4-506: The Nantucket Central Railroad Company was a 3 ft ( 914 mm ) narrow gauge railroad on the island of Nantucket . The railroad linked the village of Nantucket with the village of Siasconset . Built in 1881, the line closed in 1917, with the track and rolling stock sent to France as part of the Allied forces of the First World War . Years after the railroad was discontinued,
8-575: Is a narrow gauge and is generally found throughout North , Central , and South America . In Ireland , many secondary and industrial lines were built to 3 ft gauge, and it is the dominant gauge on the Isle of Man , where it is known as the Manx Standard Gauge . Modern 3 ft gauge railways are most commonly found in isolated mountainous areas, on small islands, or in large-scale amusement parks and theme parks (see table below). This gauge
12-466: Is also popular in model railroading (particularly in G scale ), and model prototypes of these railways have been made by several model train brands around the world, such as Accucraft Trains (US), Aristo-Craft Trains (US), Bachmann Industries (Hong Kong) , Delton Locomotive Works (US), LGB (Germany) , and PIKO (Germany) . The Ferrocarril de Sóller and the Tranvía de Sóller are located on Majorca in
16-552: The last railroad car left on the island was converted to a popular restaurant known today as the Club Car. Originally, the company was known as the Nantucket Railroad , but following the bankruptcy of the company in 1895 allowed for the company to reorganize under the name that it carried until 1917. 3 ft gauge railways Three foot gauge railways have a track gauge of 3 ft ( 914 mm ) or 1 yard . This gauge
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