Walhalla Goldfields Railway
The Walhalla Goldfields Railway is a 2 ft 6 in narrow gauge tourist railway located in the Thomson River and Stringers Creek valleys in Gippsland, Victoria, Australia, near the former gold-mining town and tourist destination of Walhalla.
A train leaving Thomson station
Image: Bigdiesel
2 ft 6 in gauge railways are narrow gauge railways with track gauge of 2 ft 6 in. 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.
The Barbados Railway.
The Chinese Jiayang Coal Railway.
Alishan Forest Railway geared Shay locomotive in Taiwan.