3 ft gauge railways

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Three foot gauge railways have a track gauge of {{RailGauge|3ft}} or 1 yard. This gauge is a narrow gauge and is generally found throughout North, Central, and South America. In Ireland, many secondary and industrial lines were built to {{RailGauge|3ft|disp=1}} gauge, and it is the dominant gauge on the Isle of Man, where it is known as the Manx Standard Gauge. Modern {{RailGauge|3ft|disp=1}} gauge railways are most commonly found in isolated mountainous areas, on small islands, or in large-scale amusement parks and theme parks (see table below). This gauge is also popular in model railroading (particularly in G scale), and model prototypes of these railways have been made by several model train brands around the world, such as Accucraft Trains (US), Aristo-Craft Trains (US), Bachmann Industries (Hong Kong), Delton Locomotive Works (US), LGB (Germany),[https://web.archive.org/web/20140110174221/http://www.gbdb.info/data/expertenanleitung/LGB/Kat_02906.pdf 2006 LGB Catalog] and PIKO (Germany).

Railways

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Australia

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Belize

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{{main|Rail transport in Belize}}

Brazil

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Canada

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Colombia

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{{main|Rail transport in Colombia}}

Cuba

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El Salvador

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{{main|Rail transport in El Salvador}}

France

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Germany

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  • Santa Fé Express (located in {{Interlanguage link multi|Fort Fun Abenteuerland|de|lt=Fort Fun Abenteuerland}}) (operating)
  • Trams in Chemnitz (converted to {{RailGauge|925mm}} gauge, then converted to standard gauge) (operating)
Guatemala

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{{main|Rail transport in Guatemala}}

Guyana

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{{main|Railways in Guyana}}

Honduras

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{{main|Rail transport in Honduras}}

Hong Kong

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Ireland

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{{main|List of narrow-gauge railways in Ireland}}

Iraq

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  • Al Zawra’a Dream Park[http://www.steamlocomotive.info/vlocomotive.cfm?Display=19838 Steamlocomotive.info - Al Zawra’a Dream Park]{{Cite web |url=http://www.amanatbaghdad.gov.iq/PageViewer.aspx?id=59 |title=Al Zawra’a Dream Park - official website (in Arabic) |access-date=2014-01-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140205052859/http://www.amanatbaghdad.gov.iq/PageViewer.aspx?id=59 |archive-date=2014-02-05 |url-status=dead }} (operating)
Isle of Man

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Japan

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Kuwait

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Mexico

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  • Ferrocarriles Unidos de Yucatán (defunct)
  • Interoceanic Railway of Mexico (defunct)
  • National Railroad of Mexico (converted to standard gauge) (defunct)
  • Parque Héroes Mexicanos{{Cite web |url=http://www.steamlocomotive.com/lists/searchdb.php?country=MEX&state=AGS |title=Surviving Steam Locomotives in Aguascalientes |access-date=2014-01-28 |archive-date=2020-07-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731043809/http://www.steamlocomotive.com/lists/searchdb.php?country=MEX&state=AGS |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.aguascalientes.gob.mx/ninos/aguascalientes/parques.htm |title=Parque Héroes Mexicanos - official website (in Spanish) |access-date=2014-01-28 |archive-date=2013-09-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130904184948/http://www.aguascalientes.gob.mx/ninos/aguascalientes/parques.htm |url-status=dead }} (operating)
  • Tren Escénico (operating)
Nauru

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{{main|Rail transport in Nauru}}

New Caledonia

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New Zealand

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Peru

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Philippines

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  • Hawaiian–Philippine Company, Negros Island (operating).{{Cite web |first=Steve |last=Llanso |title=Hawaiian-Philippine 0-6-0 Steam Locomotives in [the] Philippines |url=https://www.steamlocomotive.com/locobase.php?country=Philippines&wheel=0-6-0&railroad=hawaiian-philippine |website=SteamLocomotive.com |publisher=Sweat House Media |accessdate=2021-03-24}}
Spain

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The Ferrocarril de Sóller and the Tranvía de Sóller are located on Majorca in the Balearic Islands. The other railways of the Majorca rail network were also {{RailGauge|3ft}} gauge, but with expansion and reconstruction of the network in the early 2000s, they were converted to {{RailGauge|1000mm|allk=on}}.

United Kingdom

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{{main|3 ft gauge railways in the United Kingdom}}

United States

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{{main|3 ft gauge railroads in the United States}}

See also

References

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