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Some railways, primarily in the northeast, used standard gauge of 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (1,435 mm); others used gauges ranging from 2 ft (610 mm) to 6 ft (1,829 mm). As a general rule, southern railroads were built to one or another broad gauge, mostly 5 ft ( 1,524 mm ), while northern railroads that were not standard-gauge tended to be narrow-gauge.
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.
1,945 mm 6 ft 4 + 9 ⁄ 16 in: Netherlands Hollandsche IJzeren Spoorweg-Maatschappij, 1839–1866 [99] De Arend (locomotive) 1,980 mm / 1,981 mm 6 ft 6 in: Israel: Haifa, Carmelit subway railway line - Funicular: England North Cliff Lift, Scarborough: 2,000 mm 6 ft 6 + 3 ⁄ 4 in: Scotland Cairngorm Mountain Railway - Funicular: 2,134 mm 7 ft ...
Track gauge conversion is the changing of one railway track gauge (the distance between the running rails) to another. In general, requirements depend on whether the conversion is from a wider gauge to a narrower gauge or vice versa, on how the rail vehicles can be modified to accommodate a track gauge conversion, and on whether the gauge conversion is manual or automated.
1,524 mm (5 ft) 1,829 mm (6 ft) 1897 Russian Empire The first railway in Russia connecting Saint Petersburg to Tsarskoye Selo: 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) (proposed) Sierra Leone: Port Pepel iron ore line, derelict [17] 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) 610 mm (2 ft) South Africa
Sections of 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in) railways, later converted to 1,050 mm (3 ft 5 + 11 ⁄ 32 in) or 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) gauge Italy: Trento–Malè–Marilleva railway, owned by Trentino Trasporti (operating) Ferrovia Genova–Casella (operating) Domodossola–Locarno international railway (operating) Trieste–Opicina ...
A broad-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge (the distance between the rails) broader than the 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) used by standard-gauge railways.. Broad gauge of 1,520 mm (4 ft 11 + 27 ⁄ 32 in), more known as Russian gauge, is the dominant track gauge in former Soviet Union countries (CIS states, Baltic states, Georgia, Ukraine) and Mongolia.
1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) 600 V Nagasaki Electric Tramway: 11.5 km 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) 600 V Okayama Electric Tramway: 4.7 km 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) 600 V Trams in Takaoka: 12.8 km 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) 600 V Man'yōsen Shinminatokō Line and Man'yōsen Takaoka Kidō Line: Sapporo Streetcar: 8.9 km 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) 600 V