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Track gauge
By transport mode
  • Rapid transit
  • By size (list)
    Graphic list of track gauges

    Minimum
      Minimum
      Fifteen inch 381 mm (15 in)

    Narrow
     
  • Two foot
  • Two foot three inch
    • 600 mm
  • 610 mm
  • 686 mm
    • (1 ft 11+58in)
  • (2 ft)
  • (2 ft 3 in)
  •  
  • Bosnian gauge
  • Two foot six inch
    • 750 mm
  • 760 mm
  • 762 mm
    • (2 ft 5+12in)
  • (2 ft 5+1516in)
  • (2 ft 6 in)
  •  
  • 900 mm
  • Three foot
  • Italian metre
    • 891 mm
  • 900 mm
  • 914 mm
  • 950 mm
    • (2 ft 11+332in)
  • (2 ft 11+716in)
  • (3 ft)
  • (3 ft1+1332in)
  •   Metre 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38in)
      Three foot six inch 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
      Four foot 1,219 mm (4 ft)
      Four foot six inch 1,372 mm (4 ft 6 in)
      1432 mm 1,432 mm (4 ft 8+38in)

      Standard 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12in)

    Broad
     
  • Dresden gauge
    • 1,445 mm
  • 1,450 mm
    • (4 ft 8+78in)
  • (4 ft 9+332in)
  •   Leipzig gauge 1,458 mm (4 ft 9+1332in)
      Toronto gauge 1,495 mm (4 ft 10+78in)
     
  • Five foot
    • 1,520 mm
  • 1,524 mm
    • (4 ft 11+2732in)
  • (5 ft)
  •  
  • Pennsylvania gauge
  • Five foot three inch
    • 1,581 mm
  • 1,588 mm
  • 1,600 mm
    • (5 ft 2+14in)
  • (5 ft 2+12in)
  • (5 ft 3 in)
  •   Baltimore gauge 1,638 mm (5 ft 4+12in)
     
  • Five foot six inch
    • 1,668 mm
  • 1,676 mm
    • (5 ft 5+2132in)
  • (5 ft 6 in)
  •   Six foot 1,829 mm (6 ft)
      Brunel 2,140 mm (7 ft 14in)
      Breitspurbahn 3,000 mm (9 ft 1018in)
    Change of gauge
  • Dual gauge
  • By location
  • South America
  • Europe
  • Australia
  • World map, rail gauge by region
    A junction on the underground freight railway network built by the defunct Chicago Tunnel Company.
    A steam train on a revived segment of the Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes RailroadinMaine.
    ACrown Metal Products-built train on Hersheypark's Dry Gulch RailroadinPennsylvania in 1966.

    A list of ft (610 mm) narrow-gauge railways in the United States.

    Railroads[edit]

    State/territory Railway
    Alabama
    Arizona
    California
    Colorado
    Connecticut
    Florida
    Georgia
    Illinois
    Indiana
    • Hesston Steam Museum (dual-gauge lines with ft (914 mm) gauge track also present) (separate 14 in (356 mm) gauge railway and separate 7+12 in (190.5 mm) gauge railway also present) (operating)
    Kentucky
    Louisiana
    Maine
    Massachusetts
    Michigan
    Minnesota
    Missouri
    Nebraska
    Nevada
    New Hampshire
    New Jersey
    New Mexico
    New York
    North Carolina
    Ohio
    Oregon
    Pennsylvania
    Texas
    Utah
    Virginia
    Washington

    See also[edit]

  • Heritage railway
  • Large amusement railways
  • 2 ft and 600 mm gauge railways in the United Kingdom
  • 2 ft 6 in gauge railroads in the United States
  • 3 ft gauge railroads in the United States
  • 3 ft 6 in gauge railways in the United States
  • References[edit]

  • ^ WW I steam train
  • ^ "Carson & Mills Park Railroad - official website". Archived from the original on 2014-02-24. Retrieved 2014-02-20.
  • ^ Erie Canal Village - official website
  • ^ Ederville - official website
  • ^ "Youngstown Steel Heritage - Home". youngstownsteel.org. Retrieved 2024-04-04.
  • ^ Bucksgahuda and Western Railroad - official website
  • ^ Forest Park Miniature Railroad - official website
  • ^ Strack, Don (November 22, 2018). "Mascotte Tunnel / Bingham Central Railway". utahrails.net. Don Strack. Retrieved February 26, 2024.
  • ^ S&S Shortline Railroad Park & Museum - official website
  • ^ "Portsmouth City Park - official website". Archived from the original on 2014-02-27. Retrieved 2014-02-20.

  • Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2_ft_gauge_railroads_in_the_United_States&oldid=1217881909"

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