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  2. Break of gauge - Wikipedia

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    Iran, with its standard-gauge rail system, has a break of gauge with 1,520 mm (4 ft 11 + 27 ⁄ 32 in) gauge at the borders with Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan, and also with Pakistan's 5 ft 6 in gauge railway at Zahedan. The break-of-gauge station at Zahedan was built outside the city, as the existing station was hemmed in by built-up areas. [22]

  3. List of track gauges - Wikipedia

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    See Narrow-gauge railways in Denmark: 686 mm: 2 ft 3 in: See List of 2 ft 3 in gauge railways: 693 mm: 2 ft 3 + 9 ⁄ 32 in: Sweden: 28 Swedish inches. [28] Several railways. 700 mm 2 ft 3 + 9 ⁄ 16 in: Denmark See Narrow-gauge railways in Denmark and Narrow-gauge railways in Europe. Common for sugar beet or sugar cane railways and peat railways.

  4. Track gauge in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Portland Company was formed to build locomotives of this gauge for use on the local rail system. [3] The gauge was known as "Texas gauge" while required by Texas law until 1875, [4] and used by the New Orleans, Opelousas and Great Western Railroad (NOO&GW) until 1872, and by the Texas and New Orleans Railroad until 1876. The New England ...

  5. Track gauge - Wikipedia

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    Cross-section of 4-rail dual-gauge track (standard and metre gauge/ narrow gauge) (click to enlarge) Cross-section of Australian dual-gauge track – 1600 mm (5 ft 3 in) and 1435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) gauges (click to enlarge) Mixed gauge track at Sassari, Sardinia: 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) standard gauge and 950 mm (3 ft 1 + 3 ⁄ 8 in)

  6. Standard-gauge railway - Wikipedia

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    A standard-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge of 1,435 mm (4 ft ... and where track of different gauges met – a "gauge break" ...

  7. 5 ft and 1520 mm gauge railways - Wikipedia

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    For standard gauge railways, double stacking maximum height shall be 6.15 m (20 ft 2 in). For Indian gauge railways, double stacking maximum height shall be 7.1 m (23 ft 4 in), and minimum overhead wiring height shall be 6.5 or 6.75 m (21 ft 4 in or 22 ft 2 in) above rails.

  8. List of gauge conversions - Wikipedia

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    The break of gauge between the broad and narrow gauge lines moved to Hamley Bridge "only" 78km short of Adelaide amd Port Adelaide. The narrow gauge train could reach this break of gauge after travelling 1260km from Alice Springs. 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) Proposed Australia Western Australia

  9. Rail gauge in Australia - Wikipedia

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    In 1933, as many as 140 devices were proposed by inventors to solve the break-of-gauge problem, none of which was adopted. [34] Even dual gauge with a third rail for combining Irish gauge and standard gauge was rejected as too reckless, as the gap between these gauges of 6.5 inches (165 mm) was considered to be too small. [35]