Sentences with phrase «narrow gauge lines»

Originally the railway, which opened at the start of the 20th Century, was one of five narrow gauge lines of the Victorian Railways.

We are looking forward to a more efficient rail service on the narrow gauge lines to be driven by the private sector.

This narrow gauge line is Romania's only forestry line used daily for passengers and log trains.

The narrow gauge line opened to passengers in 1923, running all the way to Porthmadog, but closed in 1937, a dismal commercial failure.

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Kalach is the terminus of the local narrow - gauge railway — the line literally stops there.

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.

These original cars were later replaced with the replica carriage to incorporate the technological advances and the train run shifted to broad gauge rail lines from the narrow gauge.

This narrow - gauge line winds its way across «a hundred valleys», over high bridges and past sleepy villages on its way to Locarno, on the northern shore of Lake Maggiore.

During the latter part of the 1960s the Durango - Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad was registered as a National Historic Landmark but in 1969 the Denver and Rio Grande Western abandoned the tracks south of Durango isolating the line and leaving the future of the line in question once again.

They run on the last remaining operating portion of the historic narrow - gauge Ghan railway line.

It's also the longest narrow gauge steam line in Britain.

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.

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.

Walk or cycle along part of the disused narrow gauge railway line that once ran from Colac through the exhilarating Otway Ranges.

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.

Cast glass plumb bobs dangle from the ceiling, and water gauges made from narrow strips of plexiglass line the walls.