2 ft gauge railroads in the United States

Track gauge
By transport mode
Tram · Rapid transit
Miniature · Scale model
By size (list)

Minimum
  Fifteen inch 381 mm (15 in)

Narrow
  Two foot and
600 mm
597 mm
600 mm
603 mm
610 mm
(1 ft 11 12 in)
(1 ft 11 58 in)
(1 ft 11 34 in)
(2 ft)
  750 mm,
Bosnian,
Two foot six inch,
800 mm
750 mm
760 mm
762 mm
800 mm
(2 ft 5 12 in)
(2 ft 5 1516 in)
(2 ft 6 in)
(2 ft 7 12 in)
  Swedish three foot,
900 mm,
Three foot
891 mm
900 mm
914 mm
(2 ft11 332 in)
(2 ft 11 716)
(3 ft)
  Metre 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 38 in)
  Three foot six inch,
Cape, CAP, Kyōki
1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
  Four foot six inch 1,372 mm (4 ft 6 in)

  Standard 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in)

Broad
  Russian,
Five foot (Finnish)
1,520 mm
1,524 mm
(4 ft 11 2732 in)
(5 ft)
  Irish 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)
  Iberian 1,668 mm (5 ft 5 2132 in)
  Indian 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
  Brunel 2,140 mm (7 ft 14 in)
Change of gauge
Break-of-gauge · Dual gauge ·
Conversion (list) · Bogie exchange · Variable gauge
By location
North America · South America · Europe
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 & 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 in the United States.

Installations

State/territory Railway
Alabama
  • Birmingham Zoo Express/Red Diamond Express (located in Birmingham Zoo) (converted from 16 in (406 mm) gauge) (operating)
  • Shelby & Southern Railroad (located at the Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum) (separate standard gauge railroad named named Calera & Shelby Railroad also present) (operating)
Arizona
California
Colorado
  • Gilpin Railroad (dual gauge lines with 3 ft (914 mm) gauge track also present) (defunct)
Florida
  • Gatorland Express (located in Gatorland) (operating)
Illinois
Indiana
  • Hesston Steam Museum[2] (dual gauge lines with 3 ft (914 mm) gauge track also present) (separate 14 in (356 mm) gauge railway and separate 7 12 in (190.5 mm) gauge railway also present) (operating)
Maine
Massachusetts
Missouri
  • Frisco Silver Dollar Line Steam Train (located in Silver Dollar City) (separate narrow gauge railway used as a component of the Marvel Cave attraction also present) (operating)
Nebraska
Nevada
  • Carson & Mills Park Railroad[3] (located in Mills Park) (operating)
New Hampshire
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
Oregon
Pennsylvania
  • Dry Gulch Railroad (located in Hersheypark) (operating)
  • Zephyr Railroad (located in Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom) (separate 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) gauge railway named Cedar Creek Cannonball also present) (operating)
Texas
Utah
  • Wild Kingdom Train (located in Lagoon) (separate 2 ft (610 mm) gauge railway named Pioneer Village Railroad and two separate 12 in (305 mm) gauge railways, the more recent one being named Lagoon Miniature Railway, previously present) (operating)
Virginia
Washington
  • Tolt River Railroad Steam Train Ride (located in Remlinger Farms) (operating)

References

See also