Portage railway
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A portage railway is a short and possibly isolated section of railway used to bypass a section of unnavigable river or between two water bodies which are not directly connected.
Portage railways
include:
Congo
- on Congo river
- * Matadi to Kinshasa
- * Pointe Noire to Brazzaville
Laos
- on Mekong river - [link]
Panama
North America
- Allegheny Portage Railroad
- White Pass and Yukon Route
- New Castle and Frenchtown Turnpike and Rail Road
- Champlain and St. Lawrence Railroad
- Nosbonsing & Nipissing Railway
United Kingdom
See also
A portage railway is the opposite of a train ferry.
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