- A
narrow-
gauge railway (
narrow-
gauge railroad in the US) is a
railway with a
track gauge (distance
between the rails)
narrower than 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)...
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There were more than a thousand[citation needed]
British narrow-
gauge railways ranging from large,
historically significant common carriers to small, short-lived...
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narrow gauge On2
gauge –
representing 2 ft (610 mm)
narrow gauge On30
gauge –
narrow gauge modeling in O
Scale using H0
scale track OO
gauge HO
gauge...
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gauge was
referred to as "
narrow gauge" to
indicate the contrast. Some
smaller concerns selected other non-standard
gauges: the
Eastern Counties Railway...
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Retrieved 20
December 2015. Organ, John (2003).
Swiss Narrow Gauge:
featuring steam in the Alps.
Narrow Gauge Branch Lines series. Midhurst, West Sus****, UK:...
- follows: no
letter =
standard gauge (1,250–1,700 mm or 49.2–66.9 in) m =
metre gauge (850–1,250 mm or 33.5–49.2 in) e =
narrow gauge (650–850 mm or 25.6–33.5 in)...
- The
Durango and
Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad,
often abbreviated as the D&SNG, is a 3 ft (914 mm)
narrow-
gauge heritage railroad that
operates on 45...
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Standard gauge was
favored for
railway construction in the
United States,
although a
fairly large narrow-
gauge system developed in the
Rocky Mountains...
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second largest narrow gauge network in the world) in Australia.
There are
approximately 112,000
kilometres (70,000 mi) of 1,067 mm
gauge track in the world...
- wide or
narrow in
gauge will
cause derailments,
especially if in
excess of
normal gauge-widening on curves.
Given the
requirement for
gauge to be within...