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Rail gauge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Standard gauge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Summary of railway gauges used worldwide. ... Industrial gauge ... UK (Ruislip Lido Railway [1,5]), USA (Sonora Short Line, CA), Russia (Krasnoyarsk Child Rly)
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In 1845 a Royal Commission looked into the subject of the railway gauge. After a long investigation that included committee members asking railway engineers over 6,500 questions, it was decided to recommend the use of the standard gauge.
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Railway gauges are not castings, they are machine lathed accurately using fixed dimension TanTung steel cutters. Each gauge is cut to dimensions that lay your rails at the perfect spacing to give you the best performance on straight and curved track.
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The Canada and US standard railroad gauge (distance between the rails) is 4 feet, 8.5 inches or 1.435 metres. This is also the primary gauge used in Britain, Europe, the USA, & many other countries. It is used on such high speed lines as France's TGV, Germany's ICE, & Japan's Bullet Trains.
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Alford Valley Railway - narrow gauge steam railway ... Welcome to the Alford Valley Railway ... Scotlands first 2ft Narrow Gauge passenger railway, running a half-hourly service from Alford to Haughton Park.
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Standard gauge railway lines are used throughout New South Wales & on Australian National Railways' interstate lines. It is also the primary gauge used in Britain, Europe, the USA, & many other countries. It is used on such high speed lines as France's TGV, Germany's ICE, & Japan's Bullet Trains.
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Explanation of the term gauge as it applies to model railroads and minature railways ... Model rail clubs will often define themselves by the gauge of railway their members model. Most clubs define themselves as Narrow gauge, Standard Gauge, or Off-Scale, where the track is not scaled true to size (such as in O scale railways).
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When the broad gauge 'Cornwall Railway' was added to the Great Western, with its line from Plymouth over the Tamar, then through Truro to Falmouth and Penzance, the GW had the longest through route in the country.
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