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The template formats a track gauge size into standard notation and adds the conversion into the imperial/metric (other) size Template parameters [Edit template data] Parameter Description Type Status Track gauge definition 1 Defined track gauge, in mm or ft in. Also can accept: ' '', m, gauge name String required Link top measurement units lk =on: adds link to the gauge defining article String ...
English: A comparison of common British track gauges. Gauges shown are 1 ft 11.5 in (597mm), as used on the Ffestiniog Railway, 2 ft 3 in (686mm), as used on the Talyllyn Railway, 2 ft 6 in (762mm), as used on the Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway, and standard gauge, 4 ft 8.5 in (1435mm).
See Narrow-gauge railways in Europe and Narrow-gauge railways in Denmark. Hjerl Hede museum (Frilandsmuseum) peat railway is preserved, 785 mm 2 ft 6 + 29 ⁄ 32 in and 791 mm 2 ft 7 + 5 ⁄ 32 in gauges are both used on this railway. [72] Germany Origin: 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 Prussian feet Bröl Valley Railway: Poland
Great Britain has (in general) the most restrictive loading gauge (relative to track gauge) in the world. That is a legacy of the British railway network being the world's oldest, and of having been built by a large number of different private companies, each with different standards for the width and height of trains.
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 ...
Track Layout Diagrams of the GWR and BR WR, Section 11: East Cornwall. Harwell: R A Cooke. Cooke, R. A. (1979). Track Layout Diagrams of the GWR and BR WR, Section 12: Plymouth. Harwell: R A Cooke. Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.).
This is a route-map template for the Varsity Line, a UK railway. ... British Rail Track Diagrams - Book 4: London Midland Region (1st ed.). Exeter: Quail Map Company.
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