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Many tramway networks initially built to narrow gauges (750 mm or 2 ft 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 in or 1,000 mm or 3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in metre gauge) were converted to broad gauge. As of 2015, only a few out of more than sixty tram systems in Russia are not broad gauge: 1,000 mm in Kaliningrad and Pyatigorsk , 1,435 mm ( 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ) in Rostov-on-Don .
In the 1850s, the Great Indian Peninsula Railway adopted the gauge of 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) for the first passenger railway in India between Bori Bunder and Thane. [1] [2] This was then adopted as the standard for the nationwide network. Indian Railways today predominantly operates on 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge. Most of the metre gauge and ...
After less than a year as the City of Los Angeles, the LA-4 was replaced again, this time by a train equipped with the new EMC E3s LA-5 and LA-6 in March 1939. In June of that year, the lead power car of the train was rebuilt as a booster unit, renumbered to CD-06-C, and added to the former M-10006, now renumbered as CD-06.
The Grand Duchy of Baden State Railway was constructed in 1840–1851 to 5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm) gauge before being converted to 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (1,435 mm) in 1854–1855. 1843 The Board of Trade of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , after investigating a dispute caused by diverse gauges, recommended the use of 5 ft 3 in ( 1,600 ...
Some converted from 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in) and 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) gauge. Congo, Republic of: The Congo–Ocean Railway, 502 kilometres (312 mi) long (operating). Costa Rica: Operation of the national railway network was suspended in 1995 after an earthquake. As of 2013, some suburban lines are operational. Dominican Republic
6.5mm Creedmoor, 6.5×48 mm, introduced in 2007 6.5×47mm Lapua , a 2005 cartridge that fires the same diameter and weight 9.0g bullet as the 6.5×54mm but achieves a faster muzzle velocity 6.5×53mmR , the rimmed Romanian and Dutch service rifle cartridge from the 1890s through World War II
686 mm (2 ft 3 in) 750 mm: 750 mm (2 ft 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) Bosnian gauge: 760 mm (2 ft 5 + 15 ⁄ 16 in) Two foot six inch: 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) Swedish three foot: 891 mm (2 ft 11 + 3 ⁄ 32 in) 900 mm: 900 mm (2 ft 11 + 7 ⁄ 16 in) Three foot: 914 mm (3 ft) Italian metre: 950 mm (3 ft 1 + 13 ⁄ 32 in) Metre: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in) Three ...
.264 in (6.7 mm) Shoulder diameter.4949 in (12.57 mm) Base diameter.512 in (13.0 mm) Rim diameter.5315 in (13.50 mm) Case length: 2.825 in (71.8 mm) Overall length: 3.600 in (91.4 mm) Case capacity: 98 gr H 2 O (6.4 cm 3) Rifling twist: 1-8" Primer type: Large rifle magnum: Ballistic performance