Portage railway

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. A portage railway is the opposite of a train ferry.

Examples

The following are or were locations of portage railways:

Australia

* Victor Harbor to Goolwa - originally horse drawn - mouth of Murray River often silted up.
* the first railway in Queensland started at the inland river port of Ipswich rather than the capital of Brisbane to save money. Twenty years later, the line was extended to Brisbane.
* several rail lines terminated at river ports, such as Robertson, Echuca, Bourke, Morgan, Brewarrina

Canada

* Huntsville and Lake of Bays Transportation Company
* Nosbonsing & Nipissing Railway
* White Pass and Yukon Route
* Champlain and St. Lawrence Railroad

Congo

* on Congo river:
** Matadi to Kinshasa
** Pointe Noire to Brazzaville
** Ubundu to Kisangani

Greece

* Corinth Canal

Laos

* on Mekong river - [http://www.asia-planet.net/laos/discovery.htm]

Panama

* Panama Railway

United Kingdom

* Campbeltown and Machrihanish Light Railway

United States

* Allegheny Portage Railroad
* Morris Canal
* New Castle and Frenchtown Turnpike and Rail Road