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Opened with 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in) narrow gauge. * Opened with 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) narrow gauge. ** Opened with 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) narrow gauge, since converted to standard gauge. *** Parts opened with 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) narrow gauge, since converted to standard gauge. £ Opened with 750 mm (2 ft 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) narrow gauge. ££
Pages in category "Standard gauge railways in Norway" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Treriksrøysa (lit. ' Three-Country Cairn ') is a cairn which marks the tripoint where the borders between Norway, Finland, and Russia meet. The site is on a hill called Muotkavaara, [1] in the Pasvikdalen valley, west of the Pasvikelva river and 15 km (9 mi) southwest of Nyrud just west of Krokfjellet in Sør-Varanger Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway.
These railways have been rebuilt to standard gauge or closed down. Some private railways had 750 mm (2 ft 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) and one had 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in). A few railways partly still are operated as museum railways, specifically the Thamshavn Line, Urskog–Høland Line and the Setesdal Line. The Trondheim Tramway is also narrow gauge.
The Class 3 carriages were withdrawn from mainline service on 12 December 2014. [1] The remaining B3 carriages are all used on Flåmsbana where they are hauled by NSB El 18 engines. These carriages feature a higher passenger density than what was used on the mainline. A B3 carriage is 23.5 metres long and weighs 36.4 to 42 tonnes.
Johnston link-and-pin from 1873 to 1927 on Cape gauge, from 1906 on 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge in Natal. [23] [24] Bell-and-hook from 1902 on 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge in the Cape of Good Hope. [24] [25] AAR knuckle wide use from 1927 on Cape gauge. The first application of these couplers in what is now South Africa was in 1904 by the ultra ...
800 mm gauge railways in Norway (1 P) Metre gauge railways in Norway (8 P) 3 ft 6 in gauge railways in Norway (19 P) Pages in category "Narrow gauge railways in Norway"
This gauge is represented by the EM Society (in full, Eighteen Millimetre Society). 00 track (16.5 mm) is the wrong gauge for 1:76 scale, but use of an 18.2 mm (0.717 in) gauge track is accepted as the most popular compromise towards scale dimensions without having to make significant modifications to ready-to-run models. Has a track gauge ...