Pennsylvania trolley gauge

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railway track gauge

The Pennsylvania trolley gauge is a non-standard, wider-than-standard track gauge historically used by many streetcar and trolley systems in Pennsylvania, notably in the Philadelphia area.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Pennsylvania trolley gauge canonical 4
Pennsylvania broad gauge 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf railway track gauge ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Pennsylvania trolley gauge ⓘ
surface form: Pennsylvania broad gauge

Philadelphia trolley gauge ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
gaugeCategory broad gauge ⓘ
gaugeRelativeToStandard wider than standard gauge ⓘ
historicallyUsedBy Allentown streetcar system ⓘ
Altoona and Logan Valley Electric Railway ⓘ
Bethlehem streetcar system ⓘ
Chester streetcar system ⓘ
Easton streetcar system ⓘ
Erie streetcar system ⓘ
Harrisburg Railways ⓘ
Johnstown Traction Company ⓘ
Lancaster streetcar system ⓘ
Lebanon streetcar system ⓘ
Sharon streetcar system ⓘ
surface form: New Castle streetcar system

Norristown High Speed Line predecessor interurbans ⓘ
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company ⓘ
Philadelphia Transportation Company ⓘ
Philadelphia public transportation system ⓘ
surface form: Philadelphia streetcar system

Pittsburgh Railways ⓘ
surface form: Pittsburgh Railways Company

Pittsburgh streetcar system ⓘ
Reading streetcar system ⓘ
Scranton streetcar system ⓘ
Shamokin streetcar system ⓘ
Sharon streetcar system ⓘ
West Penn Railways ⓘ
Wilkes-Barre streetcar system ⓘ
York streetcar system ⓘ
nonStandardGauge yes ⓘ
regionSpecific yes ⓘ
standardGaugeComparison standard gauge is 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1435 mm) ⓘ
stillInUse yes ⓘ
trackGauge 1581 mm ⓘ
5 ft 2 1⁄4 in ⓘ
usedBy Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority ⓘ
usedFor light rail vehicles ⓘ
streetcars ⓘ
trolleys ⓘ
usedIn Pennsylvania ⓘ
Philadelphia ⓘ
usedOn SEPTA Route 10 ⓘ
surface form: SEPTA Route 10 trolley

SEPTA Route 11 ⓘ
surface form: SEPTA Route 11 trolley

SEPTA Route 13 ⓘ
surface form: SEPTA Route 13 trolley

SEPTA Route 15 trolley ⓘ
SEPTA Route 34 ⓘ
surface form: SEPTA Route 34 trolley

SEPTA Route 36 ⓘ
surface form: SEPTA Route 36 trolley

SEPTA Subway–Surface Trolley Lines ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

SEPTA Route 36 → trackGauge → Pennsylvania trolley gauge ⓘ
SEPTA Route 101 trolley → gauge → Pennsylvania trolley gauge ⓘ
SEPTA Route 15 trolley → trackGauge → Pennsylvania trolley gauge ⓘ
subject surface form: SEPTA Route 15
Route 102 Sharon Hill Line → gauge → Pennsylvania trolley gauge ⓘ
Pennsylvania trolley gauge → alsoKnownAs → Pennsylvania trolley gauge ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania broad gauge