heavier than most railways. Also in Japan, originally, "light railway" refers to a railway built or operated under the Light Railways Act enforced in 1909...
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Light Railways is a magazine produced by the Light Railway Research Society of Australia (LRRSA). The subtitle is "Australia's Magazine of Industrial and...
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Martin's Light Railways (MLR) consisted of seven narrow-gauge railway lines in the states of West Bengal, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh in India. The railways were...
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The Light Railways Act 1896 (59 & 60 Vict. c. 48) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Before the act each...
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The Docklands Light Railway (DLR) is an automated light metro system primarily serving the redeveloped Docklands area of London and providing a direct...
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McLeod's Light Railways (MLR) consisted of following four 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) narrow-gauge lines in West Bengal in India. The railways were built and owned...
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Department Light Railways were a system of narrow gauge trench railways run by the British War Department in World War I. Light railways made an important...
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Rail transport in Sudan (redirect from Gezira Light Railway)
Tokar. It used ex-War Department Light Railways rolling stock and Simplex locomotives. It was absorbed by Sudan Railways in 1933 and closed in 1952. In...
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the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) in London. The historic term light railway was used because it dated from the British Light Railways Act 1896, although...
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by the Welshpool and Llanfair Railway (Abandonment) Act 1892 (55 & 56 Vict. c. ii). In August 1896, the Light Railways Act 1896 was passed, and this spurred...
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