Queensland Rail
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Queensland Rail (QR) is a railway operator in Queensland, Australia. Owned by the Queensland Government, it operates local and long-distance passenger services, as well as owning and maintaining rolling stock and approximately 6,600 kilometres (4,101 mi) of track and related infrastructure.
An Electric Multiple Unit (left) and a New Generation Rollingstock (right) – Queensland Rail's oldest and newest operational trains – at Altandi, December 2018
2470 class at Corinda in the original diesel livery in February 1998
EMU01 at Ferny Grove station on the first electric service in Brisbane in November 1979
EMU03 at Sunshine in October 2016
Narrow-gauge railway
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A narrow-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge narrower than 1,435 mm standard gauge. Most narrow-gauge railways are between 600 mm and 1,067 mm.
1556 woodcut from De re metallica, showing a narrow-gauge railway in a mine
An Electric Tilt Train in Queensland. Unlike other states in Australia which use different gauges, Queensland's network is made up of 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)-gauge track.
The 3 ft (914 mm) gauge Disneyland Railroad in California
The 1 ft 11+1⁄2 in (597 mm) gauge Ffestiniog Railway in Wales