steamystef on September 23rd, 2009

AMTP or Association du Musée du Transport de Pithiviers, the first touristic line in continental europe.  It’s a preserved 60cm gauge line in south of Paris.  This line was laid on for commercial user, Tramway, but is mainly used for sugar beet transportation.  A complete description could be found on the wiki page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tramway_de_Pithiviers_%C3%A0_Toury.
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JohnC on August 27th, 2009

Le P’tit train de la Haute Somme is a preserved 60cm gauge sugar beet line (with WW1 military origins) in the Somme area of France. As well as steam and diesel stock it has an extensive museum with plenty of interesting 60cm/2ft locos and rolling stock (and some O14 models). A trip on the line [...]

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JohnC on August 27th, 2009

Railway museum with an extensive collection of 600 mm narrow gauge passenger railcars. Ö.Sl.J. operates traffic on two different lines:

Traffic with steam on the 600 mm narrow-gauge line with locomotives and carriages dating from the period 1890-1925 between Mariefred and Läggesta junction, circa 4 km.
Traffic between Läggesta and Taxinge-Näsby, circa 7 km, currently suspended.

Wikipedia page:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostra_Sodermanlands_Jarnvag
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JohnC on October 2nd, 2008

A great place to see 2′ narrow gauge steam and diesel in action in the South of England is Amberley Working Museum. It has regular gala days which also include narrow gauge models, layouts and traders, and there’s plenty of other attractions to amuse those members of your family who rather strangely easily tire of [...]

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