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A 6 bore cartridge rifle built by W.W. Greener in 1891 for a southern African trekker called Viljoen, fired 1,750 gr (113 g) bullets at 1,550 to 1,600 ft/s (470 to 490 m/s). Three types of ammunition were supplied, hardened lead for elephants and rhinoceros , slightly hardened lead for buffalo , and pure lead with a copper tube hollow point for ...
Pages in category "6 ft gauge railways in the United States" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Cedar Creek Cannonball (located in Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom) (separate 2 ft (610 mm) gauge railway named Zephyr Railroad also present) (operating) Shay Railroad (located at the Rough and Tumble Engineers Historical Association ) (separate 15 in ( 381 mm ) gauge railway named Little Toot Railroad also present) (operating)
This is a category for all broad gauge railways built with a track gauge of 6 ft (1,829 mm). Subcategories This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total.
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 ...
Pages in category "2 ft 6 in gauge locomotives" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.
Grainger and Miller built another two railway lines in the same area to a gauge of 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm). Thomas Grainger is said to have chosen this gauge, since he regarded 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge as being too narrow and Isambard Kingdom Brunel's 7 ft 1 ⁄ 4 in (2,140 mm) Brunel gauge as being too wide. [1] They were:
In Australia, this gauge is typically referred to as narrow gauge in comparison to 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge or 5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm) broad gauge. In some instances, simply 3 foot 6 inch — or in rarer cases medium gauge — is used to distinguish it from other narrow gauges.