timber Tramway (operating)
  • Cheetham Salt Works{{Cite web |url=http://www.alexandratramway.org.au/locomotives_non_steam/days_ex_cheetham_salt.htm |title=Alexandra Timber Tramway - Day's Tractor ex Cheetham Salt |access-date=16 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140301044817/http://www.alexandratramway.org.au/locomotives_non_steam/days_ex_cheetham_salt.htm |archive-date=1 March 2014 |url-status=live }} (defunct)
  • Coal Creek Bush Tramway (operating)
  • Kerrisdale Mountain Railway (operating)
  • Melbourne Benevolent Asylum (defunct)
  • Red Cliffs Historical Steam Railway (operating)
  • Rubicon Lumber and Tramway Company{{Cite web |url=http://www.alexandratramway.org.au/historical_background.htm |title=Alexandra Timber Tramway - Historical background |access-date=16 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222095155/http://www.alexandratramway.org.au/historical_background.htm |archive-date=22 February 2014 |url-status=live }} (defunct)
Western Australia

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  • Bennett Brook Railway (operating)
  • Roebourne and Cossack tramway{{Cite web |url=http://transpressnz.blogspot.nl/2012/08/the-one-time-roebourne-and-cossack.html |title=Roebourne and Cossack tramway |date=15 August 2012 |access-date=16 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222100434/http://transpressnz.blogspot.nl/2012/08/the-one-time-roebourne-and-cossack.html |archive-date=22 February 2014 |url-status=live }} (defunct)

See also

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