The toy trains are called so because of the narrow
gauge railway lines they ride on.
The Pelion Railway, on which rides the fabled Little Train of Pelion, is a narrow
gauge railway line in Greece, originally operated by Thessaly Railways.
The narrow
gauge railway line stretches over seventeen miles, with over sixty official stations - or more accurately, stops as a number of these are simply footpaths across the railway.
Walk or cycle along part of the disused narrow
gauge railway line that once ran from Colac through the exhilarating Otway Ranges.
Not exact matches
Kalach is the terminus of the local narrow -
gauge railway — the
line literally stops there.
The creation of a standard
gauge railway to Juba in South Sudan, with a branch
line to Ethiopia, at a cost of over $ 7 billion (Sh595 billion).
Today the sleepers are modern concrete and the
line no longer runs through Beltana, but follows a more direct route, on a modern medium
gauge railway.
They run on the last remaining operating portion of the historic narrow -
gauge Ghan
railway line.
Originally the
railway, which opened at the start of the 20th Century, was one of five narrow
gauge lines of the Victorian
Railways.
Continue with a journey on the Welsh Highland
Railway *, a narrow -
gauge line running along the foothills of the Snowdonia Mountain range, to Beddgelert where there is time to explore this pretty village before returning to Llandudno.
«
Railways of Wales» also includes the narrow
gauge former slate
line at Ffestiniog, as well as only cable - hauled tramway still operating on British public roads, the Great Orme Tramway in Llandudno where the tour is based.
Even though this is the same narrow
gauge as the Welsh Highland
Railway, the carriages are smaller as the load bearing capacity of the
line is less.