2 ft 6 in gauge railways

2 ft 6 in (762 mm) gauge railways are narrow gauge railways with track gauge of 2 ft 6 in (762 mm). This type of rail was promoted especially in the colonies of the British Empire during the second half of the nineteenth century by Thomas Hall and Everard Calthrop.

Track gauge
By transport mode
Tram Rapid transit Miniature Scale model
By size (list)
Minimum   Fifteen inch 381 mm (15 in) Narrow   600 mm Two foot 600 mm 610 mm (1 ft ​11 5⁄8 in) (2 ft)   750 mm Bosnian gauge Two foot six inch 750 mm 760 mm 762 mm (2 ft ​5 1⁄2 in) (2 ft ​5 15⁄16 in) (2 ft 6 in)   Swedish three foot 900 mm Three foot 891 mm 900 mm 914 mm (2 ft ​11 3⁄32 in) (2 ft ​11 7⁄16 in) (3 ft)   Metre 1,000 mm (3 ft ​3 3⁄8 in)   Three foot six inch 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)   Standard 1,435 mm (4 ft ​8 1⁄2 in) Broad   Dresden gauge 1,450 mm (4 ft ​9 3⁄32 in)   Leipzig gauge 1,458 mm (4 ft ​9 13⁄32 in)   Toronto gauge 1,495 mm (4 ft ​10 7⁄8 in)   1520 mm Five foot 1,520 mm 1,524 mm (4 ft ​11 7⁄8 in) (5 ft)   Pennsylvania gauge Pennsylvania gauge Five foot three inch 1,581 mm 1,588 mm 1,600 mm (5 ft ​2 1⁄4 in) (5 ft ​2 1⁄2 in) (5 ft 3 in)   Baltimore gauge 1,638 mm (5 ft ​4 1⁄2 in)   Iberian gauge Five foot six inch 1,668 mm 1,676 mm (5 ft ​5 21⁄32 in) (5 ft 6 in)
Change of gauge
Break-of-gauge Dual gauge Conversion (list) Bogie exchange Variable gauge
By location
North America South America Europe Australia

The Barbados Railway.

The Chinese Shibanxi Railway.

Alishan Forest Railway geared Shay locomotive in Taiwan.