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The following is a list of tram/streetcar (including heritage trams/heritage streetcars), or light rail systems with their track length, track gauge, electrification system. The vast majority of tram systems use 1,435 mm ( 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ) standard gauge .
Original definition of Brunel's broad gauge. This rail gauge was soon changed to 7 ft 1 ⁄ 4 in (2,140 mm) [105] to ease running in curves. 2,140 mm 7 ft 1 ⁄ 4 in: South Africa East London and Table Bay harbour railways England Brunel's Great Western Railway until converted to standard gauge by May 1892, see Great Western Railway The "gauge ...
The structure gauge S requires buildings to be placed at minimum of 3,100 mm (10 ft 2 + 1 ⁄ 16 in) from the track centreline. Bridges and tunnels must have a clearance of at least 4,900 mm (16 ft 15 ⁄ 16 in) wide and 6,400 mm (20 ft 11 + 15 ⁄ 16 in) high.
Grooved rail, used when track is laid in places traversed by other vehicles or pedestrians. A grooved rail, groove rail, or girder rail is a special rail with a groove designed for tramway or railway track in pavement or grassed surfaces (grassed track or track in a lawn). The head on the right-hand side of the rail bears the vehicle's weight.
Track gauge or rail gauge (also known as track gage in North America [8]) is the distance between the inner sides (gauge sides) of the heads of the two load bearing rails that make up a single railway line. Each country uses different gauges for different types of trains.
The Portland Company was formed to build locomotives of this gauge for use on the local rail system. [3] 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 ...
Both standards are now maintained by the Scalefour Society and are now applied to other prototypical track gauges (such as Irish broad gauge). S 1:64 22.45 mm (0.884 in) S-scale is the same proportion in NEM, NMRA and the UK. S Scale Model Railway Society is the custodian of British S-scale. O14: 1:43.5: 14 mm (0.551 in)
Track gauges are ordered by actual track gauge, not by title or unit name. Subcategories. This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total. ...