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This is a list of The Standardization of Track Gauge on North American Railways, 1830-1890
Some of the more famous gauge railroad networks in the US were based in
This is a list of narrow-gauge railway
A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge narrower than standard-gauge railway, standard . Most narrow-gauge railways are between and .
Since narrow-gauge railways are usually built with Minimum r ...
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Narrow-gauge railroads of various sizes existed across the US, especially during the late 1800s, with the most popular gauge being gauge..Some of the more famous gauge railroad networks in the US were based in
California
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, Colorado
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. 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 gauge track, while the rest were either widened to standard gauge or abandoned (see table below).
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*Narrow-gauge railroads in the United States
Standard gauge was favored for railway construction in the United States, although a fairly large narrow-gauge system developed in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado and Utah. Isolated narrow-gauge lines were built in many areas to minimize constru ...
*Heritage railway
A heritage railway or heritage railroad (US usage) is a railway operated as living history to re-create or preserve railway scenes of the past. Heritage railways are often old railway lines preserved in a state depicting a period (or periods) i ...
*2 ft gauge railroads in the United States
A list of narrow-gauge railways in the United States.
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See also
*Narrow-gauge railroads in the United States
*Heritage railway
* Ridable miniature railway#Large amusement railways, Large amusement railways
*2 ft and 600 mm gaug ...
*2 ft 6 in gauge railroads in the United States
A list of 2 ft 6 in gauge railways in the United States.
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Gallery
Image:Angels flight los angeles.jpg, Angels Flight is a historic funicular railway located in Downtown Los Angeles.
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* 3 ft gauge railways in the United Kingdom
* Three foot six inch gauge railways in the United States
*Three foot gauge locomotives on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
**Rio Grande 168
Denver and Rio Grande Western No. 168 is a class "T-12" “Ten Wheeler” type narrow-gauge steam railway locomotive. It is one of twelve similar locomotives built for the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad (D&RG) by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in ...
(operational)
**Rio Grande 169
Denver and Rio Grande Western No. 169 is a "Ten Wheeler" type narrow gauge steam railway locomotive. It is one of twelve similar locomotives built for the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1883. It was built as a passe ...
(static display)
**Rio Grande 223
Denver and Rio Grande Western 223 is a "Consolidation" type narrow-gauge steam railway locomotive built for the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad by the Grant Locomotive Works of Paterson, New Jersey in 1881-82. Number 223 was completed in Decembe ...
(stored)
** Rio Grande 278 (static display)
**Rio Grande 315
Denver and Rio Grande Western No. 315 is a class "C-18" "Consolidation" type narrow-gauge steam locomotive that was originally built for the Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1895. It was purchased by the Denv ...
(operational)
**Rio Grande 463
Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad (Denver and Rio Grande Western) No. 463 is a 3-foot narrow-gauge class "K-27" "Mikado" type steam railway locomotive built for the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad (D&RG) by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1903. ...
(operational)
** ET&WNC No. 12 (operational)
**Eureka Locomotive
The ''Eureka'' is a privately owned gauge steam locomotive based in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is one of three preserved Baldwin class 8/18 C locomotives in the United States, of which it is the only operable example. It is listed on the Unit ...
(operational)
** Glenbrook Locomotive (operational)
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