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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 ...
K4 Bridge: Owner: Metropolitan Transportation Authority: Maintained by: Long Island Rail Road: Characteristics; Design: Truss bridge: Material: Steel: Total length: 316 feet (96 meters) Height: 22 feet (6.7 meters) Rail characteristics; No. of tracks: 1: Track gauge: 4 feet, 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 inches (220 millimeters) (Standard gauge) History; Opened ...
2 ft 6 in (762 mm) gauge railways are narrow gauge railways with track gauge of 2 ft 6 in (762 mm). This type of rail was promoted especially in the colonies of the British Empire during the second half of the nineteenth century by Thomas Hall and Everard Calthrop .
Casey Jr. Circus Train (located in Disneyland) (separate 3 ft (914 mm) gauge railway named Disneyland Railroad and separate 3 ft (914 mm) gauge railway named Main Street Vehicles also present; and separate 3 ft (914 mm) gauge railway named Jolly Trolley, separate 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) gauge railway named Mine Train Through Nature's Wonderland, and ...
This is a category for all narrow gauge railways built with a track gauge of 2 ft 6 in (762 mm). Similar gauges are in categories 760 mm ( 2 ft 5 + 15 ⁄ 16 in ) and 750 mm ( 2 ft 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 in )
Pages in category "2 ft 6 in gauge railways in the United States" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Chicago Tunnel Company operated a 60-mile (97 km) long underground 2 ft (610 mm) gauge freight railroad under the streets of the Chicago Loop. This common carrier railroad used electric traction , interchanged freight with all of the railroads serving Chicago, and offered direct connections to many loop businesses from 1906 to 1959.
A comprehensive narrow gauge On2 scale layout can be accomplished in the same amount of room as a standard gauge HO scale layout because 2 ft gauge prototypes are much smaller than their standard gauge equivalents - a South African 2 ft gauge NG G16 Garratt (2-6-2+2-6-2) is only 48' long whilst an Australian standard gauge NSWGR AD60 Class ...