750 mm gauge railways

750 mm (2 ft 5 1⁄2 in) narrow-gauge railways are very similar to 760 mm (2 ft 5 15⁄16 in) and 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) gauge. 750 mm gauge rolling stock is almost compatible with 760 and 762 mm railways.

Track gauge
By transport mode
Tram · Rapid transit
Miniature · Scale model
By size (list)
Minimum
  Fifteen inch 381 mm (15 in)
Narrow
  600 mm
Two foot		 600 mm
610 mm		 (1 ft ​11 5⁄8 in)
(2 ft)
  750 mm
Bosnian gauge
Two foot six inch		 750 mm
760 mm
762 mm		 (2 ft ​5 1⁄2 in)
2 ft ​5 15⁄16 in
(2 ft 6 in)
  Swedish three foot
900 mm
Three foot		 891 mm
900 mm
914 mm		 (2 ft ​11 3⁄32 in)
(2 ft ​11 7⁄16 in)
(3 ft)
  Metre 1,000 mm (3 ft ​3 3⁄8 in)
  Three foot six inch 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
  Standard 1,435 mm (4 ft ​8 1⁄2 in)
Broad
  Dresden gauge 1,450 mm (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)
  1520 mm
Five foot		 1,520 mm
1,524 mm		 (4 ft ​11 7⁄8 in)
(5 ft)
  Pennsylvania gauge
Pennsylvania gauge
Five foot three inch		 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)
  Iberian gauge
Five foot six inch		 1,668 mm
1,676 mm		 (5 ft ​5 21⁄32 in)
(5 ft 6 in)
Change of gauge
Break-of-gauge · Dual gauge ·
Conversion (list) · Bogie exchange · Variable gauge
By location

North America · South America · Europe · Australia
Locomotive 99 1746 of the Weisseritz Valley Railway in Germany
TU8 diesel locomotive in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia

Installations
Country/territory Railway
Algeria
  • Societe Anonyme des Mines du Zaccar[1]
Argentina
  • Central Chubut Railway
  • Ferrocarril General Manuel Belgrano; stretch of 48 mi (77.2 km)[2] now probably 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in), like the rest of the network
  • La Trochita; 174 mi (280.0 km)
  • Ramal Ferro Industrial Río Turbio
Austria
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Bolivia
  • FC Vinto - Cochabamba - Arani; 42 mi (68 km)[3] 1914-1948
Chile
  • Ferrocarril Yungay–Barrancas
Czech Republic
Egypt
Ecuador[2]
  • FC El Oro, Southern line
  • FC de Bahia a Chone
Estonia
Main article: Narrow-gauge railways in Estonia
Finland
France
Georgia
Greece
Germany
  • Döllnitzbahn GmbH
  • Lößnitzgrundbahn
  • Weißeritztalbahn
  • Zittauer Schmalspurbahn
Indonesia
  • Used by sugar mills in Java: Bandjaratma, Ceper, Colomadu, Tasikmadu, Pakis Baru, Bitung Randu, Cileungsi, Jonggol, Gedong Tengeng, Cariu, Bojongmangu, Balekambang, Leuwiliang and Trangkil;
    only Tasikmadu dan Tenjo in use
  • Formerly used in Aceh.
Kazakhstan
Main article: Narrow-gauge railways in Kazakhstan
Latvia
Main article: Narrow-gauge railways in Latvia
Lithuania
Main article: Narrow-gauge railways in Lithuania
Morocco
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Main article: Narrow-gauge railways in Poland
Russia
Main article: Narrow-gauge railways in Russia
Spain
Switzerland
Turkey
  • Samsun–Çarşamba Railway Line
Ukraine
Main article: Narrow-gauge railways in Ukraine
Uzbekistan
  • A railway in National Park of Uzbekistan in Tashkent
  • Measuring by the tape measure
  • A rail
  • 750 mm gauge railways of Zaplyusye's peat company
  • Map of 750 mm (2 ft 5 1⁄2 in) gauge tramways in the Achterhoek of Gelderland
  • Standard gauge freight cars on Rollbock, 750 mm (2 ft 5 1⁄2 in) gauge
  • Rollbock track 750 mm (2 ft 5 1⁄2 in) gauge
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See also

References
  1. Standard steam locomotives
  2. Jane's World Railways. 1969–1970.
  4. Children's Railways of the former USSR – Past and Present
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