move on the middle road of a zig zag can cause derailment of the light wagon. Examples Argentina Tren a las Nubes (1921) Australia Lithgow Zig Zag, New South Wales (1869–1910) preserved - see Zig Zag Railway Out of use: Kalamunda Zig Zag, Western Australia – two reversals (dismantled) Lake Margaret Tram, Tasmania, (dismantled) Lapstone Zig Zag, New South Wales – two reversals (1865) (dismantled) Mundaring Weir Branch Railway, Western Australia (dismantled) Thornleigh Zig Zag, New South Wales (dismantled) Yarloop, Western Australia (dismantled) Yarraglen (dismantled) Chile Pisagua – Three reversals; long out of use but earthworks easy to trace China Mifengyan on the Jiayang Coal Railway - one reversal Qinglongqiao on the Jingbao Railway Czech Republic Dubí - local railway between Moldava and Most (Most–Moldava railway), trains have to change direction in station Dubí in order to continue further. Only one halt of a 'Z' is placed Denmark Lemvig – Small side track from the harbor to the railway station, used only on special occasions. In reality only half a 'Z' as only one reversal is needed. Ecuador Sibambe on the Quito-Guayaquil line (cf. Empresa de Ferrocarriles Ecuatorianos) France Froissy Dompierre Light Railway Germany In use: Rauenstein (Hinterland Railway) Lauscha (Sonneberg – Probstzella railway) Lüttmoorsiel-Nordstrandischmoor island railway Michaelstein (Rübeland Railway) Rennsteig (Rennsteig Railway, Ilmenau – Themar) Wurzbach (Saalfeld – Blankenstein railway) out of use Lenzkirch in the Black Forest (dismantled) Mainspitze station in Frankfurt am Main, used from 1846–1848 to reach the provisional Frankfurt terminal of the Main-Neckar Railway (dismantled) Schillingsfürst (dismantled) Elm (replaced in 1914 by Distelrasen Tunnel, but the structure is conserved within the Frankfurt-Fulda and Fulda-Gemünden railways and the connecting curve between the stations at Elm and Schlüchtern Steinhelle-Medebach railway (double zig zag) Hungary The Szob-Nagybörzsöny forest railway has a simple zig zag at the middle of the railway line between Kisirtás and Tolmács-hegy stations, with a loop in the middle of the Z shape India Darjeeling Himalayan Railway has six full zig zags and 3 spirals, most are from the construction of the current railway but one was added in the 1940s and at least one other was used temporarily following storm damage Indonesia Jalur kereta api Cikampek–Padalarang Dutch East Indies made this line to shorten the travel time between the two biggest cities Jakarta and Bandung it was home to some of the most powerful steam locomotive in Java the SS 1200 made by ALCO