Decauville was a manufacturing company which was founded by Paul Decauville, a French pioneer in industrial railways. Decauville's major innovation was the use of ready-made sections of light, narrow-
Emblem Decauville
Marrel-tipper with Fassi-crane
Paul Decauville, founder
Decauville factories in Petit-Bourg, in Petite-Synthe near Dunkerque and in Val-Saint-Lambert, ca 1900-1909
Minimum-gauge railways are railways with track gauges smaller than those of narrow-gauge railways, primarily designed for light, industrial, or tourist transportation. The most common gauges for minim