Pindal Electric Tramway

The Pindal Electric Tramway is a small privately owned tramway operating on 15 in (381 mm) gauge in Oakville, Ontario, Canada.

History

Owned by Canadian animator Kaj Pindal, the tramway opened in 1965 in Montreal, but moved to Oakville in 1980.^[1] Essentially a garden railway, the line is unusual for its gauge of 15 in (381 mm), usually associated with more extensive rail networks. The line is powered by overhead electric cables, with the power transmitted to the tramcars via pantograph, which is also highly unusual in the 15 in (381 mm) gauge. Although few private homes are able to accommodate a railway of 15 in (381 mm) gauge, the Pindal Electric Tramway operates, by agreement with the City of Oakville, partly on Pindal's private property, and partly on land owned by the City.

Rolling stock

The Pindal Electric Tramway operates a fleet of seven scale electric tramcars, and several passenger trailers, as well as a small number of flatbed and freight trailers.

References

↑ Location details at The Rail Channel website.

Railways and tramways of 15-inch (381 mm) gauge

United Kingdom	Alton Adventure Railway (defunct) Bellevue Park Railway Blackpool Zoo Railway Blenheim Park Railway Bure Valley Railway Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway Conwy Valley Tramway Combe Martin Wildlife Park Craigtoun Miniature Railway Duffield Bank Railway Eaton Hall Railway Evesham Vale Light Railway Gulliver's Land Gulliver's World Haigh Country Park Railway Heatherslaw Light Railway Kirklees Light Railway Lakeside Railway (Knowsley Safari Park) Lakeside Miniature Railway (Southport) Lappa Valley Steam Railway Lightwater Valley Liverpool Garden Festival Railway Longleat House Railway Markeaton Park Light Railway Marwell Zoo Railway Oakwood Park Railway Paradise Park, Cornwall Paultons Park Rio Grande Train Perrygrove Railway Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway Rhiw Valley Light Railway Rhyl Miniature Railway Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway Saltburn Miniature Railway Sand Hutton Miniature Railway Sherwood Forest Railway Waveney Valley Railway (Bressingham) West Midland Safari Park Windmill Farm Railway Wotton Light Railway

United States	American Heritage Railroad B.A.D. Great Northern Railroad Gage Park Railroad Glenwood South Park & Pacific Railroad Hillcrest & Wahtoke Steam Railroad Joshua Tree & Southern GSD Laurel Run Railroad Little Toot Railroad Look Park Milwaukee County Zoo Safari Railroad Nickel Plate Railroad Northwest Ohio Railroad Preservation Orland, Newville and Pacific Railroad Paradise and Pacific Railroad Phoenix & Holly Railroad Redwood Valley Railway Riverside and Great Northern Railway Riverview & Twin Lakes Railroad Sonoma Traintown Tiny Town Railroad Waterman & Western Railroad

Rest of World	Bal Bahran Park Railway (Delhi, India) Bear Creek Park Train (Canada) Bush Mill Railway (Tasmania) Chemin de Fer d'Anse (France) Dalaas Waldbahn (Austria) Donauparkbahn (Austria) Dresdner Parkeisenbahn (Germany) Driving Creek Railway (New Zealand) Killesberg Park Railway (Germany) Parkeisenbahn Auensee (Germany) Prater Liliputbahn (Austria) Pindal Electric Tramway (Canada) Sakuradani Light Railway (Japan) Shuzenji Romney Railway (Japan) Springbank Express (Canada) Whangaparaoa Narrow Gauge Railway (New Zealand)

Others	Arlesdale Railway (fictional) Fairbourne Railway (now re-gauged) Far Tottering and Oyster Creek Branch Railway (temporary exhibition line)

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