3 ft gauge railroads in the United States

This is a list of 3 ft (914 mm) narrow-gauge railways in the United States.

Engine No. 1 of the Crooked Creek & Whiskey Island Railroad in Pioneer Park was built in 1899 and is the oldest working locomotive in Alaska.
The Ward Kimball locomotive of the Disneyland Railroad.
A pair of steam locomotives on the Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad in the Colorado Rockies.
The Roger E. Broggie locomotive pulling its open-air sightseeing coaches on the Walt Disney World Railroad.
Preserved train cars of the defunct Oahu Railway and Land Company (note the dual gauge track underneath them).
A Midwest Central Railroad gas-powered switcher locomotive in Iowa.
A line of the defunct Nantucket Central Railroad Company sometime between 1910 and 1917.
A Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad water tower in its yard in New Mexico.
The Cedar Point & Lake Erie Railroad opened in 1963 at the start of Cedar Point's 94th season.
A geared steam locomotive pulling an excursion train on the Sumpter Valley Railway in Oregon.
Crewmen in front of a locomotive on the defunct East Tennessee & Western North Carolina Railroad c. 1914.
The Six Flags & Texas Railroad, located in Six Flags Over Texas, is the only remaining attraction from the park's inaugural season in 1961.
A European-themed locomotive built by Crown Metal Products for the Busch Gardens Railway in Busch Gardens Williamsburg.

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 lines were easier to build than standard gauge and cost significantly less to construct. Some of the lines of these former networks still exist in the present day and continue to use 3 ft gauge track, while the rest were either widened to standard gauge or abandoned (see table below).

Installations

State/territory Railway
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
  • Frankfort and Kokomo Railroad (converted from standard gauge) (defunct)
  • Hesston Steam Museum (2 ft (610 mm) gauge lines and dual gauge lines with 2 ft gauge track also present) (all 3 ft (914 mm) gauge trackage is dual-gauged with 2 ft gauge trackage) (separate 14 in (356 mm) gauge railway and separate 7 12 in (190.5 mm) gauge railway also present) (operating)
Iowa
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Puerto Rico
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
  • Oregon Short Line Railway (crossed into Idaho and Oregon) (dual gauge lines with standard gauge track previously present) (all 3 ft (914 mm) gauge trackage was dual-gauged with standard gauge trackage) (defunct)

See also

References

Bibliography

  • Broggie, Michael (2014), Walt Disney's Railroad Story: The Small-Scale Fascination That Led to a Full-Scale Kingdom (4th ed.), The Donning Company Publishers, ISBN 978-1-57864-914-3
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