2 ft 6 in gauge railroads in the United States

Track gauge

By transport mode

Tram · Rapid transit
Miniature · Scale model

By size (list)



Minimum
Fifteen inch	381 mm	(15 in)

Narrow
600 mm, Two foot	597 mm 600 mm 603 mm 610 mm	(1 ft 11 ¹⁄₂ in) (1 ft 11 ⁵⁄₈ in) (1 ft 11 ³⁄₄ in) (2 ft)
750 mm, Bosnian, Two foot six inch, 800 mm	750 mm 760 mm 762 mm 800 mm	(2 ft 5 ¹⁄₂ in) (2 ft 5 ¹⁵⁄₁₆ in) (2 ft 6 in) (2 ft 7 ¹⁄₂ in)
Swedish three foot, 900 mm, Three foot	891 mm 900 mm 914 mm	(2 ft11 ³⁄₃₂ in) (2 ft 11 ⁷⁄₁₆) (3 ft)
Metre	1,000 mm	(3 ft 3 ³⁄₈ in)
Three foot six inch, Cape, CAP, Kyōki	1,067 mm	(3 ft 6 in)
Four foot six inch	1,372 mm	(4 ft 6 in)

Standard	1,435 mm	(4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in)

Broad
Russian, Five foot	1,520 mm 1,524 mm	(4 ft 11 ²⁷⁄₃₂ in) (5 ft)
Irish	1,600 mm	(5 ft 3 in)
Iberian	1,668 mm	(5 ft 5 ²¹⁄₃₂ in)
Indian	1,676 mm	(5 ft 6 in)
Six foot	1,829 mm	(6 ft)
Brunel	2,140 mm	(7 ft ¹⁄₄ in)

Change of gauge

Break-of-gauge · Dual gauge ·
Conversion (list) · Bogie exchange · Variable gauge

By location

North America · South America · Europe

A list of two foot six inch gauge railroads in the United States.

Installations

State/territory	Railway
California	Angels Flight (U.S. National Register of Historic Places status) (SBNO) Calico & Odessa Railroad (located in Calico Ghost Town) (operating) Court Flight (defunct) Disneyland Viewliner (located in Disneyland) (separate 3 ft (914 mm) gauge railway named Disneyland Railroad and separate 3 ft (914 mm) gauge railway named Main Street Vehicles also present, and separate 3 ft (914 mm) gauge railway named Jolly Trolley previously present) (defunct - park and latter two separate railways still operating) Pacific Coast Steamship Company (defunct) Rainbow Caverns Mine Train / Mine Train Through Nature's Wonderland (located in Disneyland) (separate 3 ft (914 mm) gauge railway named Disneyland Railroad and separate 3 ft (914 mm) gauge railway named Main Street Vehicles also present, and separate 3 ft (914 mm) gauge railway named Jolly Trolley previously present) (defunct - park and latter two separate railways still operating) Santa Rosa Valley Railroad (private) (7 ¹⁄₂ in (190.5 mm) gauge lines also present) (operating) Yosemite Short Line Railway (defunct)
Florida	Fort Wilderness Railroad (located in Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground) (defunct - resort still operating)
Hawaii	Ahukini Terminal and Railway Company (defunct) Lihue Plantation Railroad (located at the Grove Farm Sugar Plantation Museum) (U.S. National Register of Historic Places status shared between four locomotives) (operating) Kauai Railway (defunct) Kilauea Sugar Plantation (defunct)
Michigan	Harbor Springs Railway (defunct)
Minnesota	Minnesota River Valley Railroad (located in Valleyfair) (operating)
Montana	Alder Gulch Short Line Railroad^[1] (operating)
Nebraska	Omaha Zoo Railroad (located in Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium) (operating)
Oregon	Washington Park & Zoo Railway (located in Oregon Zoo and Washington Park (Portland, Oregon)) (operating)
Pennsylvania	Cedar Creek Cannonball (located in Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom) (separate 2 ft (610 mm) gauge railway named Zephyr Railroad also present) (operating) Shay Railroad (located at the Rough and Tumble Engineers Historical Association) (separate 15 in (381 mm) gauge railway named Little Toot Railroad also present) (operating)

Gallery

Angels Flight is a historic funicular railway located in Downtown Los Angeles.
The Disneyland Viewliner prepares to depart the Tomorrowland Station in 1957 with Walt Disney at the controls.

References

↑ Alder Gulch Short Line Railroad - official website

External links

World-wide 30" Gauge Railways and Railroads

Track gauge (list)

Minimum gauge	15 in (381 mm) 400 mm (15 ³⁄₄ in) 18 in (457 mm) 500 mm (19 ³⁄₄ in)

Narrow gauge	2 foot and 600 mm 750 mm (2 ft 5 ¹⁄₂ in) 760 mm (2 ft 5 ¹⁵⁄₁₆ in) Bosnian gauge 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) 800 mm (2 ft 7 ¹⁄₂ in) 891 mm (2 ft 11 ³⁄₃₂ in) Swedish three foot 900 mm (2 ft 11 ⁷⁄₁₆ in) 3 ft (914 mm) 950 mm (3 ft 1 ³⁄₈ in) Italian metre gauge 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 ³⁄₈ in) metre gauge 3 ft 6 in/1,067 mm 4 ft 6 in (1,372 mm), Scotch gauge List of narrow tram track gauges

Standard gauge	4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in/1,435 mm, Stephenson gauge List of standard gauge tram tracks

Broad gauge	1445 mm gauge 1,445 mm (4 ft 8 ⁷⁄₈ in) 4 ft 10 ⁷⁄₈ in (1,495 mm), Toronto 5 ft/1,524 mm and 1520 mm, Russian gauge 5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm), Irish gauge 1,668 mm (5 ft 5 ²¹⁄₃₂ in), Iberian gauge 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm), Indian gauge 7 ft ¹⁄₄ in (2,140 mm), Brunel gauge 3,000 mm (9 ft 10 ¹⁄₈ in), Breitspurbahn List of broad tram track gauges

Gauge differences	Bogie exchange Break-of-gauge Dual gauge Gauge conversion list Variable gauge

Categories	by country by imperial units by metric units by name lists of track gauges

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2 ft 6 in gauge railroads in the United States

Installations

Gallery

See also

References

External links