Narrow gauge railways of the Nemours sand pits

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The fourteen narrow gauge railways of the Nemours sand pits (French: Réseau des Sablières de Nemours), with a total length of about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) and three different gauges of 500 mm (19+3⁄4 in), 600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in) and 800 mm (2 ft 7+1⁄2 in), ran from several sand pits and underground mines to a depot in Saint-Pierre-lès-Nemours and from there to the Canal du Loing in Nemours.

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Narrow gauge railways of the Nemours sand pits
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