Minimum-gauge railway
Railway with a 15 inch track guage / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with Ridable miniature railway.
Minimum-gauge railways have a gauge of most commonly 15 in (381 mm),[1] 400 mm (15+3⁄4 in), 16 in (406 mm), 18 in (457 mm), 19 in (483 mm), 500 mm (19+3⁄4 in) or 20 in (508 mm). The notion of minimum-gauge railways was originally developed by estate railways[1] and the French company of Decauville for light railways, trench railways, mining, and farming applications.[2]