page_title: 2 ft and 600 mm gauge railways
section_title: Overview
hierarchical_section_title: 2 ft and 600 mm gauge railways / Overview
caption_attribution_description: English: Locomotive Aagje of the Efteling Steamtrain at a level crossing in the Efteling theme park. Nederlands: Locomotief Aagje van de Stoomtrein op een overweg in attractiepark de Efteling.
context_page_description: Two foot and 600 mm gauge railways are narrow gauge railways with track gauges of 2 ft and 600 mm, respectively. Railways with similar, less common track gauges, such as 1 ft 11 ³⁄₄ in and 1 ft 11 ¹⁄₂ in, are grouped with 2 ft and 600 mm gauge railways.
context_section_description: Most of these lines are tourist lines, which are often heritage railways or industrial lines, such as the Festiniog Railway in Wales and the Cripple Creek and Victor Narrow Gauge Railroad in Colorado.
  World War I trench railways produced the greatest concentration of 600 mm (1 ft 11 ⁵⁄₈ in) gauge railways to date. In preparation for World War II, the French Maginot Line and Alpine Line also used 600 mm (1 ft 11 ⁵⁄₈ in) gauge railways for supply routes to the fixed border defenses.
  Australia has over 4,000 kilometres (2,500 mi) of 2 ft (610 mm) gauge sugar cane railway networks in the coastal areas of Queensland, which carry more than 30 million tonnes of sugarcane a year.
  Many 2 ft (610 mm) gauge and 600 mm (1 ft 11 ⁵⁄₈ in) gauge railways are used in amusement parks and theme parks worldwide.
caption: The Efteling Steam Train Company, located in Efteling in the Netherlands, runs some locomotives that are more than a century old.
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