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2 ft 6 in gauge railways

The Barbados Railway.
The Chinese Jiayang Coal Railway.
Alishan Forest Railway geared Shay locomotive in Taiwan.

2 ft 6 in (762 mm) gauge railways are narrow gauge railways with track gauge of 2 ft 6 in (762 mm). This type of rail was promoted especially in the colonies of the British Empire during the second half of the nineteenth century by Thomas Hall and Everard Calthrop.

Several Bosnian-gauge railways with 760 mm (2 ft 5+1516 in) are found in south-eastern Europe. 760 mm (29.92 in) is well within tolerances of 762 mm (30.00 in).


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Ancho imperial Spanish 762 mm rööpmelaius ET 2フィート6インチ軌間 Japanese 2피트 6인치 궤간 Korean

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