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Track gauge. 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 ...
The Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad in Portland, Maine. In New England, the first narrow-gauge common-carrier railroad was the Billerica and Bedford Railroad, which ran from North Billerica to Bedford in Middlesex County, Massachusetts from 1877 to 1878. There were extensive 2 ft (610 mm) gauge lines in the Maine forests early in the 20th century.
Track gauge. Two foot and 600 mm gauge railways are narrow gauge railways with track gauges of 2 ft (610 mm) and 600 mm (1 ft 115⁄8 in), respectively. Railways with similar, less common track gauges, such as 1 ft 113⁄4 in (603 mm) and 1 ft 111⁄2 in (597 mm), are grouped with 2 ft and 600 mm gauge railways.
South America. Europe. Australia. A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge narrower than 1,435 mm (4 ft 81⁄2 in) standard gauge. Most narrow-gauge railways are between 600 mm (1 ft 115⁄8 in) and 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in). Since narrow-gauge railways are usually built with tighter curves, smaller ...
The Georgia and Florida Railroad was a railroad in the Southern U.S. known as the Georgia and Florida Railway from 1906 to 1926 and 1963 to 1971. [1] It had a main line from Madison, Florida to Greenwood, South Carolina. The Southern Railway gained control in 1963, [2] reorganized it as the Georgia and Florida Railway, and merged it into ...
Georgia and Florida Railway: Georgia and Florida Railroad: GFRR 1995 1999 Georgia and Florida RailNet: Georgia and Florida Railroad: G&F G&F 1926 1951 Valdosta Southern Railroad: Georgia and Florida Railway: G&F G&F 1906 1926 Georgia and Florida Railroad: Georgia, Florida and Alabama Railroad: GF&A SAL: 1927 1974 Seaboard Coast Line Railroad ...
A steam locomotive of the C&TS RR. Many narrow-gauge railways were built in the United States with track gauge 3 ft (914 mm). The most extensive and well known systems were the 3 ft (914 mm) gauge lines through the Rocky Mountain states of Colorado and New Mexico. Today a few lines survive as heritage railways and tourist attractions.
and 4 ft 9 in (1,448 mm) [1] Length. 138 miles (222 km) The Western & Atlantic Railroad of the State of Georgia (W&A) is a railroad owned by the State of Georgia and currently leased by CSX, which CSX operates in the Southeastern United States from Atlanta, Georgia, to Chattanooga, Tennessee. It was founded on December 21, 1836.