3 ft 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
Engine No. 1 of the Crooked Creek & Whiskey Island Railroad in Pioneer Park was built in 1899 and is the oldest working locomotive in Alaska.
The defunct Grizzly Flats Railroad in California was a full-size backyard railroad.
A pair of steam locomotives on the Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad in the Colorado Rockies.
The Roger E. Broggie locomotive pulling its open-air sightseeing coaches on the Walt Disney World Railroad.
Preserved train cars of the defunct Oahu Railway and Land Company (note the dual gauge track under them).
A Midwest Central Railroad gas-powered switcher locomotive in Iowa.
A line of the defunct Nantucket Central Railroad Company sometime between 1910 and 1917.
A Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad water tower in its yard in New Mexico.
The Cedar Point & Lake Erie Railroad opened in 1963 at the start of Cedar Point's 94th season.
A geared steam locomotive pulling an excursion train on the Sumpter Valley Railway in Oregon.
A gas-electric doodlebug constructed by the East Broad Top Railroad and Coal Company of Pennsylvania.
Crewmen in front of a locomotive on the defunct East Tennessee & Western North Carolina Railroad c. 1914.
The Six Flags & Texas Railroad, located in Six Flags Over Texas, is the only remaining attraction from the park's inaugural season in 1961.
A European-themed locomotive built by Crown Metal Products for the Busch Gardens Railway in Busch Gardens Williamsburg.

A list of 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge railways in the United States.

In the 1870s and 1880s, centered in the state of Colorado, the entire original network comprising the Denver & Rio Grande and the Denver & Rio Grande Western (later reorganized as the Rio Grande Western) was 3 ft gauge. At its peak in the mid-1880s, this 3 ft gauge network, along with its affiliated branch lines, comprised 2,783 miles (4,479 km) of track.[1] During this same period, the parts of the Colorado Central Railroad west of Golden, Colorado and the Denver, South Park and Pacific Railroad, both of which would later become part of the Colorado & Southern network, were 3 ft gauge. Additionally, many smaller railroads that interchanged with the D&RG/D&RGW 3 ft gauge network and the C&S 3 ft gauge network were also built to 3 ft gauge. Some of the lines of these former networks still exist in the present day and continue to use 3 ft gauge track; the rest were either widened to standard gauge or abandoned (see table below).

Installations

State/territory Railway
Alabama
Alaska
  • Alaska Railroad (standard gauge lines also present) (dual gauge lines with standard gauge track previously present) (defunct - standard gauge lines still operating)
  • Crooked Creek & Whiskey Island Railroad (located in Pioneer Park) (operating)
Arizona
  • Legend City Railroad (located in Legend City) (defunct)
Arkansas
California
  • California State Railroad Museum (standard gauge lines and dual gauge lines with standard gauge track also present) (all 3 ft gauge trackage is dual-gauged with standard gauge trackage) (operating)
  • Neverland Valley Railroad (located in Neverland Ranch, the late Michael Jackson's home and amusement park) (separate 2 ft (610 mm) gauge railway also present) (defunct)
  • Northwestern Pacific Railroad (standard gauge lines also present) (dual gauge lines with standard gauge track previously present) (defunct - standard gauge lines still operating)
Colorado
  • Gilpin Railroad (2 ft (610 mm) gauge lines and dual gauge lines with 2 ft gauge track also present) (all 3 ft (914 mm) gauge trackage was dual-gauged with 2 ft gauge trackage) (defunct)
Connecticut
Florida
  • Pioneer & Western Railroad (located in Pioneer City) (defunct)
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
  • Hesston Steam Museum (2 ft (610 mm) gauge lines and dual gauge lines with 2 ft gauge track also present) (all 3 ft (914 mm) gauge trackage is dual-gauged with 2 ft gauge trackage) (separate 14 in (356 mm) gauge railway and separate 7 1⁄2 in (190.5 mm) gauge railway also present) (operating)
Iowa
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
  • Carowinds and Carolina Railroad (crossed into South Carolina) (located in Carowinds) (defunct - park still operating)
Ohio
  • Bellaire and St. Clairsville Narrow Gauge Railway[6] (defunct)
  • Iron Railroad (4 ft 10 in (1,473 mm) Ohio gauge lines and dual gauge lines with 4 ft 10 in track also present) (all 3 ft (914 mm) gauge trackage was dual-gauged with 4 ft 10 in trackage) (defunct)
  • St. Clairsville Railway[6] (defunct)
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
  • Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood Trolley Ride (located in Idlewild and Soak Zone) (separate 2 ft (610 mm) gauge railway named Loyalhanna Limited Railroad also present) (operating)
  • Little Saw Mill Run Railroad (dual gauge lines with standard gauge track previously present) (all 3 ft (914 mm) gauge trackage was dual-gauged with standard gauge trackage) (defunct)
Puerto Rico
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
  • Old Dominion Line (located in Kings Dominion) (defunct - park still operating)
Washington
  • Cascades Railroad (converted from 5 ft (1,524 mm) gauge, then converted from standard gauge) (defunct)
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
  • Oregon Short Line Railway (crossed into Idaho and Oregon) (dual gauge lines with standard gauge track previously present) (all 3 ft (914 mm) gauge trackage was dual-gauged with standard gauge trackage) (defunct)

See also

References

  1. ↑ The Standardization of Track Gauge on North American Railways, 1830-1890
  2. ↑ Laws Railroad Museum and Historic Site - official website
  3. ↑ Kauai Plantation Railway - official website
  4. ↑ Republic of West Florida Historical Museum - official website
  5. ↑ Point O' Woods Railroad - official website
  6. 1 2 Annual Report of the Commissioner of Railroads & Telegraphs of Ohio, for the year ending June 30, 1880, p. 1,244
  7. ↑ Dry Gulch, U.S.A. - official website
  8. ↑ Doe River Gorge - official website
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