Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge narrower than 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) standard gauge. Most narrow-gauge railways are between 600 mm ( 1 ft 11 + 5 ⁄ 8 in ) and 1,067 mm ( 3 ft 6 in ).
Pages in category "Narrow gauge railroads in Alabama" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. ... This page was last edited on 24 December 2023 ...
Steam breakdown crane Manchester, Cravens: 1907 York [215] 1975–7051 NER: 14974 Four-wheel loco sand wagon 1912 Shildon [216] (available for transfer out of the collection 2021) [217] 1978–7095 LSWR: 1904 Gunpowder Van Eastleigh, LSWR Dia No. 1701 1912 Yeovil [218] LNWR: 21408 Goods van Earlestown, LNWR Dia No. 88 1917 York [219] 1978 ...
Alaska is home to two surviving narrow gauge railroads. The last surviving commercial common carrier narrow-gauge railroad in the United States was the White Pass and Yukon Route connecting Skagway, Alaska and Whitehorse, Yukon Territory. It ended common carrier service in 1982, but has since been partially reopened as a tourist railway.
During construction, the gauge of the track was converted from 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge to the 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge. By 1891, the railroad operated five riverboats on the Ocmulgee River and the Altamaha River. In 1892, the SA&M leased the Albany, Florida and Northern Railway which ran from the SA&M at Cordele to ...
Although the railroads that previously occupied the Cripple Creek & Victor's route were laid to 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge and 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge, the current railroad is laid to a 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge. The current railroad started operations on June 28, 1967.
Original gauge: 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge: Preserved operations; Owned by: Keighley & Worth Valley Preservation Society: Stations: 6: Length: 5 miles (8 km) Preserved gauge: 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge: Commercial history; Opened: 13 April 1867: 1881: Midland Railway takes over ownership of line: 1883
Pages in category "Narrow gauge locomotives" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. ... This page was last edited on 27 January 2017, at 22:45 ...