Dinky line (or simply "Dinky") is a nickname sometimes used to describe a short railroad line, usually operated with short trains. The term may come from "dinkey", which is "a small locomotive for hauling cars, shunting, etc. in a railroad yard" and is driven by "Rail Yard Engineers, Dinkey Operators, and Hostlers".
The
B&O Main Line around Sykesville, Maryland, called both the "Dinkey" and the "Dinky."
Chicago and Tomah Railroad in Wisconsin, later a branch of the
C&NW. Particularly the section between Fennimore and Woodman which was retained as a narrow gauge operation until its closure.
Mount Airy and Eastern Railroad was a narrow gauge (3-foot) railroad connecting Mount Airy, North Carolina, with Kibler Valley in Patrick County, Virginia, from 1899 to 1918, a distance of 19.25 miles along the Ararat River. A quarry line joined at "the Junction" near Riverside Drive.
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