Category
page 1Railways by type

funicular
thumb|upright|Funicular in Baku, Azerbaijan
narrow-gauge railway
rail track gauges narrower than standard track gauge (1435 mm, 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
rack railway
railway with a toothed rack rail, usually with steep grade and low operating speed
elevated railway
rapid transit railway with the tracks above street level
medium-capacity rail transport system
rail transport system with moderate capacity
cable car
cable-hauled mass transit system

Decauville
Decauville () was a manufacturing company which was founded by Paul Decauville (1846–1922), a French pioneer in industrial railways. Decauville's major innovation was the use of ready-made sections of light, narrow-gauge track fastened to steel sleepers; this track was portable and could be disassembled and transported very easily.
transcontinental railroad
contiguous network of railroad trackage that crosses a continental land mass with terminals at different oceans or continental borders
cable railway
railway that uses a cable, rope or chain to haul trains
private railway
Railway run by a private business entity
adhesion railway
railway which relies on adhesion traction to move a train
Water-powered funicular railway
Water-powered funiculars
field railway
thumb|Heeresfeldbahn [[Brigadelok:de: 0-8-0T locomotive from WWI]]
steep grade railway
railway that ascends and descends a slope that has a steep grade