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In the 1960s, the gauge was selected for use in the Bay Area Rapid Transit system (BART), serving the San Francisco Bay Area; it is the only place in the United States where this gauge is in use. The rapid transit segment of the system covers 109 miles (175 km) of double track in revenue service with additional sidings and maintenance facilities.
"Old" Bayard was founded in the 1880s. [5] It was named after the city of Bayard, Iowa. [6] The first post office at Bayard was established in 1888. [7] The town of Bayard was picked up and moved to its present site in 1900 in order to be on the new Union Pacific Railroad line. [8] CCC Camp BR-61, part of the North Platte Project, was located ...
The vast majority of North American railroads are standard gauge (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in / 1,435 mm).Exceptions include some streetcar, subway and rapid transit systems, mining and tunneling operations, and some narrow-gauge lines particularly in the west, e.g. the isolated White Pass and Yukon Route system, and the former Newfoundland Railway.
United States Columbus Ohio streetcars [97] 1,581 mm 5 ft 2 + 1 ⁄ 4 in: United States Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA), [98] Philadelphia: 1,588 mm 5 ft 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 in: United States Pennsylvania trolley gauge [98] 1,600 mm 5 ft 3 in: Germany Grand Duchy of Baden State Railway 1840-1854, converted to standard gauge ...
Some amount of tolerance is necessarily allowed from the nominal gauge to allow for wear, etc.; this tolerance is typically greater for track limited to slower speeds, and tighter for track where higher speeds are expected (as an example, in the US the gauge is allowed to vary between 4 ft 8 in (1,420 mm) to 4 ft 10 in (1,470 mm) for track ...
The American gauges converged, as the advantages of equipment interchange became increasingly apparent. Notably, all the 5 ft (1,524 mm) broad gauge track in the South was converted to "almost standard" gauge 4 ft 9 in (1,448 mm) over the course of two days beginning on 31 May 1886. [21] See Track gauge in the United States.
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: Richwood Tahoe Railroad (operating) Louisiana: Bayou Le Zoo Choo Choo (located in Alexandria Zoological Park) (operating) Maine
San Diego Electric Railway (converted to standard gauge) (defunct) San Francisco cable car system (U.S. National Historic Landmark status) (operating) Southern California Railway Museum (standard gauge lines, 3 ft (914 mm) gauge lines, and dual gauge lines with standard gauge track and 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) gauge track also present) (operating ...