The Pindal Electric Tramway is a small privately owned tramway operating on gauge in

Oakville, Ontario Oakville is a town in Halton Region, Ontario, Canada. It is located on Lake Ontario between Toronto and Hamilton. At its 2021 census population of 213,759, it is Ontario's largest town. Oakville is part of the Greater Toronto Area, one of the ...

, Canada.

History

Owned by Canadian animator Kaj Pindal, the tramway opened in 1965 in Montreal, but moved to Oakville in 1980.Location details a
The Rail Channel
website. Essentially a garden railway, the line is unusual for its gauge of , usually associated with more extensive rail networks. The line is powered by overhead electric cables, with the power transmitted to the

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cars via

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, which is also highly unusual in the gauge. Although few private homes are able to accommodate a railway of 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

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