Welcome to the home of industrial narrow gauge railways. This web site has been built to record information regarding current industrial and commercial narrow gauge railways operating throughout Europe.
The type of railways covered can vary from a small hand worked line with a single wagon, to the large freight and passenger carrying networks still operated in countries such as Austria, Spain, and Poland. The site does not concern itself with pleasure lines or museum operations. There are many other web sites with this information, some of which are shown in the links pages.
In this site you will find news regarding these railways. This is provided by site visits and from reports in the media. All visitors to the site are welcome to contribute to the news pages. Videos and DVDs of these fast disappearing railways have been produced for many years and details of the current releases are shown elsewhere. If you wish to see what others have written about the videos and DVDs click here.
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| SPRINGFIELD AGRICULTURAL RAILWAY |
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Details of the Springfield Agricultural Railway have now been included on this site. click here to learn more about this railway. The web pages include details on the construction, rolling stock, operation, and regular updates about the line. |
| Video footage always wanted |
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Have you any narrow gauge railway video footage that is collecting dust on a shelf somewhere? If you have, why not give other people the change to see it, and consider letting J & S Productions edit and release the footage for you? In line with the scope of the website we would be interested in any industrial ng subjects, or freight based operations from larger ng lines. Depending on the length and the quality of video available, we could even consider a small payment for the use of it. It could be included on a release with similar subject matter, or maybe even released as a full DVD in its own right. Drop us an email and let us know what you have. |
| PAYPAL Online Ordering available on this web site |
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All the productions are now available to be purchased online via the secure and simple PAYPAL order process. Just select the video/DVD of your choice and follow the onscreen instructions. The PAYPAL process can be used for those people with or without PAYPAL accounts. For further information on PAYPAL click here. Hundreds of orders have now been successfully processed using Paypal. If you wish to see some feedback from customers who have used this service please click here. |
| Latest DVD Releases |
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Mining in the Forest of Dean: A pleasant mix of industrial railway archaology and a look at a few of the current free mining operations within the forest that still use cable hauled railways to bring up coal. Footage compiled over the last several years from a number of visits. Torfwerke in Germany: A review of many lines transporting peat in Germany. Looking at both current day operations and railways that have now ceased. Even the peat railways in Germany are slowly reducing in numbers year by year. Most footage filmed in 2010. Alan Keef Ltd: With footage behind the scenes at the Ross on Wye Workshops, and many clips of the Alan Keef locos at work, this is a tribute to the narrow gauge legacy of Alan Keef Ltd. Austrian Industrial Archive: This production includes footage going back to the mid 1990s' with various locos including several of the classic Austrian Jenbach diesels. |
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Narrow Gauge and  Industrial Review |
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The latest news and updates on the site
Latest update : 14th January 2012
A few items of news in the usual News pages to start of the year off.
The site is normally updated approx every 4-6 weeks.
Steve Thomason
Previous Updates :
November 2011: Items of news in the usual News pages, plus details of the next DVD release, celebrating 20 years of filming industrial narrow gauge railays. Narrow Gauge at Work, No33, is titled; '20 Years in Search of Narrow Gauge'. Stills and details can be seen on the DVD pages, and it will be released by the end of January 2012.
September 2011: A few items of news in the usual News pages, plus an update on summer activities on the Springfield Agricultural Railway (see the link towards the top right hand side of this page).
July 2011: A few items of news in the usual News pages.
June 2011: A few items of news in the usual News pages, plus confirmation that the new DVD release; 'Farewell to the Kujawy' is now available to order from the DVD menu option at the top of the page.
May 2011: A few items of news in the usual News pages on this update.
April 2011: The next DVD to be produced will be titled; 'Farewell to the Kujawy', and stills from the DVD are available on the DVD pages. The finished DVD will be available by the end of May. The Kujawy network was a huge common carrier system in central Poland. A number of routes even survived the withdrawal by PKP in 2001 from all narrow gauge ownership and were taken over by another operator. However, apart from a tourist operation centred at Gniezno, all commercial operations have now ceased, and in some places all remains of the railway have been removed.