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2. List of track gauges - Wikipedia

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   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. Hedeland veteran railway is preserved dk.

3. 2 ft and 600 mm gauge railways - Wikipedia

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   Australia has over 4,000 kilometres (2,500 mi) of 2 ft (610 mm) gauge sugar cane railway networks in the coastal areas of Queensland, which carry more than 30 million tonnes of sugar cane a year. Many 2 ft (610 mm) gauge and 600 mm (1 ft 11 + 5 ⁄ 8 in) gauge railways are used in amusement parks and theme parks worldwide.

4. History of the railway track - Wikipedia

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   Cast iron rails, 4 feet (1.2 m) long, began to be used in the 1790s and by 1820, 15-foot-long (4.6 m) wrought iron rails were in use. The first steel rails were made in 1857 and standard rail lengths increased over time from 30 to 60 feet (9.1–18.3 m). Rails were typically specified by units of weight per linear length and these also increased.

5. Track spacing - Wikipedia

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   Measurement of track spacing from the rail head to rail head. By definition, the track spacing is given from centre to centre of a rail track. For an actual construction the distance is measured from the inside of a rail head to the matching one of the other track. As far as both tracks have the same gauge this is the same distance.

6. List of rail transport modelling scale standards - Wikipedia

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   In terms of model railway operation, gauge 3 is the largest (standard gauge) scenic railway modelling scale, using a scale of 13.5 mm to the foot. The Gauge '3' Society represents this aspect of 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-inch gauge railway modelling with both electric and live steam operation. Gauge '3' corresponds to NEM II scale, also known as "Spur II" in ...

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8. Track gauge in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Between 1876 and 1880, most of the 6 ft lines converted to standard gauge, some having been first dual gauged with a third running rail allowing standard gauge trains to share the track, prior to the removal of the 6 ft rails. [2]

9. Standard-gauge railway - Wikipedia

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   All other railways use 1,668 mm (5 ft 5 + 21 ⁄ 32 in) (broad gauge); some use 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in) metre gauge; Decauville uses 500 mm (19 + 3 ⁄ 4 in) gauge. Planned and under construction high-speed railways to use 1,668 mm ( 5 ft 5 + 21 ⁄ 32 in ) to maintain interoperability with the rest of the network.