2 ft 6 in gauge railroads in the United States

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) (operating) BuJu Line[1] (located in Burkes Junction) (operating) Calico & Odessa Railroad (located in Calico Ghost Town) (operating) Court Flight (defunct) Frontier Village (defunct) Mine Train Through Nature's Wonderland (located in Disneyland) (separate 3 ft (914 mm) gauge railway named Disneyland Railroad, separate 3 ft (914 mm) gauge railway named Main Street Vehicles, and separate 2 ft (610 mm) gauge railway named Casey Jr. Circus Train also present; and separate 3 ft (914 mm) gauge railway named Jolly Trolley previously present) (defunct – park still operating) Pacific Coast Steamship Company (defunct) Santa Rosa Valley Railroad (private) (7 ¹⁄₂ in (190.5 mm) gauge lines also present) (operating) Viewliner Train of Tomorrow (located in Disneyland) (separate 3 ft (914 mm) gauge railway named Disneyland Railroad, separate 3 ft (914 mm) gauge railway named Main Street Vehicles, and separate 2 ft (610 mm) gauge railway named Casey Jr. Circus Train also present; and separate 3 ft (914 mm) gauge railway named Jolly Trolley previously present) (defunct – park still 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) Waianae Sugar Company (defunct)
Michigan	Harbor Springs Railway (defunct)
Minnesota	Minnesota River Valley Railroad (located in Valleyfair) (operating)
Montana	Alder Gulch Short Line Railroad[2] (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.

References

"BuJu Line – official website". Retrieved 18 January 2019.
"Alder Gulch Short Line Railroad – official website". Archived from the original on 2006-05-07. Retrieved 2014-05-09.

External links

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[1] "BuJu Line – official website". Retrieved 18 January 2019.

[2] "Alder Gulch Short Line Railroad – official website". Archived from the original on 2006-05-07. Retrieved 2014-05-09.

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) 20 in (508 mm)
Narrow gauge	2 foot and 600 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), 1,093 mm (3 ft 7 in), 1,100 mm (3 ft 7 ⁵⁄₁₆ in), 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) 1,200 mm (3 ft 11 ¹⁄₄ in) 4 ft (1,219 mm) 4 ft 6 in (1,372 mm), Scotch gauge 4 ft 6 ¹⁄₂ in (1,384 mm), Scotch gauge 4 ft 8 in (1,422 mm), almost standard gauge 4 ft 8 ¹⁄₄ in (1,429 mm)
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
Gauge differences	Bogie exchange Break of gauge Dual gauge Gauge conversion list Variable gauge
Transport mode	Tram and light rail Rapid transit Miniature Scale model
Categories	by country by imperial units by metric units by name lists of track gauges

2 ft 6 in gauge railroads in the United States

Installations

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See also

References

External links