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→Unique rail Gauges: ' Akra Brick Factory Tramway'; 'Karachi Tramway' and notes added
<blockquote>''It is interesting to speculate how, in the 1920's when BG was becoming the norm, both the 'Bombay City Improvement Trust' and the '[[Salsette Trombay Railway]]' came to use the Standard Gauge (SG)''</blockquote>
====Unique rail Gauges====
The following have been identified ''(see individual pages for more information)'':-
*'''[[Salkhia Salt Depot Tramway]]''' used a 3ft 0t½ inches (927cm) gauge for a hand-worked tramway from 1861-62
*'''[[Akra Brick Factory Tramway/Railway|Akra Brick Factory Tramway]]''' used a 4ft(1222cm) gauge from mid 1860's connect the factory with the jetty
*'''[[Nalhati-Azimganj Railway]]''', the original name for the [[Indian Branch Railway]]; constructed in 1863 used a 4ft(1222cm) gauge, later converted to BG.
*'''[[Sone Canal Construction Railway/Tramway]]''' used a 4ft(1222cm) gauge during the construction 1868-74*'''[[Arakkonam-Conjeevaram Tramway]]''', absorbed into the [[Indian Tramway Co.]] was a 3'6"(1067mm) gauge line which opened in 1865, converted in 1878 to MG.*'''[[Karachi Tramway]]''' used a 4ft(1222cm) gauge for its city tramway from its horse drawn opening in 1865, steam powered from 1886 and petrol driven from 1912-15 until closure in 1975
*'''[[Chirimiri Colliery Railway]]''' used a 3ft 0in(915mm) gauge locomotives operational from 1932.
