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2. Track gauge in North America - Wikipedia

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   The first railroads in Canada in the 1830s were built to 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) and in 1847 the first 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) gauge line was built. After a Royal Commission, in 1851 the broad gauge, called the Provincial gauge, was adopted by the Province of Canada government as the standard gauge. However, in the 1870s, most Canadian ...

3. Track gauge in the United States - Wikipedia

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   The gauge was known as "Texas gauge" while required by Texas law until 1875, [4] and used by the New Orleans, Opelousas and Great Western Railroad (NOO&GW) until 1872, and by the Texas and New Orleans Railroad until 1876. The New England railways were similarly standard-gauged in the 1870s.

4. Track gauge - Wikipedia

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   Some amount of tolerance is necessarily allowed from the nominal gauge to allow for wear, etc.; this tolerance is typically greater for track limited to slower speeds, and tighter for track where higher speeds are expected (as an example, in the US the gauge is allowed to vary between 4 ft 8 in (1,420 mm) to 4 ft 10 in (1,470 mm) for track ...

5. List of track gauges - Wikipedia

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   Model railway gauges are covered in rail transport modelling scales. Train with model Southern Railway Schools class Triple-gauge pointwork (3 + 1 ⁄ 2 in, 5 in, and 7 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) on the Orchid Line. The upper right branch does not include the 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 in gauge.

6. Category:Track gauges by country - Wikipedia

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   Track gauge in South America; A. Rail gauge in Australia; C. Track gauge in Canada; Track gauge in Chile; Track gauge in the People's Republic of China; E. Track ...

7. Rapid transit track gauge - Wikipedia

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   The vast majority of rapid transit systems use 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) standard gauge.Some of the largest and oldest subway systems in the world use standard gauge in agreement with the country-wide dominant usage for track gauge, e.g. London Underground (1863), Chicago "L" (1892), Vienna Metro (1898), Paris Métro (1900), Berlin U-Bahn (1902), New York City Subway (1904), Stockholm ...

8. 3 ft gauge railroads in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Black Hills and Fort Pierre Railroad (dual gauge lines with standard gauge track also present) (defunct) Deadwood Central Railroad (dual gauge lines with standard gauge track previously present) (defunct) Tennessee: Duck River Valley Narrow Gauge Railway (opened 1877, converted to standard gauge 1888, closed 1961) Doe River Gorge [8] (operating)

9. 2 ft gauge railroads in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Hesston Steam Museum (dual-gauge lines with 3 ft (914 mm) gauge track also present) (separate 14 in (356 mm) gauge railway and separate 7 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (190.5 mm) gauge railway also present) (operating) Kentucky: Richwood Tahoe Railroad (operating) Louisiana: Bayou Le Zoo Choo Choo (located in Alexandria Zoological Park) (operating) Maine