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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 ...
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.
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 ).
This is a list of 3 ft (914 mm) narrow-gauge railways in the United States. Narrow-gauge railroads of various sizes existed across the US, especially during the late 1800s, with the most popular gauge being 3 ft gauge. [1] [2] Some of the more famous 3 ft gauge railroad networks in the US were based in California, Colorado, and Hawaii. These ...
Narrow gauge railroads in Georgia (U.S. state) (13 P) H. Narrow gauge railroads in Hawaii (1 C, 4 P) I. Narrow gauge railroads in Idaho (2 P) Narrow gauge railroads ...
Narrow-gauge railroads in the United States; A. American Railroad Company This page was last edited on 2 April 2018, at 16:08 (UTC). Text ...
Narrow gauge railroads in the United States (14 C, 2 P) Pages in category "Narrow gauge railways in North America" This category contains only the following page.
Steam 2-8-2 "Mikado" narrow-gauge 1902 built Colorado Railroad Museum, Golden, CO: Operational, and currently (in 2022) the largest operating narrow gauge engine in the Western hemisphere. CO-10 Rio Grande No. 318: 2-8-0 narrow-gauge 1896-built Colorado Railroad Museum, Golden, CO: Sister to Rio Grande 315. CO-11
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