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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 ...
In 1904, Crane Hill Jr. High School was built and is now the Masonic Lodge, which was relocated to its present site in 1934. That same year the school it was replaced by a brick structure and was known as Crane Hill School. In 1938, the school was destroyed by fire that was reported to have been started by an electrical problem.
The East Broad Top Railroad (EBT) is a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge historic and heritage railroad headquartered in Rockhill Furnace, Pennsylvania. Operating from 1871 to 1956, it is one of the United States' oldest and best-preserved narrow-gauge railroads, and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1964. The railroad is now preserved ...
A few routes, known as "Super Tokkyū", have been planned as narrow-gauge 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm), and the conventional (non-high-speed) is mostly narrow-gauge 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm), so there are some breaks of gauge and dual gauge is used in some places. Private railways often use other gauges.
The Oahu Railway and Land Company was the largest narrow-gauge class-one common-carrier railway in the US (at the time of its dissolution in 1947), and the only US narrow-gauge railroad to use signals. The OR&L used Automatic Block Signals, or ABS on their double track mainline between Honolulu and Waipahu, a total of 12.9 miles (20.8 km), and ...
Bought new. Last locomotive to run on the ET&WNC narrow gauge line in October 1950. Scrapped in 1952. 12: 4-6-0: Baldwin Locomotive Works: 45069: 2/1917: 1949: Bought new. Sold to the Shenandoah Central Railroad in Rockingham County, Harrisonburg, Virginia in 1952, then to Tweetsie Railroad in 1957 where it continues to operate today. Named ...
List of Hunslet narrow-gauge locomotive designs; P. Polar Bear (battery-electric locomotive) ... This page was last edited on 27 January 2017, at 22:45 (UTC).