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Welcome to the home of industrial narrow gauge railways in Europe. This web site has been built to record information regarding current industrial and commercial narrow gauge railways operating throughout Europe.


Webmaster: Steve Thomason
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The type of railways covered can vary from a small hand worked line with a single wagon, to the large freight and passenger carrying networks that had still been operated until recently in countries such as Austria, Spain, and Poland. The site does not concern itself with pleasure lines or museum operations. There are many other web sites with this information, some of which are shown in the links pages.

In this site you will find news regarding these railways. This is provided by site visits and from reports in the media. All visitors to the site are welcome to contribute to the news pages. Videos and DVDs of these fast disappearing railways have been produced for many years and details of the current releases are shown elsewhere. If you wish to see what others have written about the videos and DVDs click here.



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LATEST SITE NEWS
The latest news and updates on the site

Latest update :9th February 2024

A start to the new year with some news regarding a large narrow gauge system in Germany.

The site is normally updated approx every 4-6 weeks or more frequently for small ads.

Steve Thomason


Previous Updates :

November 2023: A few updates to the adverts including a couple of locos for sale.

September 2023: A couple of news updates and additions to the small ads.

June 2023: Major report on a number of the German peat railways plus a number of new adverts for equipment.

 
SPRINGFIELD AGRICULTURAL RAILWAY

Details of the Springfield Agricultural Railway have now been included on this site. click here to learn more about this railway. The web pages include details on the construction, rolling stock, operation, and regular updates about the line.

 
Video footage always wanted

Have you any narrow gauge railway video footage that is collecting dust on a shelf somewhere? If you have, why not give other people the change to see it, and consider letting us edit and release the footage for you? In line with the scope of the website we would be interested in any industrial ng subjects, or freight based operations from larger ng lines. Depending on the length and the quality of video available, we could even consider a small payment for the use of it. It could be included on a release with similar subject matter, or maybe even released as a full DVD in its own right. Drop us an email and let us know what you have.

 
PAYPAL Online Ordering available on this web site

All the productions are now available to be purchased online via the secure and simple PAYPAL order process. Just select the video/DVD of your choice and follow the onscreen instructions. The PAYPAL process can be used for those people with or without PAYPAL accounts. For further information on PAYPAL click here.

Hundreds of orders have now been successfully processed using Paypal. If you wish to see some feedback from customers who have used this service please click here.

 
Latest DVD Releases

900mm Gauge on Rühlermoor: This DVD provides a facinating insight into an area seen as a strategic energy site for Germany, with trains from the oil and gas and peat industies all operating on the same network. This is probably the largest and most intensively worked industrial narrow gauge site in Germany today.

Klasmann: Operations of the Klasmann-Deilmann railways still operating in Germany today, mostly filmed in 2106, plus archive footage from up to 20 years ago.

Industrial Narrow Gauge Survivors: An interesting cross section of real industrial narrow gauge railways still working across Europe.

Steam on the Rack in Austria: Using footage from the 1990s as well as from 2015, all three of the metre gauge rack railways surviving in Austria are featured with nearly all the original steam locos seen during the course of the production.

Bolton Fell; The end of an Era: A release looking at the last traditionally regularly worked narrow gauge railway in England that closed in June 2014. The video footage includes many of the Motor Rail locos that used to work on this site, compiled from several visits over they years including the final dismantling of the line.

 
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