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Coal Hill Coal Railroad, Keeling Coal Company, Pittsburgh and Castle Shannon Plane, Pittsburgh and Castle Shannon Railroad: 1,029 mm 3 ft 4 + 1 ⁄ 2 in: England Herne Bay Pier Railway: 1,035 mm 3 ft 4 + 3 ⁄ 4 in: England Lake Lock Rail Road: 1,040 mm 3 ft 5 in: Austria: Festungsbahn (Salzburg) 1,050 mm 3 ft 5 + 11 ⁄ 32 in: Jordan: Hejaz ...
After considerable debate and planning, most of the southern rail network was converted from 5 ft (1,524 mm) gauge to 4 ft 9 in (1,448 mm) gauge, then the standard of the Pennsylvania Railroad, over two days beginning on Monday, May 31, 1886.
Weight mark "155 PS" on a jointed segment of 155 lb/yd (76.9 kg/m) "Pennsylvania Special" rail, the heaviest grade of rail ever mass-produced Cross-section drawing showing measurements in Imperial units for 100 lb/yd (49.6 kg/m) rail used in the United States, c. 1890s New York Central System Dudley 127 lb/yd (63.0 kg/m) rail cross section
The most common use of the term "track gauge" refers to the transverse distance between the inside surfaces of the two load-bearing rails of a railway track, usually measured at 12.7 millimetres (0.50 inches) to 15.9 millimetres (0.63 inches) below the top of the rail head in order to clear worn corners and allow for rail heads having sloping ...
In 1886, the southern railroads agreed to coordinate changing gauge on all their tracks. After considerable debate and planning, most of the southern rail network was converted from 5 ft (1,524 mm) gauge to 4 ft 9 in (1,448 mm) gauge, then the standard of the Pennsylvania Railroad, over two days beginning on May 31, 1886. Over a period of 36 ...
All the early French railways (including Saint-Etienne Andrezieux, authorised 1823, opened 1827) had a French Gauge of 1,500 mm (4 ft 11 + 1 ⁄ 16 in) from rail axis to rail axis, compatible with early standard gauge tolerances) Dublin and Kingstown Railway: 1831: 1834 For passenger traffic: converted to 5 ft 3in Newcastle & Carlisle Railway ...
The use of 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge rails was one of many unconventional design elements included in its design which, in addition to its unusual gauge, also used flat-edge rail, rather than typical rail that angles slightly inward [5] (although the shape of BART wheels and rail has been modified since then [6]). This has complicated ...
For example, if a curve with standard-gauge rail can allow speed up to 145 km/h (90 mph), the same curve with narrow-gauge rail can only allow speed up to 130 km/h (81 mph). [ 12 ] In Japan and Queensland, recent permanent-way improvements have allowed trains on 3 ft 6 in ( 1,067 mm ) gauge tracks to exceed 160 km/h (99 mph).