2 ft gauge railroads in the United States

Track gauge
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Graphic list of track gauges
  Minimum
  Fifteen inch 381 mm (15 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 ft1+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)
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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
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

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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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Minimum-gauge
Minimum-gauge railways
  • 15 in (381 mm)
  • 400 mm (15+3⁄4 in)
  • 16 in (406 mm)
  • 18 in (457 mm)
  • 19 in (483 mm)
  • 500 mm (19+3⁄4 in)
  • 20 in (508 mm)
  • 21 in (533 mm)
  • 1 ft 10 in (559 mm)
Narrow gauge
  • 2 foot and 600 mm
  • 2 ft 3 in (686 mm)
  • 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
  • 760 mm (2 ft 5+15⁄16 in)
  • 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
  • 1,050 mm (3 ft 5+11⁄32 in),
  • 1,055 mm (3 ft 5+1⁄2 in),
  • 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
  • 1,093 mm (3 ft 7 in),
  • 1,100 mm (3 ft 7+5⁄16 in),
  • 1,200 mm (3 ft 11+1⁄4 in)
  • 4 ft (1,219 mm)
  • 4 ft 1 in (1,245 mm), Middleton Railway
  • 4 ft 6 in (1,372 mm), Scotch gauge
  • 4 ft 6+1⁄2 in (1,384 mm), Scotch gauge
  • 4 ft 7+3⁄4 in (1,416 mm)
  • 4 ft 8 in (1,422 mm), almost standard gauge
  • 4 ft 8+1⁄4 in (1,429 mm)
  • 1,432 mm (4 ft 8+3⁄8 in)
Standard gauge
  • 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in / 1,435 mm, Stephenson gauge
Broad gauge
  • 1,440 mm (4 ft 8+11⁄16 in)
  • 1,445 mm (4 ft 8+7⁄8 in)
  • 1,450 mm (4 ft 9+3⁄32 in)
  • 4 ft 9+3⁄8 in (1,457 mm)
  • 1,458 mm (4 ft 9+13⁄32 in)
  • 4 ft 10+7⁄8 in (1,495 mm), Toronto gauge
  • 5 ft / 1,524 mm and 1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in), Russian gauge.
  • 5 ft 2+1⁄4 in / 1,581 mm and 5 ft 2+1⁄2 in / 1,588 mm, Pennsylvania gauge
  • 5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm), Irish gauge
  • 5 ft 4+1⁄2 in (1,638 mm), Baltimore 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
  • 8,200 mm (26 ft 10+27⁄32 in), Lärchwandschrägaufzug
  • 9,000 mm (29 ft 6+5⁄16 in), Krasnoyarsk ship lift
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