3 ft 6 in gauge railroads in the United States

3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) gauge railroads in the United States are historical railroads, or are commonly used in underground coal mines.^[1]^[2] In the past, this gauge had been a popular choice for urban mass transit systems. 3 ft 6 in gauge railroads include:

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State/territory	Railroad
Arkansas	Arkansas Midland Railroad (1872-1883, then converted to 3 ft gauge) (defunct) Brinkley, Helena and Indian Bay Railway (1889 to 1900, then converted to standard gauge) (defunct) Fort Smith Street Railway^[3] (defunct) Cotton Plant Railroad (1879-1881, then converted to 3 ft gauge)(defunct)
California	Cahuenga Valley Railroad (defunct) East Santa Cruz Street Railway (defunct) Los Angeles Railway (dual gauge lines with standard gauge track also present) (all dual gauge lines shared with Pacific Electric) (defunct) Mount Lowe Railway (partially converted to standard gauge) (U.S. National Register of Historic Places status) (defunct) Pacific Electric (standard gauge lines and dual gauge lines with standard gauge track also present) (all 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) gauge trackage was dual-gauged with standard gauge trackage) (all dual gauge lines shared with Los Angeles Railway) (defunct) Poway–Midland Railroad (operating) Horsecar system of Santa Rosa^[4] San Diego Electric Railway (converted to standard gauge) (defunct) San Francisco cable car system (U.S. National Historic Landmark status) (operating) Southern California Railway Museum (standard gauge lines, 3 ft (914 mm) gauge lines, and dual gauge lines with standard gauge track and 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) gauge track also present) (operating)
Colorado	Denver Tramway^[3] (defunct) Henderson molybdenum mine (mostly defunct)
Connecticut	Danbury Street Railroad^[3] (defunct)
Illinois	Cairo Street Railway^[3] (defunct) Citizens Street Railroad (Springfield)^[3] (defunct)
Iowa	Peoples Street Railway (Centerville)^[3] (defunct) Muscatine Street Railway^[3] (defunct) Ottumwa Street Railroad^[3] (defunct) Olean Street Railway^[3] (defunct)
Kansas	Abeline Street Railway^[3] (defunct) Chetopa Street Car Company^[3] (defunct) Consolidated Street Railway (Cottonwood Falls)^[3] (defunct) Mankato Street Railway^[3] (defunct) McPherson Street Railway^[3] (defunct) Newton City Street Railway^[3] (defunct) Salina Railway^[3] (defunct) Wichita City Railway^[3] (defunct)
Maine	New Brunswick Railway (crossed into New Brunswick, Canada) (converted to standard gauge) (defunct)
Michigan	Muskegon Railway Company^[3] (defunct)
Minnesota	Duluth Street Railway^[3] (defunct) Minneapolis Street Railway Company^[3] (defunct) Winona City Railway^[3] (defunct)
Mississippi	Enterprise Street Railway^[3] (defunct)
Missouri	Carthage Horse Railway^[3] (defunct)
Nebraska	Covington, Columbus and Black Hills Railroad (defunct) Wymore and Blue Springs Railway^[3] (defunct)
New Jersey	Philadelphia and Atlantic City Railroad (converted to standard gauge) (defunct) Philadelphia and Atlantic City Railway (defunct) Pleasantville and Ocean City Railroad (converted to standard gauge) (defunct)
New York	Glen Falls, Sandy Hill and Fort Edward Street Railroad^[3] (defunct) City Island Railroad (defunct) Pelham Park Railroad Company^[3] (converted to a monorail) (defunct)
Ohio	Berea Street Railroad^[3] (defunct) Portsmouth Street Railroad^[3] (defunct) Zanesville and McIntire Street Railway^[3] (defunct)
Oregon	Former Portland, Oregon city streetcar system (operated by various companies at different times, including the Portland Street Railway Company; the Portland Railway, Light and Power Company; and the Portland Traction Company), last lines closed 1950. Except for the line to Vancouver, Washington (3 ft 6 in or 1,067 mm), the interurban lines of the same companies were standard gauge,^[5] as were a few of the city lines (in the southeast part of the city).^[6]
Pennsylvania	Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway (U.S. National Register of Historic Places status) (defunct) Pioneer Tunnel^[7] (operating)
Texas	Denison Street Railway^[3] (defunct) Longview and Junction Street Railway^[3] (defunct)

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