Dinky Line
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Dinky line is a U.S. nickname sometimes used to describe a short railroad line, usually with short trainsets known as Dinky train
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The following lines have been called 'Dinky Line':
Dinky Train
Dinky train is a U.S. nickname sometimes used to describe a smallish train that runs on a "Dinky line". This is a railroad, often constructed with narrow gauge track, used for short supply runs between closely spaced cities and towns...
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The following lines have been called 'Dinky Line':
- Baltimore and Washington Transit CompanyBaltimore and Washington Transit CompanyThe Baltimore and Washington Transit Company was incorporated in Maryland in the 1890s to build an interurban between Baltimore and Washington, and was authorized to enter Washington to a junction with the Brightwood Railway on June 8, 1896...
(from Takoma Station to the Wildwood Hotel on Sligo Creek in Takoma Park, Maryland) - Chicago and North Western Fennimore to Woodman narrow gauge line Wisconsin.
- New Canaan Branch
- Orlando and Winter Park Railway
- Princeton BranchPrinceton BranchThe Princeton Branch is a commuter rail line and service owned and operated by New Jersey Transit in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The line is a short branch of the Northeast Corridor Line, running from Princeton Junction northwest to Princeton with no intermediate stops...
(New Jersey Transit) - Cynwyd LineCynwyd LineThe Cynwyd Line is a SEPTA Regional Rail line running from Center City Philadelphia to Cynwyd in Montgomery County.Originally known as the Ivy Ridge Branch, service was truncated on October 25, 1986 from Ivy Ridge to its current terminus at Cynwyd....
(SEPTA) - Searcy County, Arkansas (a short spur line built by the North Arkansas Line to haul timber to the mills in Leslie)