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RailGauge input options (2014) (see also actual {{Track gauge}})
By metric unit
(parameter |lk=on)
  By imperial units
(parameter |lk=on)
Note
(background or source)
Input
value
Produces Input
value
Produces
3mm 3 mm (0.118 in) s.g. by 1:480
3 ft 6 in gauge by 1:450 (Cape gauge, T scale)
4mm 4 mm (0.157 in)
4.5mm 4.5 mm (0.177 in) 0.177in 0.177 in (4.5 mm) 2140mm gauge by 1:480[citation needed]
4.8mm 4.8 mm (0.189 in) s.g. by 1:300 (ZZ scale)
2140mm gauge by 1:450
0.25in
0.250in
0.250in
6.5mm 6.5 mm (0.256 in) 0.256in 0.256 in (6.5 mm) s.g. by 1:220 (Z scale)
0.276in 0.276 in (7 mm)
8mm 8 mm (0.315 in) s.g. by 1:180[citation needed]
2140mm by 1:300[citation needed]
8.97mm 8.97mm 0.353in 0.353 in (8.97 mm) s.g. by 1:160 (a more exact N scale; FiNe definitions)
9mm 9 mm (0.354 in) s.g. by 1:160 (N scale, British N gauge)


3ft gauge by 1:101.6 (3mm scale)

9.42mm 9.42 mm (0.371 in) s.g. by 1:152 (2mm scale)
10.5mm 10.5 mm (0.413 in) 0.413in 0.413 in (10.5 mm)
0.47in
0.470in
0.470in
12mm 12 mm (0.472 in) 0.472in
0.473in
0.472 in (12 mm) 1000 mm by 1:87 (metre gauge, H0m scale)
1067 mm by 1:87 (Cape gauge, HOn3-1/2 scale)
s.g. by 1:120 (TT scale)
2140mm gauge by 1:180[citation needed]
12.7mm 12.7 mm (0.5 in) 0.5in 0.5in 1520mm gauge by 1:120[citation needed]
13mm 13 mm (0.512 in)
13.5mm 13.5 mm (0.531 in) 4ft 6in gauge by 1:101.6 (Scotch gauge, 3mm scale)
2140mm gauge by 1:160[citation needed]
14mm 14 mm (0.551 in) 2 ft gauge by 1:43.5 (7mm to 1 ft; O14)
1676mm gauge by 1:120[citation needed]
2140mm gauge by 1:152.4[citation needed]
14.125mm 14.125 mm (0.556 in) s.g. by 1:101.6 exact (normalised into 14.2 mm in 3mm scale)
14.2mm 14.2 mm (0.559 in) s.g. by 1:101.6 (normalised, see 14.125 mm, 3mm scale)
14.28mm 14.28 mm (0.562 in)
14.3mm 14.3 mm (0.563 in) 0.563in
0.563"
0.563 in (14.3 mm)
15.75mm 15.75 mm (0.620 in) 1600 mm gauge by 1:101.6 (Irish gauge, 3mm scale)
16.2mm 16.2 mm (0.638 in)
16.5mm 16.5 mm (0.65 in) 0.65in
0.650in
0.650in s.g. by 1:87 (HO scale)
1676 mm gauge by 1:101.6 (Indian gauge, 3mm scale)
18mm 18 mm (0.709 in) 1520mm gauge by 1:87[citation needed]
2140mm gauge by 1:120[citation needed]
18.2mm 18.2 mm (0.717 in) s.g. by 1:76 nominally (4mm to 1 ft; EM gauge)
18.83mm 18.83 mm (0.741 in) s.g. by 1:76 (4mm to 1 ft; P4 gauge)
19mm 19 mm (0.748 in)
19.05mm 19.05mm 0.75in
0.750in
0.750in
19.4mm 19.4 mm (0.764 in) 1676mm gauge by 1:87[citation needed]
20.5mm 20.5 mm (0.807 in)
21mm 21 mm (0.827 in) 2140 mm gauge by 1:101.6 (Brunel gauge, 3mm scale)
0.865in 0.865 in (21.97 mm)
22mm 22 mm (0.866 in) 1676mm gauge by 1:76.2[citation needed]
22.42mm 22.42mm 0.883in
0.883"
0.883 in (22.43 mm) s.g. by 1:64 (S scale)
22.5mm 22.5 mm (0.886 in)
23mm 23 mm (0.906 in)
24mm 24 mm (0.945 in) 1520mm gauge by 1:64[citation needed]
28.08mm 28.08 mm (1.106 in) 2140mm gauge by 1:76.2[citation needed]
1.125in 1.125 in (28.6 mm)
1.177in 1.177 in (29.9 mm)
30mm 30 mm (1.181 in) s.g. by 1:48 O scale
1.25in 1.25 in (31.75 mm) s.g. by 1:45.2 O scale
32mm 32 mm (1.26 in) s.g. by 1:44.8 O scale
18 in gauge by 1:13.7 (78mm in to 1 foot; SE scale)
1520mm gauge by 1:48[citation needed]
32.96mm 32.96 mm (1.298 in) s.g. by 7 mm to 1 foot O scale
33mm 33 mm (1.3 in) s.g. by 1:43.5 as defined by ScaleSeven
35mm 35 mm (1.378 in) 1520mm gauge by 1:43.5[citation needed]
2140mm gauge by 1:64[citation needed]
1676mm gauge by 1:48[citation needed]
36.75mm 36.75 mm (1.447 in) 5ft 3in to 1:43.5 (Irish gauge, ScaleSeven)
1.75in 1.75 in (44.45 mm) s.g. by ca. 1:32 (1 gauge)
1.000 mm gauge by 1:22.5 (G scale)
1.766in 1.766 in (44.85 mm) s.g. by 1:32 exactly (1 gauge)
45mm 45 mm (1.772 in) 1.772in 1.772 in (45 mm) 2140mm gauge by 1:48[citation needed]
3 ft gauge by 1:13.7 (78mm in to 1 foot; SE scale)
49.20mm
49.2mm
49.2 mm (1.937 in) 7ft 14in by 1:43.5 (Brunel gauge, ScaleSeven)
50.8mm 50.8mm 2in 2 in (50.8 mm) Mentioned here: "716 inch to 1 ft". Prototype would be 78 ft (267 mm, see 10+12 in (267 mm)). Historical (~1900).
2.125in 2+18 in (53.975 mm) Wide Gauge (or Standard Gauge (toy trains))
63mm 63mm
63.5mm 63.5mm 2.5in 2+12 in (64 mm)
64mm 64 mm (2+12 in) s.g. by 1:22.5
1520mm gauge by 1:24[citation needed]
70.69mm
70.64mm
70.69 mm (2.781 in) 2.781in 2.781 in (70.69 mm) s.g. by 1:20.3 (F- or 15mm scale):
NMRA Popular Railway Scales[1],
NMRA Proto Scales[2]
(NMRA gives two sizes in mm)
3.5 in 3+12 in (89 mm)
108mm 108mm
4.75in 4+34 in (121 mm)
127mm 127mm 5in 5 in (127 mm)
184mm 184mm 7.25in 7+14 in (184 mm)
190.5mm 190.5mm 7.5in 7+12 in (190.5 mm)
8.25in 8+14 in (210 mm)
9in 9 in (229 mm)
9.5in 9+12 in (241 mm)
254mm 254mm 10in 10 in (254 mm)
260mm 260mm 10.25in 10+14 in (260 mm)
10.5in 10+12 in (267 mm) See 2 in (50.8 mm) (scale 716 in to 1 ft).
305mm 305mm 12in 12 in (305 mm)
311mm 311mm 12.25in 12+14 in (311 mm)
356mm 356mm
350mm 350 mm (13+2532 in) Decauville in the Netherlands
381mm 381 mm (15 in) 15in
1ft3in
15 in (381 mm)
15.25in 15+14 in (387 mm) Yunnan-Burma Railway Track gauge[3]
400mm
0.4m
400 mm (15+34 in)
16in
1ft4in
16 in (406 mm)
410mm 410 mm (16+532 in) Narrow gauge railways in Germany#Hesse
16.5in
1ft4.5in
16+12 in (419 mm)
17in
1ft5in
17 in (432 mm)
450mm 450 mm (17+2332 in)
457mm 457mm 18in
1ft6in
18 in (457 mm)
18.5in
1ft6.5in
18+12 in (470 mm) Travel Town Museum [1] Probably unique. Scales sg by ~1:3.
483mm 483mm 19in
1ft7in
19 in (483 mm)
19.5in
1ft7.5in
19+12 in (495 mm)
500mm
0.5m
500 mm (19+34 in)
508mm 508mm 20in
1ft8in
20 in (508 mm)
557mm 557 mm (21+1516 in) 2 Castilian feet (@ 278.6 mm)
21in
1ft9in
21 in (533 mm)
550mm 550 mm (21+2132 in) Narrow gauge railways in Denmark[4]

Decauville in the Netherlands[5]

559mm 559mm 22in
1ft10in
1 ft 10 in (559 mm)
578mm 578mm 22.75in
1ft10.75in
1 ft 10+34 in (578 mm)
597mm 597mm 23.5in
1ft11.5in
1 ft 11+12 in (597 mm)
600mm
0.6m
600 mm (1 ft 11+58 in)
603mm 603mm 23.75in
1ft11.75in
1 ft 11+34 in (603 mm)
610mm 610 mm (2 ft) 24in
2ft
2 ft (610 mm)
24.125in
2ft0.125in
2 ft 18 in (613 mm)
620mm 620 mm (2 ft 1332 in) Decauville in the Netherlands
622mm 622mm 24.5in
2ft0.5in
2 ft 12 in (622 mm)
26in
2ft2in
2 ft 2 in (660 mm)
686mm 686mm 27in
2ft3in
2 ft 3 in (686 mm)
27.5in
2ft3.5in
2 ft 3+12 in (699 mm)
700mm
0.7m
700 mm (2 ft 3+916 in) See also: Italian gauge
27.75in
2ft3.75in
2 ft 3+34 in (705 mm)
711mm 711mm 28in
2ft4in
2 ft 4 in (711 mm)
716mm 716 mm (2 ft 4+316 in) Narrow gauge railways in Poland#overview[6]
28.5in
2ft4.5in
2 ft 4+12 in (724 mm)
29in
2ft5in
2 ft 5 in (737 mm)
750mm
0.75m
750 mm (2 ft 5+12 in) 29.5in
2ft5.5in
2 ft 5+12 in (750 mm)
Bosnian
760mm
760 mm (2 ft 5+1516 in) Bosnian gauge
762mm 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) 30in
2ft6in
2 ft 6 in (762 mm) Imperial gauge
765mm 765 mm (2 ft 6+18 in)
30.5in
2ft6.5in
2 ft 6+12 in (775 mm)
783mm 783mm
785mm 785 mm (2 ft 6+2932 in)
791mm 791 mm (2 ft 7+532 in) Narrow gauge railways in Denmark#Faxe Jernbahne, gauge unclear[7]
800mm
0.8m
800 mm (2 ft 7+12 in) 31.5in
2ft7.5in
31.5in
802mm 802 mm (2 ft 7+916 in)
32in
2ft8in
2 ft 8 in (813 mm)
820mm 820 mm (2 ft 8+932 in)
32.5in
2ft8.5in
2 ft 8+12 in (825 mm)
838mm 838mm 33in
2ft9in
2 ft 9 in (838 mm)
850mm 850 mm (2 ft 9+1532 in)
33.75in
2ft9.75in
33.75in
860mm 860 mm (2 ft 9+78 in)
864mm 864mm 34in
2ft10in
2 ft 10 in (864 mm)
34.5in
2ft10.5in
2 ft 10+12 in (876 mm)
35in
2ft11in
2 ft 11 in (889 mm)
891mm 891 mm (2 ft 11+332 in)
900mm
0.9m
900 mm (2 ft 11+716 in)
914mm 914 mm (3 ft) 36in
3ft
3 ft (914 mm) See Trams in Chemnitz
925mm 925 mm (3 ft 1332 in) See Trams in Chemnitz
37in
3ft1in
3 ft 1 in (940 mm)
37.125in
37.125"
3 ft 1+18 in (943 mm)
950mm 950 mm (3 ft 1+38 in) See Italian gauge
955mm 955 mm (3 ft 1+1932 in)
965mm 965mm 38in
3ft2in
3 ft 2 in (965 mm)
38.25in
3ft2.25in
3 ft 2+14 in (972 mm)
985mm 985 mm (3 ft 2+2532 in) Zugerbergbahn funicular
metre
meter
m
1000
1000mm
1
1m
1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in) 39.375in
3ft3.375in
3ft3.375in metre gauge, meter
1009mm 1,009 mm (3 ft 3+2332 in) Nominally 1,009 mm metre gauge
1016mm 1016mm 40in
3ft4in
3 ft 4 in (1,016 mm)
40.5in
3ft4.5in
3 ft 4+12 in (1,029 mm)
40.75in
3ft4.75in
3 ft 4+34 in (1,035 mm)
1040 mm 1,040 mm (3 ft 5 in) 3ft5in
41in
3ft5in Festungsbahn (Salzburg)
1050mm 1,050 mm (3 ft 5+1132 in)
1055mm 1,055 mm (3 ft 5+12 in) 41.5in
3ft5.5in
3 ft 5+12 in (1,055 mm)
1062mm 1062mm
1065mm 1,065 mm (3 ft 5+1516 in) See Cape gauge wrt South Africa: sourced as such
1067mm 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) Cape
42in
3ft6in
3.6ft
3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) Cape gauge (South Africa)
1093mm 1,093 mm (3 ft 7 in) 43in
3ft7in
3 ft 7 in (1,093 mm)
1100mm
1.1m
1,100 mm (3 ft 7+516 in)
1106mm 1,106 mm (3 ft 7+12 in) 43.5in
3ft7.5in
3 ft 7+12 in (1,106 mm)
44.25in
3ft8.25in
3 ft 8+14 in (1,124 mm)
44.5in
3ft8.5in
3 ft 8+12 in (1,130 mm)
45in
3ft9in
3 ft 9 in (1,143 mm)
45.5in
3ft9.5in
3 ft 9+12 in (1,156 mm)
1188mm 1,188 mm (3 ft 10+2532 in)
47in
3ft7in
3 ft 11 in (1,194 mm)
1200mm 1,200 mm (3 ft 11+14 in)
1217mm 1,217 mm (3 ft 11+2932 in)
1219mm 1219mm 48in
4ft
4 ft (1,219 mm)
1245mm 1245mm 49in
4ft1in
4 ft 1 in (1,245 mm)
49.5in
4ft1.5in
4 ft 1+12 in (1,257 mm)
1270mm 1270mm 50in
4ft2in
4 ft 2 in (1,270 mm)
1295mm 1295mm 51in
4ft3in
4 ft 3 in (1,295 mm)
1300mm 1,300 mm (4 ft 3+316 in) Funiculars of Lyon
52in
4ft4in
4 ft 4 in (1,321 mm)
52.5in
4ft4.5in
4 ft 4+12 in (1,333 mm)
1350mm 1,350 mm (4 ft 5+532 in) Santos_tramways[8]
1372mm 1,372 mm (4 ft 6 in) Scotch
54in
4ft6in
4 ft 6 in (1,372 mm) Scotch gauge
54.5in
4ft6.5in
4 ft 6+12 in (1,384 mm) See Dundee and Newtyle Railway
55.5in
4ft7.5in
4 ft 7+12 in (1,410 mm)
55.75in
4ft7.75in
4 ft 7+34 in (1,416 mm)
1422mm 1422mm 56in
4ft8in
4 ft 8 in (1,422 mm)
56.25in
4ft8.25in
4 ft 8+14 in (1,429 mm)
1432mm 1,432 mm (4 ft 8+38 in) Trams in Nuremberg
sg
standard
1435mm
1.435m
1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) UKsg
"UKstandard"
USsg
USstandard

NAsg
NAstandard
56.5in
4ft8.5in
4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge, Stephenson gauge[citation needed]
Note that input "UKsg", "USsg", and "NAsg" places imperial measure first (UK, US, North-America).


1440mm 1,440 mm (4 ft 8+1116 in)
1445mm 1,445 mm (4 ft 8+78 in) See Italian gauge
57in
4ft9in
4 ft 9 in (1,448 mm)
1450mm 1,450 mm (4 ft 9+332 in)
1458mm 1,458 mm (4 ft 9+1332 in)
57.5in
4ft9.5in
4 ft 9+12 in (1,461 mm)
1473mm 1473mm Ohio
58in
4ft10in
4 ft 10 in (1,473 mm) Ohio gauge
58.75in
4ft10.75in
4 ft 10+34 in (1,492 mm)
1495mm 1495mm Toronto
58.875in
4ft10.875in
4 ft 10+78 in (1,495 mm) Toronto Transit Commission
1500mm
1.5m
1,500 mm (4 ft 11+116 in)
Russian
1520mm
1.52m
1,520 mm (4 ft 11+2732 in) Russian gauge
1524mm 1,524 mm (5 ft) 5ft
60.0in
5 ft (1,524 mm) Original Russian gauge
60.5in
5ft0.5in
5 ft 12 in (1,537 mm)
62in
5ft2in
5 ft 2 in (1,575 mm)
62.1875in
5ft2.1875in
62.1875in
1581mm 1581mm 62.25in
5ft2.25in
5 ft 2+14 in (1,581 mm)
1588mm 1588mm 62.5in
5ft2.5in
5 ft 2+12 in (1,588 mm) 62.5 in = Pennsylvania Trolley Gauge
Victorian
Irish
1600mm
1.6m
1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) 63in
5ft3in
5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm) Victorian (Rail gauge in Australia), Irish gauge
Victorian 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) As Irish, with different link: 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) Victorian broad gauge
5ft3.5in 5 ft 3+12 in (1,613 mm)
5ft4.5in 5 ft 4+12 in (1,638 mm) Imperial, not metric. Baltimore Streetcar System, Baltimore Streetcar Museum
1664mm 1,664 mm (5 ft 5+12 in) pre-1955 Portuguese gauge (5 Portuguese feet?)
1668mm
1.668m
1,668 mm (5 ft 5+2132 in) Iberian gauge since 1955, average of older Portuguese and Spanish gauges.
1672mm 1,672 mm (5 ft 5+1316 in) pre-1955 Iberian gauge (6 Castilian feet @ 278.6 mm)
1676mm 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) Provincial
Indian
66in
5ft6in
5.5ft
5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) Provincial, Indian gauge
1680mm 1680mm
68in 5 ft 8 in (1,727 mm) Fisherman's Walk Cliff Railway, Babbacombe Cliff Railway
1.75m
1750mm
1,750 mm (5 ft 8+78 in)
1829mm 1829mm 72in
6ft
6 ft (1,829 mm)
1850mm 1,850 mm (6 ft 2732 in) Falls Incline Railway
1880mm 1,880 mm (6 ft 2 in) 74 in
6 ft 2 in
6 ft 2 in (1,880 mm)
1945mm 1,945 mm (6 ft 4+916 in)
78in
6ft6in
6 ft 6 in (1,981 mm) Scarborough_funiculars#North_Cliff_Lift
2000mm
2m
2,000 mm (6 ft 6+34 in)
7ft exact
exact 7ft
7ft0in
84.0in
7 ft exact Original Brunel gauge[citation needed]
2140mm
2.14m
2140mm Brunel
84 in
7ft
84.25in
7ft0.25in
7 ft (2,134 mm) Brunel gauge (Great Western Railway)
"84 in" is a code not the measure
Note that input "met-..." places metric measure first.

90in, 7ft6in

90in
7ft6in
7 ft 6 in (2,286 mm) Scarborough_funiculars#St_Nicholas_Cliff_Lift
8ft 8 ft (2,440 mm) Johnstown Inclined Plane
108in
9ft
9 ft (2,743 mm) Knoxville Incline
3000mm
3m
3,000 mm (9 ft 10+18 in) Breitspurbahn
120in
10ft
10 ft (3,048 mm)
8200mm 8,200 mm (26 ft 10+2732 in) Funicular#Inclined lift

References

  1. ^ NMRA 70.64mm
  2. ^ NMRA 70.69mm
  3. ^ "Toy railway". 1939-12-08. Retrieved 2013-11-10.
  4. ^ Philip Pacey. "A visitors'guide to Nordic (Scandinavian) narrow gauge railways". Retrieved 2013-08-06.
  5. ^ "Collection" (in Dutch). Decauville Spoorweg Museum. Retrieved 2013-08-06. In de collectie bevinden zich voertuigen met 350, ..., 550, ..., 620, ... mm spoorwijdte.
  6. ^ Andrew Goodwin; Stephen Goodwin; Dave Meller (2004). "Kruszwica sugar works". Retrieved 2013-08-06. Existed until 1923.
  7. ^ "Faxe Jernbane" (in Danish). Retrieved 2013-08-06. Google translated: In the following book, Østbanen 1879-2004, indicated gauge to 2 ½ feet or 791 mm. Nevertheless acquired Garde in 1866 a used German mine locomotive gauge 785 mm. This difference in gauge targets impossible did not [did not make impossible], however, use of the locomotive, which was in operation on the field all the way to 1921. This is perhaps one of the reasons for the doubts surrounding the runway actual gauge, there are several places specified for both 785 mm (evp have even one such example) and 791 mm. Thus mention Wikipedia [da:Faxe Jernbane]: "There is no doubt about the route originally used gauge. Figures have admittedly several places in the literature as 791 mm, but in the delivery protocol of train factory Krauss set in 1874, 1907, 1914 and 1927 having delivered locomotives gauge 785 mm. It is somewhat unclear why mentioned one at the track width 791 mm. There should probably be a shift over the years, since Faxe Limestone Quarry around 1970 ordered 2 diesel locomotives in Schöma with a desired track width of 791 mm."
  8. ^ Morrison, Allen (June 2006). "The Tramways of Santos (São Paulo state), Brazil". Retrieved 2013-11-12.