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2. Dual gauge - Wikipedia

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   Three-rail dual-gauge track is joined by four-rail triple-gauge. [k] 1600 / 1435 / 1067mm (5 ft 3 / 4 ft 8 1 / 2 in / 3 ft 6 in). Standard-gauge car on 4-rail triple-gauge track. Narrow gauge track is two central rails; broad gauge is far left rail and second from right. [l] 1600 / 1435 / 1067 mm (5 ft 3 / 4 ft 8 1 / 2 / 3 ft 6 in).

3. East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad - Wikipedia

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   The 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge portion of the ET&WNC was abandoned in 1950. The 11-mile (17.7 km) 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge segment of the line from Johnson City to Elizabethton, Tennessee, operated as East Tennessee Railway until 2003. In 2012 the rails and ties were removed to make way for a rail-trail.

4. List of train ferries - Wikipedia

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   Travemünde – Turku (1998–2007), 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1⁄2 in) on board, break of gauge in Turku, freight only. Travemünde – Malmö. Warnemünde – Gedser (1903–1995), replaced by car ferry Rostock – Gedser. Wittow Fähre – Fährhof 1896–1968, operated by the Rügen Light Railway (750 mm or 2 ft 5 + 1⁄2 in).

5. 5 ft and 1520 mm gauge railways - Wikipedia

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   Dual gauge needs more width than single gauge. For double stacking on Russian gauge tracks, maximum height shall be 6.15 or 6.4 m (20 ft 2 in or 21 ft 0 in) above rails. For standard gauge railways, double stacking maximum height shall be 6.15 m (20 ft 2 in).

6. 3 ft gauge railroads in the United States - Wikipedia

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   This is a list of 3 ft (914 mm) narrow-gauge railways in the United States. Narrow-gauge railroads of various sizes existed across the US, especially during the late 1800s, with the most popular gauge being 3 ft gauge. [1][2] Some of the more famous 3 ft gauge railroad networks in the US were based in California, Colorado, and Hawaii.

7. Double-track railway - Wikipedia

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   In any given country, rail traffic generally runs to one side of a double-track line, not always the same side as road traffic. Thus in Belgium, China, France (apart from the classic lines of the former German Alsace and Lorraine), Sweden (apart from Malmö and further south), Switzerland, Italy and Portugal for example, the railways use left-hand running, while the roads use right-hand running.