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[[Narrow Gauge Railroads of California|California]] / [[Narrow_Gauge_Railroads_of_California#Mining| ...he Lower 3.2 miles (Death Valley Junction to Horton) was converted to dual gauge by [[Death Valley Railroad]]. By 1916, the upper 3.5 miles abandoned and sc

==Industrial Railroads.== '''[[:Category:30in Gauge Railroads|30in Gauge]],''' <br />

==Common Carrier Railroads.== '''[[:Category:36in Gauge Railroads|36in Gauge]].'''

==Mining Railroads.== '''[[:Category:36in Gauge Railroads|36in Gauge]].''' Known as the "ABC" Railroad locally, the American Borax Co. operated

[[Narrow Gauge Railroads of California|California]] / [[Narrow_Gauge_Railroads_of_California#Logging ...saw the West Side Lumber Co. We first heard of it as we crossed the narrow gauge tracks on our way into Tuolumne, pursuing a Sierra RR excursion on May 10,

==Common Carrier Railroads.== ...California. The A&MR continued on for an additional 50 years as a standard gauge railroad.

[[Narrow Gauge Railroads of Arizona|Arizona]] / [[Narrow Gauge Railroads of Arizona#Common Carriers|Common Carriers]] / [[Tanana Valley Railroad]] ...l backing from British investors who had financed several small industrial railroads in the Dawson area and the [[White Pass & Yukon Railway|White Pass And Yuko

[[Narrow Gauge Railroads of California|California]] / [[Narrow Gauge Railroads of California#Industrial|Industrial]] / [[Italian Vineyard Company]] ...rs and pumps and hoses. A cooperage made up to 200 barrels a day. A narrow gauge railroad was added by 1908, to bring the grapes to the crushers. In 1909 th

...e [[South Pacific Coast Railway|South Pacific Coast]]. And during the dual gauge period the railroad had no physical connection with other any railroad; all ...ound the Bay. And in 1875 the North Pacific Coast floated the first narrow gauge cars to San Francisco. The NPC used a barge and tugs to move to make the ru

<span class="paracap">I</span>n May 1887 the 36 inch gauge '''South Pacific Coast Railway''' was formed by a consolidation<ref>''Daily ...as during its independent years. The Timetable changed only slightly, dual gauge appeared in specific locations, the ferry boats served both Alameda and Oak

[[Narrow Gauge Railroads of Nevada|Nevada]] / [[Narrow_Gauge_Railroads_of_Nevada#Common Carriers|Com ...slow and costly wagon-teams to haul silver and gold ore to mills. A narrow-gauge railroad they believed, would provide an economical transportation system f

...ee dollars per ton. To exploit the discovery, plans were made for a narrow gauge railroad to run between the mine on Iron Mountain and Keswick (m.p. 265) on ...The 1.2 mile portion of the line between Keswick and the smelter was dual gauge and was laid with 56# and 80# rail. The balance of the rail was 40#. The fi

<span class="paracap">T</span>'''he''' 36 inch gauge '''Oakland Township Railroad''' was incorporated in January, 1881 as a leas ...portion of the Telegraph Avenue route to a dual track steam powered narrow gauge railroad. The SPC agents surveyed the residents along Telegraph Avenue and

...s_of_California#Common_Carriers|Common Carriers]] / [[Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad]] Construction began in 1875 on the Nevada County Narrow Gauge railroad, being supervised by [[John Flint Kidder]], who had just overseen

...stablished the one-of-a-kind narrow gauge of 45¼ inches based on the wheel gauge of its original four wheel horse drawn car. ...> The locomotive was called the ''Black Diamond'' built for the 45¼ inch gauge.<ref> ''The Daily Eureka Times-Telephone'', July 12, 1883, page 3</ref>.

...ng to bluff the SP into lowering its rates. He incorporated the three foot gauge Pajaro Valley Railroad in January 1890. The SP must not have responded favo ...fields on the south side of the river a bridge was built that carried dual gauge railroad tracks, a wagon road, and the water pipe suspended under the bridg

<span class="paracap">T</span>'''he''' 36 inch gauge '''Bay & Coast Railroad''' was incorporated on May 1, 1877. The Directors w ...in the Town of Alameda the railroad provided a local commute service along dual tracks between Alameda Point and High Street.

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