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Standard gauge   /stˈændərd geɪdʒ/   Listen
Standard gauge

noun
1.
Railroad track having the standard width of 56.5 inches.





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... railways, both in North and South America, which have adopted the 4 ft. 8-1/2 ins. gauge, the standard gauge of the Argentine Republic is the Irish one of 5 ft. 3 ins., and the reason of this is rather singular. In 1855, during the Crimean War, a short railway was laid down from Balaclava to the British lines. ...
— Here, There And Everywhere • Lord Frederic Hamilton


Words linked to "Standard gauge" :   railway, gauge, railroad, railroad track


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