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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The Changing Face of Vechta: Next to Vechta in Germany a large expanse of moorland has been home to a number of peat companies over the years. This production follows the changing fortunes of several railways over a period of 19 years. 20 Years in search of Narrow Gauge: Filming industrial railways since 1991, there are many interesting lines that had not yet been featured in the current series of DVDs. This DVD is a celebration of the past 20 years, and features railways from 10 European countries. Farewell to the Kujawy: A tribute to a once huge narrow gauge system in the centre of Poland. Several elements of this system survived into the millenium, but now apart from the isolated tourist train, all has finished. 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. |
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The latest news and updates on the site
Latest update : 2nd April 2014
Additional items have been added to the News pages. The previously discontinued production; Steam in Serbia, is now available again with additional footage included from a number of narrow gauge locations. As usual, stills can be seen from the production by clicking on the DVD menu option above.
The site is normally updated approx every 4-6 weeks.
Steve Thomason
Previous Updates :
March 2014: An interim update with a number of additional items for sale on the Equipment pages, and with a new quick link to the adverts from the home page.
February 2014: The first update for 2014 is a short update to the News section, highlighting that the brickworks at Sommereux in France is still using its 600mm railway.
December 2014: A final update for 2013 sees the release of 2 further DVDs. The production;'Narrow Gauge at Work Number 34: Changing Times at Vechta' is now available. The usual stills from the DVD can be found from the DVDs menu option above. Also finally available following a number of requests is a DVD titled; 'Moving the Muck', featuring the operations of the Springfield Agricultural Railway, not a true 'industrial' site, but fulfills a real purpose to transport horse manure, horse feed, timber and other requirements.
November 2013: In this update there are reports of a number of the Romanian industrial railways rarely visited these days in the News section, plus changes to the equipment wanted and for sale. Also stills have been uploaded from a new DVD due around the end of the year; 'Narrow Gauge at Work Number 34: Changing Times at Vechta'. This looks at the changes there have been over the years at the mostly now closed railways operating on Vechaer Moor in Germany. See the DVDs menu for details. There are also further photos and updates on the Springfield Agricultural Railway.
October 2013: In this update there is a detailed report on a visit to a number of the German Feldbahnen and further items (including locomotives) in the Equipment for Sale section.