Narrow Gauge Railways In Canada
Although most railways of central and eastern Canada were initially built to a 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge, there were several, especially on Canada's Atlantic coast, which were built as individual narrow gauge lines.
The largest systems in the country were the 3 ft 6 in (1,070 mm) (Cape or Colonial Gauge) lines such as: the Newfoundland Railway and others on the island of Newfoundland (969 mi (1,559 km)); Ontario's Toronto and Nipissing Railway and Toronto, Grey and Bruce Railway (304 mi (489 km)); the Prince Edward Island Railway (280 mi (450 km)); and the New Brunswick Railway (189 mi (304 km)) in the Saint John River valley of New Brunswick.
Various mining and industrial operations in Canada have also operated narrow gauge railways.
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