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https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Теснолинейка_Септември_–_Добринище (The narrow-gauge railway between Septemvri and Dobrinishte (Bulgaria).)
I would add this myself, but I'm not sure it's appropriate, being a specific instance. There are some lovely photographs linked there (which are in Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Septemvri-Dobrinishte_narrow_gauge_line?uselang=bg Martha ( talk) 23:38, 5 January 2019 (UTC)
Thank you, Railfan23. @ Pete Forsyth: Shouldn't there be a list, SOMEWHERE (I've looked but can't find it), of the known narrow-gauge railways and articles about them? This is beyond my Wikipedia ability at the moment. A "Categories" question, probably? Martha ( talk) 16:55, 18 April 2019 (UTC)
@ Ita140188: has flagged the "Disadvantages and solutions" section as disputed because "still unclear how these points are specific to narrow gauge: the first only applies wherever there are more than 1 gauge in use, while the second applies to poor quality construction, independently of gauge type". In response I'll note:
Further discussion is welcome, Railfan23 ( talk) 20:58, 1 May 2019 (UTC)
"Some sugar cane lines in Cuba were 2 ft 3+1⁄2 in (699 mm)". So far, this gauge is not known on this wikipedia. If there is a source for this, we can add this size to the Track_gauge#List_of_defined_track_gauges. - DePiep ( talk) 12:28, 11 September 2019 (UTC)
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https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Теснолинейка_Септември_–_Добринище (The narrow-gauge railway between Septemvri and Dobrinishte (Bulgaria).)
I would add this myself, but I'm not sure it's appropriate, being a specific instance. There are some lovely photographs linked there (which are in Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Septemvri-Dobrinishte_narrow_gauge_line?uselang=bg Martha ( talk) 23:38, 5 January 2019 (UTC)
Thank you, Railfan23. @ Pete Forsyth: Shouldn't there be a list, SOMEWHERE (I've looked but can't find it), of the known narrow-gauge railways and articles about them? This is beyond my Wikipedia ability at the moment. A "Categories" question, probably? Martha ( talk) 16:55, 18 April 2019 (UTC)
@ Ita140188: has flagged the "Disadvantages and solutions" section as disputed because "still unclear how these points are specific to narrow gauge: the first only applies wherever there are more than 1 gauge in use, while the second applies to poor quality construction, independently of gauge type". In response I'll note:
Further discussion is welcome, Railfan23 ( talk) 20:58, 1 May 2019 (UTC)
"Some sugar cane lines in Cuba were 2 ft 3+1⁄2 in (699 mm)". So far, this gauge is not known on this wikipedia. If there is a source for this, we can add this size to the Track_gauge#List_of_defined_track_gauges. - DePiep ( talk) 12:28, 11 September 2019 (UTC)
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