Three foot gauge railways have a track gauge of 3 ft (914 mm) or 1 yard. This gauge is a narrow gauge and is generally found throughout North, Central, and South America. In Ireland, many secondary and industrial lines were built to 3 ft gauge, and it is the dominant gauge on the Isle of Man, where it is known as the Manx Standard Gauge. Modern 3 ft gauge railways are most commonly found in isolated mountainous areas, on small islands, or in large-scale amusement parks and theme parks (see table below). This gauge is also popular in model railroading (particularly in G scale), and model prototypes of these railways have been made by several model train brands around the world, such as Accucraft Trains (US), Aristo-Craft Trains (US), Bachmann Industries (Hong Kong), Delton Locomotive Works (US), LGB (Germany),[1] and PIKO (Germany).
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edit- ^ 2006 LGB Catalog
- ^ Steamlocomotive.info - Cuba
- ^ Steamlocomotive.info - Al Zawra’a Dream Park
- ^ "Al Zawra'a Dream Park - official website (in Arabic)". Archived from the original on 2014-02-05. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
- ^ "Surviving Steam Locomotives in Aguascalientes". Archived from the original on 2020-07-31. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
- ^ "Parque Héroes Mexicanos - official website (in Spanish)". Archived from the original on 2013-09-04. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
- ^ Llanso, Steve. "Hawaiian-Philippine 0-6-0 Steam Locomotives in [the] Philippines". SteamLocomotive.com. Sweat House Media. Retrieved 2021-03-24.