2 ft gauge railroads in the United States

Track gauge
By transport mode
By size (list)
Graphic list of track gauges
  Minimum
  Fifteen inch 381 mm (1 ft 3 in)
  Narrow
  600 mm 600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in)
Two foot 610 mm (2 ft)
Two foot three inch 686 mm (2 ft 3 in)
  750 mm 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Bosnian gauge 760 mm (2 ft 5+15⁄16 in)
Two foot six inch 762 mm (2 ft 6 in)
  Swedish three-foot 891 mm (2 ft 11+3⁄32 in)
900 mm 900 mm (2 ft 11+7⁄16 in)
Three-foot 914 mm (3 ft)
Italian metre 950 mm (3 ft 1+13⁄32 in)
  Metre 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
  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+3⁄8 in)
  Standard 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
  Broad
  Italian broad gauge 1,445 mm (4 ft 8+7⁄8 in)
Dresden gauge 1,450 mm (4 ft 9+3⁄32 in)
  Leipzig gauge 1,458 mm (4 ft 9+13⁄32 in)
  Toronto gauge 1,495 mm (4 ft 10+7⁄8 in)
  1520 mm 1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in)
Five foot 1,524 mm (5 ft)
  Pennsylvania gauge 1,581 mm (5 ft 2+1⁄4 in)
Pennsylvania gauge 1,588 mm (5 ft 2+1⁄2 in)
Five foot three inch 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)
  Baltimore gauge 1,638 mm (5 ft 4+1⁄2 in)
  Iberian gauge 1,668 mm (5 ft 5+21⁄32 in)
Five foot six inch 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
  Six foot 1,829 mm (6 ft)
  Brunel 2,140 mm (7 ft 1⁄4 in)
  Breitspurbahn 3,000 mm (9 ft 101⁄8 in)
Change of gauge
By location
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 Railroad in Maine.
A Crown Metal Products-built train on Hersheypark's Dry Gulch Railroad in Pennsylvania in 1966.

A list of 2 ft (610 mm) narrow-gauge railways in the United States.

Railroads

State/territory Railway
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Florida
Georgia
Illinois
Indiana
  • Hesston Steam Museum (dual-gauge lines with 3 ft (914 mm) gauge track also present) (separate 14 in (356 mm) gauge railway and separate 7+1⁄2 in (190.5 mm) gauge railway also present) (operating)
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Massachusetts
Michigan
  • Tauber Family Railroad (located in Detroit Zoo) (operating)
  • Toonerville Trolley[2] in Soo Junction (operating)
Minnesota
  • Lake Region Threshers Show Dalton MN (600 mm / 1 ft 11+5⁄8 in gauge) (operating)[3]
Missouri
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
Ohio
  • J&L Narrow Gauge Railroad[7] (located in Youngstown Steel Heritage) (operating)
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Texas
Utah
  • Bingham Central Railway (defunct)[10]
  • S&S Shortline Railroad Park & Museum[11] (separate 7+1⁄2 in (190.5 mm) gauge railway also present) (operating)
  • Wild Kingdom Train (located in Lagoon) (separate 2 ft (610 mm) gauge railway named Pioneer Village Railroad and two separate 12 in (305 mm) gauge railways, the more recent one being named Lagoon Miniature Railway, previously present) (operating)
Virginia
Washington

See also

References

  1. ^ Veterans Memorial Railroad - official website
  2. ^ Toonerville Trolley — official website
  3. ^ WW I steam train
  4. ^ "Carson & Mills Park Railroad - official website". Archived from the original on 2014-02-24. Retrieved 2014-02-20.
  5. ^ Erie Canal Village - official website
  6. ^ Ederville - official website
  7. ^ "Youngstown Steel Heritage - Home". youngstownsteel.org. Retrieved 2024-04-04.
  8. ^ Bucksgahuda and Western Railroad - official website
  9. ^ Forest Park Miniature Railroad - official website
  10. ^ Strack, Don (November 22, 2018). "Mascotte Tunnel / Bingham Central Railway". utahrails.net. Don Strack. Retrieved February 26, 2024.
  11. ^ S&S Shortline Railroad Park & Museum - official website
  12. ^ "Portsmouth City Park - official website". Archived from the original on 2014-02-27. Retrieved 2014-02-20.
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